Having just scored the upcoming Tron sequel, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, aka the mysterious and influential duo known as Daft Punk, are still going strong more than 15 years after their debut — thanks at least in part to their omnipresent helmets. Tron: Legacy comes out in December, with Daft Punk’s highly-anticipated soundtrack (which promises to be epic!) due out on November 22. To hold you over until then, we’ve pulled together some of our favorite pieces of Daft Punk-inspired fan art after the jump. Enjoy!
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When you’re Ke$ha and competing with the likes of Lady Gaga, perhaps you feel like masquerading around Soho wearing a tiger-head mask is the way to go. Because here’s the thing: While for normal people masks serve as a disguise, when you’re already famous, they only get you noticed more. Click through for a roundup of musicians who have embraced the masked look, and in certain cases, prepare yourself to be a little frightened.
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Folks have started to get a little wacky about TRON: LEGACY, and especially Daft Punk’s soundtrack to the film. Not content simply to listen to an official preview of the music, they’ve been streaming a leaked version that turned out to be nothing more than a collection of fan-created tracks. But why waste time with counterfeit cuts when you can experience the work of the truly inspired Daft Punk and Tron admirers at Eclectic Method? The first of many forthcoming video micro-sites by the trio has the master audio-visual remixers paying tribute to both of their inspirations in the form of a fun, fast-paced clip that mashes up images and sound from the band and the film. Watch our exclusive premiere of the aptly named Daft Tron after the jump. New Yorkers who like what they see (and hear) can check out Eclectic Method when they headline GBH’s Girls & Boys party this Friday, August 6th at Webster Hall.
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1. Disney has finally unloaded Miramax. The price? $660 million. The buyers? An investment group headed by “a California construction mogul.” [via Gawker]
2. Joe Queenan explores why 2010 has been the worst year for movies ever. A sample: “What does it say about the current season that the third installation of Toy Story is better than the first installation of anything else?” [via WSJ]
3. JJ Abrams is working on a film adaption of Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a graphic novel about the world’s first robot that’s set in the Victorian age. [via THR]
4. You can hear the entire leaked Daft Punk Tron: Legacy soundtrack now — but act quickly, before they take it down. [via Vulture] It turns out they were fakes.
5. Morrissey doesn’t think that Katy Perry and Russell Brand should get married. But Katy would still like him to sing at their wedding. [via Contact Music]
Bonus link: Ten Orange Things That Are Not as Orange as the ‘Jersey Shore’ Season Premiere
Harrison Krix is a self-proclaimed dork who just spent seventeen months constructing a Daft Punk helmet. After documenting the entire process on his blog, he has now edited down what was an epic journey into a three-minute clip. Click through for video and images of the final product, and you’ll wish that you could party harder, better, faster, and stronger with this incredible helmet.
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Today at Flavorpill we couldn’t stop talking about our new iPhone app and upcoming world record-breaking yoga event. No, seriously — both are big news around HQ. We loved the New York Times‘ visual look at the evolution of the World Cup soccer ball. We wondered what David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, and DJ Neil Armstrong were all doing in the Star Wars Cantina Scene. We watched the latest teaser for Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” music video and felt teased. We found this infographic of the worst oil spills in our planet’s history oddly comforting (is that messed up?). We discovered that penguins can play soccer. We gawked at the precision of artist Joel Cooper’s origami mask. We considered Vulture’s slideshow of cinema’s creepiest genetically crossbred babies a cautionary tale. We wished that Brett Ratner would just leave Snow White alone. And finally, we were surprised to read that Chace Crawford had been busted for pot possession in Texas after we’d just watched the latest trailer for his movie Twelve — in which he plays a 17-year-old dealer. The universe works in mysterious ways…
Vinyl Workout, an interactive project designed by artist Theo Watson for the inaugural Rotterdam Electronic Music Festival back in 2006, transforms any floor into a giant record player. You control the speed and direction of the music by running around on its surface. Naturally, we want one for our office. Watch it in action after the jump.
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Two guys who haven’t shown their faces for more than a decade probably like to keep unreleased music under wraps. Unfortunately for Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, their DJ duo Daft Punk has certifiably exploded since a landmark performance at Coachella 2006, and Daftheads are constantly scouring for clues to new material. They might have hit the gold mine today, with a possible leaked track from the Tron Legacy movie due out this December.
Soundtrack snippets leaked in the past were eventually proven to be fakes, so it remains to be seen whether this track is the real deal. It sure sounds like Daft Punk in their Human After All phase, all buzzing synths, ominous rumblings, and even the tiresome piano theme. But really, you’ll need anything you can get your hands on to satiate your Tron appetite after you watch this incredible HD trailer.
After the jump, hear the leaked song. Do you think it’s the real thing?
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Ghostly artist Daniel Wang, a DJ who has been namechecked in Daft Punk liner notes, was on a bus to New York City, when he texted us from his German mobile: “still in boston with family…dont want pay roaming charges.” He was scheduled to play P.S.1′s Warm Up party the next day, along with Arthur’s Landing, an Arthur Russell tribute band. Like half of the East Village, earlier in the decade Wang moved to Berlin and became an instant fixture in the ex-pat broken disco scene. His visits to the States are frequent and fleeting, but giddy and anticipated affairs. Read More »
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One of the best things about site-specific dance is watching spectators’ faces morph from expressions of dumbfounded confusion to delight. This was certainly the case last Thursday at the Seaport, when the usual crowd of tourists and business people on their lunch break unexpectedly found themselves in the midst of Nicholas Leichter Dance’s “Space Funk Invasion.” Read More »
