Daft Punk "Homework" (1997)
DP grew from the ashes of the guitar-based band 'Darling'. One critic
slagged them off as "Daft, punky trash" which at least set up Guy-Manuel
de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter with a name for their subsequent
band.
The duo moved away from guitars and into synthesizers, drum machines and samplers. The duo released singles "Da Funk"
and "Rolling and Scratching", they went back into the studio to record
some more singles but came away with enough material to constitute an
album.
The band leaned reasonably heavily on funk sounds, nice deep bass
grooves and catchy wah-wah synth hooks. The tracks definitely follow
the dance music format of slowly building on repetitive loops, but the
music is catchy, memorable and creative beyond that.
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