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Daft Punk releases Random Access Memories remaster with 9 bonus tracks

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I would be more excited if it were unreleased work from the Homework project. "Get Lucky" is pretty much the only track that came out of RAM that I can revisit with as much appreciation as when I used to listen to it. The bonus tracks are basically drafts. Listening to a track featuring people talking in a recording studio isn't much to get excited about.

whoa whoa whoa, no love for: Giorgio, Instant crush, Lose yourself to dance, Beyond, doin it right (favorite), Contact?

I personally loved Give Life Back to Music! How can you not like the guitar riff?

Truly one of the greatest albums ever made IMO.

Rather odd thst a retrospective of Giorgio Moroder is mid credited to some masked 21st century bandits who basically sing “we have nothing original to offer the world” over and over in an autotuned vocoded voice

Funny, because Get Lucky is the pop-iest, worst song on RAM. Possibly the worst take you can have on the album

It’s catchy as hell though. And I can play it for my EDM hating friends and they don’t complain. So there’s that.

Touch is the worst song on RAM. Instant cringe.

Funny, RAM is my favorite Daft Punk album. I love every song

Find yourself a copy of the Alive '99 CD. It's a live set from the homework era and is awesome.

It also came with a video DVD of a few tracks performed live, sans robot suits

I'm a huge fan of Horizon, one of the original bonus tracks from RAM.

You mean Mexican Monkey?

Considering how nice the sound already is in original tracks like Motherboard and Giorgio, I'm curious about what a remaster can do.

I was wondering this as well, considering that RAM was engineered with a no-compromise and loving approach to recording, mixing, and mastering.

Bob Ludwig, the original mastering engineer, is about as close to an elder-master as you can get. It’s not like there’s any question around his capabilities.

The only “upgrade” that I can observe to the mixes is that the original album has now received alternative Atmos mixes as an add-on.

I think “remastered” is just marketing shorthand in this case.

I heard the vinyl version of Random Access Memories playing on a cheap turntable and was surprised how good it sounded.

I'd like to A/B the vinyl vs. CD versions through the same speakers to hear how they compare.

They mastered it on tape, so assumedly analog would have the edge.

Not necessarily.

Mastering for vinyl is very different than any other medium. You need to reduce bass for one so that the needle stays in the groove. The digital version is likely to be the most faithful representation of the tapes, assuming high quality AD was used, which I'm certain it was.

The CD version sounds good on headphones and OK through my small speakers. But the vinyl sound was arresting - maybe a smaller stereo image or something else with the mastering.

Prime is my favorite of this: https://youtu.be/IuwwuuvnvCs

Really enjoyed this fragments of time video.

https://youtu.be/CYKekR6661o

missing daft punk very much

Not the same but Kavinsky and Justice has filled the void

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