12/21/2022
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For today’s , let’s chose the hot button and topic of “early 2000’s French electronic artists who released follow up albums that were initially considered disappointments, but went on to gain cult followings and reappraisals”.
On the left, we have Air, who followed up the hugely popular “Moon Safari” and “Virgin Suicides” with “10,000 Hz. Legend”, which moved away from their dreamy pop-electronica into a real genre-hopping suite of songs.
On the right we have Daft Punk’s “Human After All”, which stripped the lushness of predecessors “Discovery” and “Homework” down to something cold, clinical, and robotic.
I’ve loved the Air since day 1, but the Daft Punk took me many years to fully come around to. Now, I’d be hard-pressed to choose a favourite, but I’ll give the ever-so-slight advantage to Air.
What’s your pick?
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