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Chilly Gonzales Covers Daft Punk On New Radio Show

The first episode of the Canadian entertainer’s new podcast is all about Daft Punk! Chilly Gonzales has just started a new Music’s Cool podcast for Apple Beats 1, with the first topic of discussion being Daft Punk. Over the course of the show, with guests Boys Noize and Tiga, Daft Punk’s philosophy and music are … Continued

Aphex Twin And Daft Punk Go Orchestral On New Covers Album

Aphex Twin, Daft Punk and more are covered on Swedish composer Hans Ek’s new album with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Ready yourselves: The next huge pop-orchestral crossover album is almost here.The LP is Swedish composer Hans Ek‘s Dance Music Symphony, and it features the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic performing orchestral covers of tracks by such notable … Continued

Daft Punk Is Working On A Stanley Kubrick Exhibit

Daft Punk working on something related to Stanley Kubrick? Pinch us, we’re dreaming—and it would seem that we’re not the only ones who feel that way. London’s Somerset House has a new exhibition titled Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick. The exhibit has some very big artists—including Daft Punk’s Thomas Bengalter—on deck to showcase new or existing … Continued

How Daft Punk’s Helmets Are Created

Daft Punk‘s helmets are iconic items of pop culture. In the early days, they were used to hide Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter’s identity, but they’ve now become identities themselves as well as pop- culture artifacts of the mid-00’s French filter house scene. “But how are they made,” you ask? Have a look—photographer Tim Bottchen has posted … Continued

#DaChip2 – Daft Punk got chiptuned again

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Just reading the line “new Daft Punk” means an instant click, even if it turns out not being an official release by the masked music aliens Thomas Bangaltar and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Following their score & soundtrack for Joseph Kosinski‘s Tron: Legacy movie, their Soma-release and the collaboration with Ariel Pink, the latest news on … Continued

Daft Punk working with Nile Rodgers

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Nile Rodgers of legendary disco band Chic is going to be in trouble… well maybe not trouble exactly, but the dance music veteran has let it slip that he is working with Daft Punk on the French duo’s new album. In an interview with Houston’s Culture Map when asked about the band Rodgers said; “Those … Continued

Ariel Pink joins Daft Punk for more Tron

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Vinyl International are releasing some extra remixes from the Daft Punk score of Tron that feature everyone’s favourite electronics nerd Ariel Pink. Err hang on? Yes, we didn’t see that coming either, but there he is on the TRS-80 remix of ‘Sky Sailor’ which is in fact re-interpretation of ‘Solar Sailor’ with new Pink penned … Continued

Leatherface gives away remixes of Daft Punk, Snap, and more

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Some of our favorite juke and footwork comes not from its birthplace of Chicago but from Paris. Leatherface, a member of the French Nightmare Juke Squad collective, is giving away six beautiful juke tracks. Included in this is a brutal remix of Daft Punk‘s ‘Rectifier’ and an unforgettably evil version of Snap‘s classic ‘The Power’. … Continued

Soma to release previously unheard Daft Punk track

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Soma Records, the Scottish label of Slam founders Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle are turning 20 this year. Celebrating with new releases, re-issues and a series of one-off events, one of the most exciting things to come out of their Celtic techno-bunker is the discovery of a previously unreleased Daft Punk song. Found on a … Continued

Busy P lays into Daft Punk’s project R3CONFIGUR3D

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We all love a bit of a scandal around the EB offices, which is why we picked up on this juicy story which purports that Daft Punk had basically nothing to do with its own Reconfigured Tron remix LP. Unfortunately this is something we kind of suspected, given Daft Punk would never allow Paul Oakenfold … Continued

Daft Punk’s Tron gets R3CONFIGUR3D

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If any of you had the chance to go and check out the astonishing Tron remake Tron Legacy, you’ll also be aware that the music was composed by Daft Punk. The soundtrack, whilst good but not amazing, will now be completely R3CONFIGUR3D with a bunch of very random artists pulling apart the album. Some of … Continued

Tech Talk: Vitalic (Electronic Beats TV)

Electronic Beats returns with another Tech Talk, this time we took a trip to Paris to visit the studio of Pascal Arbez aka Vitalic / Dima. Pascal initially began his career on French Techno label Choice under his Dima alias, releasing a series of original works as well as remixing the likes of Daft Punk, … Continued

Ask The Producer: Ian Pooley (Electronic Beats TV)

Telekom Electronic Beats TV’s Ask The Producer Series continues with Ian Pooley. As one of Germany’s best known house music exports, he attained international prominence back in the 90s particularly via his releases on Definitive and Force Inc, the latter of which released his classic track “Chord Memory”, which was famously remixed by Daft Punk. … Continued

Nazar’s Final Battle Cry

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Nazar was just seven years old watching the television when the news anchor suddenly announced that his father and namesake, Alcides Sakala Simões, had died. Living in Brussels, Belgium at the time, he remembers his mother screaming for him to be taken to an adjacent room and his sisters crying as they continued to watch … Continued

Ian Pooley’s 5 Favourite B-Sides (Electronic Beats TV)

Ian Pooley has been Djing and producing since he was a teenager in the early ‘90s, and has been blending the boundaries of house and techno ever since. Whether as a producer of his own work, a remixer for the likes of Daft Punk, Inner City and many others, or a DJ bringing dancefloors to … Continued

Chilly Gonzales

In der neuen Folge spricht Gesine Kühne mit Multitalent Chilly Gonzales, der als gefeierter Provokateur durch das Tragen seiner Hausschlappen jede Philharmonie in sein persönliches Wohnzimmer transformiert. Im Interview definiert er Unterschiede und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Musik, Kunst und Entertainment – und wie er gelernt hat, diesen Dreiklang in sich zu vereinen. Er erklärt, wie Trends … Continued

A 15-Track Guide To The Wildly Creative House Music Of Sex Tags Mania

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The brothers Stefan and Peter Mitterer (a.k.a. DJ Sotofett and DJ Fett Burger) got their start in Moss, Norway’s graffiti scene. But eventually, they decided to extend their activities into music. They founded the Sex Tags label for their own sounds, and for the music of friends and artists they admired from their own country … Continued

Myd’s Guide to French Electro

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To celebrate the release of his ‘Número Uno’ EP on Brodinski’s Bromance label, the Club cheval co-founder Myd sheds insight on his area of expertise.

