Lose yourself to Punk

"We're up all night to get LOKI" 

When I first heard this track on the Radio (yes the radio!) I was more than a little surprised, for most parts Indian Radios do not play new english tracks and so I assumed it to be something old that I had never heard before. Like a faithful listener as soon as I got back home I immediately googled what little of the lyrics I had been able to understand and I found that I was in fact vibing to the new album by the legendary electro duo Daft Punk.

Oh so fly.

Back in 1987, Thomas Bangalter & Manuel de Homem-Christo got together and created Daft Punk, four albums later these guys are still super-awesome, although with their new album Random Access Memories they came into main-stream focus; which is why I am sure everyone has heard "Get Lucky" so what's the discovery?

Well, to start off with there's this amazing track Lose Yourself to Dance

You see those incredible helmets? They were made by the now defunct company LED FX for about $65,000 a pop. This is what they looks like from inside;

Oooo.. What does THIS button do?

Anyway, Daft Punk's electro sounds are perfect for mixing to Chillstep (the cooler version of Dub Step) and this mix of Voyager from their previous album is absolutely, "woieee" The guy dropped the speed of the song to half and then retuned it to sound normal, and voila!

Speaking of chill tones and of insane helmets, there's another amazing electro artist who has one of the most bad-a55 helmets, Deadmau5.

Well, not so pretty from the other side.

This is like cable-LED porn; anyway, while DeadMau5 is mostly known for his long progressive electro tracks like Strobe, he has made some lesser known chill-music as well, something to continue the mood from the Voyager mix, this is A moment to myself

While looking for a more recognizable picture of Deadmau5's helmet, I stumbled upon one where you can almost see his console. The urge kicked in and I decided to check out what Daft Punk's pyramid looks like from within, and the internet did not disappoint;

All arms on battle stations.

Anyway, if the chill sounds did not work for you, you can always drop back to the same tones as Lose yourself to dance with Capital Cities' Safe & Sound

But of course, if they do work for you, then check out this chill-mash between Adele & Daft Punk, wonderfully smooth;

Time to wrap up this post, here's a picture of minions dressed up as Daft Punk, because you know, can you BE any more legendary with them?

Ba-na-na!

Cheers!