Thursday, 17 October 2013

Daft Punk Analysis

Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Daft Punk reached great popularity in the late 1990's house movement in France and success took on from there. The pair are considered crucial in producing songs inj the French house scene.


In 1997 the band released thier debut album 'Homework' which was a great success followed by the release of 'Discovery' in 2001 which went on to achieve even higher success with songs such as: 'One More Time' and 'Digital Love'. In 2007 they release the album 'Alive 2007' which was famous for winning a Grammy Award for best Electronic/Dance album.
In 2010 they composed music for the film - 'Tron Legacy' which was a film that achieved great success.

In 2013 Daft Punk left record label EMI Records for Columbia and released 'Random Access Memories'. The album lead to five Grammy awards including album of the year aswell as record of the year for 'Get Lucky' featuring Pharrell Williams which was a song reaching international success. 

Daft Punk are well known and credited for its emphasis on using story and visual components in association with their musical productions. They are also known for their descuise when coming onto the public scene or performing with their helmets and gloves to assume robot personas which signifies their type of music being an electronic/house band.



Thursday, 10 October 2013

Moodboard

This is a moodboard surrounding the music genre of Hiphop.



As you can see from some of these images,


This is a moodboard surrounding the music genre of Indie.



This is a moodboard surrounding the music genre of House.




Thursday, 3 October 2013

David Guetta Analysis

David Guetta is a French house music producer and disc jockey. Originally a DJ in nightclubs during the 80s and 90s. He cofounded Gum Productions and released his first album in 2002 - 'Just a little more love', followed by Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). 



Rise to Stardom

Dvid Guettas career really kicked off in 2009 when his album - 'One Love' became a success with songs 'When Love Takes Over', 'Sexy Bitch' and 'Getting Over You' all reached number one in the UK. His next album - 'Nothing but the Beat' followed in the same footsteps and saw great success. 
David Guetta sold over 6 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. Guetta was voted number 1 DJ by a fan poll in the 'DJ mag top 100 DJ's. In 2013 'Billboard' crowned Guetta's song - 'When Love Takes Over' as the number one dance pop collaboration of all time.