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Over a decade ago, Daft Punk proved that robots could be cool. Last year, Kanye West proved that they can be commercially viable. But can they be sexy? Evidently Janet Jackson thinks so. Her latest release, “Discipline,” is practically dripping with digital innuendo. With the help of an army of big-name producers, Jackson has dressed up sweaty dance-pop with sex and strobe lights. Album opener “Feedback” is a club single with a heavy beat and a dark, slinky analog bass. We don’t hear much...
...Daft Punk “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?...
...France has "world stars," ones that reach millions of spectators, too, even if they are not subsidized by the authorities: photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, author Yasmina Reza, designer Philippe Starck, Daft Punk and soprano Natalie Dessay...
Machines plus hip-hop often equals awesome. Kanye West set the precedent in 2007 with his take on Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” and the Expressions Dance Company took it from there at “Ex-Static” on Saturday night in Lowell Lecture Hall. But even the best of machines can get a bit rusty (especially in sub-zero weather) and require a little engine grease to get rolling.Expressions is a dance company that encourages and thrives on audience participation, and one of the ways it does...
...French culture [Dec. 3]. But there are plenty of emerging French artists, especially on the pop- and dance-music scene: David Guetta and Bob Sinclar both released international hit songs this year, albeit with Anglo-Saxon singers. Over the past 10 years, electronic groups from France such as Daft Punk (whom Kanye West sampled on his recent hit Stronger) and Air have met with similar success. French rap is thriving too - in fact, the rap market in France is the second biggest after the U.S. Graham Clark, KEIGHLEY, ENGLAND...