Counting With Jackmaster

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The Numbers label founder fills out our Counting With column with details about his days spray-painting rooftops in Glasgow.

Live Report: Electronic Beats Festival Vienna 2013

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EB feels love in Vienna with a night of intense—and intensely fun—music to bring down the curtain on a showstopping EB Festival 2013 season. Love to love you When Saints Go Machine, Laurel Halo, Giorgio Moroder, and Metro Area.

Blondes’ Ambition: An interview with Blondes

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The neo-kosmische house pulse of Blondes has made their second album Swisher one of the most talked about records in the underground recently. D. Strauss met them in Berlin before their Panorama Bar appearance.

Counting with Ian Pooley

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Bridging the gap between techno and house with his own productions, Ian Pooley was born in the city of Mainz, near Frankfurt and first came to fame with the now legendary Force Inc. imprint.

Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Bratislava Fire

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7:04pm on Saturday night – we were late. Door’s open for Electronic Beats Festival Bratislava 2012 is scheduled just 56 minutes later as we arrive at Slovnaftská. Although our taxi driver promised us to know the way to the Refinery Gallery, we felt a little bit lost amidst the industrial area of Ružinov, the eastern … Continued

Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Gdansk Fever

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“I try to borrow my music from the future” says Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher) as he pours a glass of ice-cold San Pellegrino into his plastic cup. He’s just finished his soundcheck and is now relaxing on a sofa, backstage of the old Gdansk U-Boot wharf—tonight the venue of the Electronic Beats festival in Gdansk, … Continued

Belle Belle: a space journey on synth waves

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Zola Jesus’ ongoing spring tour hit Budapest last week, which gave a chance for local artist Belle Belle to introduce his dreamy musical project as an opening act. The twenty-two year old video and music producer Bence Nagy invited us on a space journey to a far galaxy in search of the undiscovered. He is … Continued

Che and Frida as hipsters

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Ever wondered what music Salvador Dalí would listen to if still alive today? According to Chilean artist Fabian Ciraolo he would prefer Vampire Weekend, Cleopatra would have a Justice tattoo on her chest and Frida Khalo would be ecstatic about the new Daft Punk album we’ve written about recently. Illustrator Ciraolo has played with the … Continued

Sébastien Tellier’s god is blue

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“Do not listen to my record, listen to my message.” Quoi? Pardon monsieur Tellier, I don’t get this yet. My favorite Frenchman (yes, forget Yelle, Justice, Serge Gainsbourg, Daft Punk, et al) just announced his forthcoming album My God is Blue, and there might be no other album that I’m more excited about listening to … Continued

The Glitch Mob “to play electronic music like a rock band”

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Los Angeles is an adventurous melting pot for bass-oriented dance musicians. A decade after the Oliver Stone-directed Doors movie, the experimental desert trips seem to have a live revival. The Glitch Mob trio follow the legendary band into the nowhere to clear their mind for their upcoming album. Similar to their fellow producer Eskmo, they’re … Continued

Modeselektor’s Favorite Things

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Brown shoes and jumpsuits and caffeine – these are a few of Modeselektor‘s favorite things! The two German boys may be famed worldwide for their music, but they’re just people like you and I, and they like all kinds of stuff! Here six of those things; let’s find out a bit about them together! 1. … Continued

Discodeine – The Future of Future Disco

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Space-rocked and sci-twisted French duo Discodeine (consisting of Pilooski and Pentile) happily time-travels into the strange and soulful no-man’s land of future disco which is occupied by only a few machine-funking creatures whose style and attitude oscillate between the ludicrous and trendy. Far away from our trivial planet pop, disco and krautrock sounds get warped … Continued

21 SAUCES OF INSPIRATION – Derrick Carter

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Derrick Carter – just the mention of this man’s name has me jumping out the seat and looking for the volume control. Probably the only person to successfully carve their own unique genre within the cluttered world of house music, Derrick Carter is one of the most exciting and technically gifted DJ’s around. Alongside Luke … Continued

Politics as Usual: An interview with Anika

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Daniel Jones meets the charismatic vocalist at the helm of dark pop reconceptualizations—including of her own material—and uncovers some of the undertones driving the former political journalist’s work.

2012 Editor’s Picks: Louise Brailey

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2012 was an exemplary year for music. Much like 2010, and 2009 and 2011. In fact, if you ever think an arbitrarily demarcated 365 days has been a shitty period for releases, you’re not looking hard enough or you’re reading the wrong publications—or you buy all your CDs from supermarkets. Meanwhile, in the real world….

Ariel Pink is not relaxed

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L.A. freak folker Ariel Pink seems to be a bit of a workaholic. The prolific songwriter has already released eleven albums and is now working on a new record with his band Haunted Graffiti, a collaborative album with R.Stevie Moore, and a werewolf movie. In a recent interview with V Magazine, Ariel said an unfinished … Continued