Daft Punk have broken up.
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/daft-punk-have-split-up-publicist-confirms-1234912186/
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/daft-punk-have-split-up-publicist-confirms-1234912186/
The footage from Epilogue is sourced from the band's 2006 film Electroma. The full 25 minute scene continues onward and is more graphic than what is scene in Epilogue. The scene and the full film can be viewed here.
https://youtu.be/d9oTwjgPP5I
https://youtu.be/d9oTwjgPP5I
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Electroma | 2006
The (at the time) final album of American jazz rock Steely Dan, Gaucho, was released Nov 21, 1980. The album was notable for many things, among them Wendel, the earliest known drum machine (pictured above.) Wendel featured prominently on the hit lead single "Hey Nineteen", which continues to receive radio play in the USA. The unit was built by engineer Roger Nichols at a cost of roughly $80K USD ($251.2K, adjusted for inflation) and its sounds were hand-picked from hours of tape reels of drummer Jeff Porcaro's playing.
Listen to Wendel in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg5mbM6FGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg5mbM6FGs
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Hey Nineteen
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Hey Nineteen · Steely Dan
Gaucho
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-01
Producer: Gary Katz
Mixing Engineer: Elliot Scheiner
Recordingarranger, Hornarranger: Rob Mounsey
Vocalist, Composer Lyricist:…
Hey Nineteen · Steely Dan
Gaucho
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-01
Producer: Gary Katz
Mixing Engineer: Elliot Scheiner
Recordingarranger, Hornarranger: Rob Mounsey
Vocalist, Composer Lyricist:…
The Wendel Jr., produced in 1985, went on to be used on albums by Donald Fagen, John Denver and Arcadia. The unit used perfectly engineered 16-bit 50kHz samples, with the natural decay of each drum hit left entirely intact. Cartridges of different drum kits could be swapped out on the front face. "Think of Wendel Jr.'s output as a good mic in the right place of a good sounding drum. The phrase 'Realer than real' comes to mind, but I promised that I would not use it in this manual," said Nichols in the Wendel Jr. manual.