{"id":7052,"date":"2017-02-02T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2017-02-01T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T16:46:27","slug":"vinyl-respin-get-10-off-human-after-all-and-moon-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/02\/02\/vinyl-respin-get-10-off-human-after-all-and-moon-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinyl Respin: Get 10% Off Human After All and Moon Safari!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, we respin two classic records and give you the chance to save 10% off both of them with the code RESPIN10. <\/strong>This week, we\u2019re crossing the Channel to revisit two of our favourite French electronica albums…<\/em><\/p>\n

France has given the world many wonderful things: croissants, arty movies, Thierry Henry. One of its finest exports, however, is electronica.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a strong correlation between \u201d\u02dcbeing French\u2019 and \u201d\u02dcbeing able to produce an absolute banger\u2019. Over the past 20 years, acts like Justice, M83 and Yelle have all achieved critical and commercial success. The two biggest success stories, however, are undoubtedly Daft Punk and Air.<\/p>\n

This week, we decided to respin two of their albums: Human After All <\/em>and Moon Safari. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Human<\/a><\/h3>\n

Human After All \u201d\u201c Daft Punk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Human After All <\/em>is Daft Punk\u2019s ‘raw’ album. It was produced in just six weeks, using just two guitars, two drum machines, a vocoder and an 8-track recorder.<\/p>\n

This minimalistic approach to recording led to some of the French duo\u2019s meanest and leanest songs to date, with songs like Robot Rock <\/em>and Technologik <\/em>(the album\u2019s two big hits) based off catchy riffs and pounding, mechanical drumbeats.<\/p>\n

Human After All <\/em>is also quite a bit darker than Daft Punk\u2019s other records. Steam Machine<\/em> – with its hypnotic industrial beats and whispered vocals – wouldn\u2019t sound of place on a Nine Inch Nails record, while The Brainwasher <\/em>sounds like it came straight out of a dystopian techno-thriller about a authoritarian society (1984 <\/em>was apparently a major influence on the record).<\/p>\n

This venture into darkness was intentional, with Thomas Bangalter describing Human After All\u2019s <\/em>themes as \u201d\u02dcfear\u2019 and \u201d\u02dcparanoia\u2019 and claiming that it\u2019s \u201d\u02dcnot something intended to make you feel good\u2019. Blimey.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all doom and gloom though. The aforementioned Robot Rock <\/em>and Technologik <\/em>are among two of Daft Punk\u2019s most danceable songs, while Make Love <\/em>and Emotion <\/em>see the duo experiment with a more chilled vibe. The former sounds like dinner jazz performed by robots, while the latter plays out like a ballad written by a self-aware machine that\u2019s just experienced heartbreak for the first time.<\/p>\n

Although it received mixed reviews at the time, Human After<\/em> All\u2019s <\/em>popularity has increased majorly over the past couple of years. That\u2019s thanks in no small part to the Alive 2006\/07 <\/em>tour, which contrasted the songs against the duo\u2019s earlier work to stunning effect.<\/p>\n

Human After All <\/em>isn\u2019t Daft Punk\u2019s most accessible record but it\u2019s definitely their most underrated.<\/p>\n

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\"Moon<\/a><\/h3>\n

Moon Safari \u201d\u201c Air<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The solitary goal of a significant portion of electronic musicians is to make people dance. They employ hard beats, synth melodies and pounding bass lines to make people\u2019s limbs move, even if said movement is involuntary.<\/p>\n

Air, however, tried something a little different. Rather than soundtracking a night in Ibiza, they decided to soundtrack the morning after; the time between watching the sunrise and waking up in a sun-drenched paradise feeling a little worse for wear.<\/p>\n

Moon Safari <\/em>is an essential collection of downtempo electronica, employing laidback beats, warm synths and melodies inspired by classically fromage<\/em> genres like jazz and lounge music.<\/p>\n

Even if you haven\u2019t listened to this record, you\u2019ve probably heard some of the tracks. Sexy Boy <\/em>was a huge hit internationally and has appeared on countless adverts, while Kelly Watch The Stars <\/em>has soundtracked TV shows across the globe.<\/p>\n

Other highlights included the trip-hop-influenced Talisman <\/em>(which features strings recorded at Abbey Road), the chilled indie-rock vibes of Remember<\/em> and the beautiful All I Need <\/em>with Beth Hirsch on vocals (an addition the band\u2019s Nicolas Godin described as making them sound like a space-age Carpenters).<\/p>\n

Moon Safari <\/em>was one of the biggest albums of the 90s, inspiring legions of imitators that never quite managed to combine electro and loungecore quite as well as Air (to be fair, Air never topped it either). Its influence can still be heard even today, with Tame Impala\u2019s Currents <\/em>owing a debt to Air\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Moon Safari <\/em>is one of the best records of the past 20 years and sounds just as great today as it did in 1998!<\/p>\n

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You can get 10% off both Human After All <\/em>and Moon Safari <\/em>on the musicMagpie Store right now with the code RESPIN10<\/strong>. Click below to start shopping!<\/p>\n

\"Human<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Moon<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note: this offers expires at 9am on Thursday 9th February.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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