Homework is less pop than their subsequent albums. Imo Daft Punk as pop as Chemical Brothers, Moby, Prodigy, etc. are pop
MEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/03/2007 09:51:53 AM: > > > > > Daft Punk make pop music > > Would you classify 'Homework' as pop music ?? > > How about 'Rock n Roll' off that album ? Doesn't sound very 'pop' to me. > > Maybe their subsequent albums, but Homework is an all time classic in my > opinion. > > > > Kind regards, > Gary > Entertainment UK Ltd > Auriol Drive | Greenford Park | Greenford | UB6 0DS > x: 2946 | t: +44 (0)20 8833 2946 > > > > Michael.Elliot-Knight > @fallon.com To: Benoît > Pueyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: 313 > Mailing List <[email protected]> > 03/12/07 15:40 Subject: Re: > (313) Electro vs Electro > > > > > > > Fck that - just because a huge majority of people call anything with a > "dance beat" and synths "techno" doesn't mean that we should start calling > Paul Oakenfold sound "techno music". > > Electro = Electronic Funk as in Egyptian Lover, Aux 88, Whodini, UTFO - > it's the in early roots of hip-hop, it's Funkadelic, it's Miami Bass, it's > the 808, it's electrified funk/R&B/soul to the bone > > Daft Punk make pop music > > "Electroclash" did a great deal of harm in confusing the matter imo. > > MEK > > > > > Benoît Pueyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/02/2007 06:51:00 AM: > > > I think Daft Punk cannot be qualified as Electro, simply house or dance > > music to me. > > > > But I see what u wanted to mean : most people call that new kindof dance > > music filled with medium distorted synths 'Electro'. A good example : > > John Dahlback 'Blink'. > > > > To me, we have to accept to call that music 'Electro' simply becasue a > > huge majority of people do that, and even if thus we qualify Aux88 music > > with the same word. > > > > Words' meaning evolve, thats just about that. Before that 'Electro' > > phenomenon came, Ive alreay thought that all this commercial wave of > > 'house' music had probably left some bitter taste in Chicago house > > godfatehrs' mouth... And that didnt change anything. > > > > Actually we should feel lucky that Fedde Le Grand track did not make > > people start calling this kindof music 'Detroit Techno' ;o) > > > > Benoît. > > > > Frank Glazer a écrit : > > > daft punk has never been electro. the aux 88 i've heard is > > definitely electro. > > > > > > On Dec 1, 2007 8:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Are Daft Punk and Aux 88 both Electro? Either? Neither? > > >> > > >> m50 > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
