Daft Punk : Cheaters ? or just human, after all...

Two months ago, a rumor started to spread : some of the tracks of Daft Punk's Human After All were already available via P2P. From this moment, every single internet page published something on the topic. Theories, counter-theories, fake vs real, "damn good album" vs "what the fuck is that crap ?", ...

I heard the tracks too, however my point here is not to tell wether I'm disappointed or not : first of all, I don't know if what I heard is really Daft Punk, and moreover, if it is really DP, I don't want to be rude.

I loved "Homework", I liked "Discovery". I still love "Homework", but for two weeks the second album became a real dilemna : I heard the original samples they used for the tracks. Well, I know electronic music is based on such a process, even though I'm not sure this is the best way to CREATE, but I thought there was a difference between a sample and a basic cover. On some tracks, they went too far, ...or stay too closed from the original version...

Edwin Birdsong has been robbed somehow, "Harder Better Faster" has a meaning : it might be harder and a bit faster, I'm not sure "better" was a clever choice...

George Duke's instrumentals are really troubling too, but DP's track offered something more here, nothing to say.
My point is not to claim these guys can't do anything by themselves, which is obviously wrong, but just to question such a use of sampling, when electro as much as any "modern" music tries to show to classics they really are artistic vectors to creation and musical discovery.


[Download] Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby

[Download] George Duke - I Love You More


And another one, guess who sampled it...
[Download] The Imperials - Can You Imagine



[Buy] Edwyn Birdsong

[Buy] George Duke

[Buy] The Imperials


Because they deserve it anyway
[Buy] Daft Punk - Discovery