is killing music…retrospection
artwork: vol-a-vue
I’m starting to feel like I live in Paris circa 1998. In fact, I’m not even fully sure if it was better there then or here now. Parties lately have devolved into Daft Punk mixing at Le Queen on the Champs Elysées the night that France won the World Cup. It’s true, though, that things are smaller, but the energy radiates to no end. I heard that legendary Daft Punk at Respect Is Burning mix on Radio FG several times thereafter, and I recognized it instantly. That night was insane. Everyone was going crazy, people were dancing in the street, the subways were free—absolute victory.
But the thing is, each time that I go out these days, I hear Stardust. Daft Punk and French filter house seems like it’s everywhere. My records that I bought back when I was in Paris appear to be even cooler now. Roulé, Alex Gopher, Thomas Bangalter, you name it. I’d even heard Armand van Helden and Pete Heller out recently — bringing back recollections of You Don’t Even Know Me blaring in the supermarché.
In the end, the question is why. Perhaps it’s yet another form of 90s-based nostalgia. We all listened to Daft Punk, we all loved them, and it allows us reflect on (and even return to) our more youthful days. But in a sense this music is becoming more and more relevant—we can appreciate it in a way that only is possible after the fact.
Originally written in French.
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Jess and Crabbe Regulator Mix)
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