Daft Punk’s INSANE Sampling Masterclass | Breakdown & Recreation
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2023
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Let's talk about the Daft Punk album “Discovery” and specifically how it all comes together on the song “Face to Face” - why it’s a masterclass in sampling, songwriting, and why this album is more than just fun dance music. This is high level ART. We'll break down the genres, samples used, recreate a few songs, and see how this album is a sampling masterclass.
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TOPICS COVERED
Daft Punk
Discovery
Electronic Music
Sampling
Recreation
Breakdown
Masterclass
Edwin Birdsong
Kanye West
Romanthany
Todd Edwards
House Music
Music
Sister Sledge
Random Access Memories
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Why Random Access Memories is such a cool finale album from Daft Punk is because instead of using samples from released songs like they previously did, they got artists who they previously sampled to play hours of music for them, and sampled through their own recordings
And julien casablanca…
i think thats why i dont enjoy it as much. it feels inauthentic and bland. same issue with Justice - they got enough money and studio access to actually make the stuff they used to sample and it loses the attitude and transgressive vibe that sampling brings. i understand people liking RAM, and what they like about it, but the whole album is pretty much a skip for me.
@@vvvictoriav5958 Well, that's just plain stupid.
@@JohnDoe-vc5qb having an opinion is stupid? I can’t help if I don’t enjoy an album mate. I’m like a mega fan of their other work
@@vvvictoriav5958 Yes
face to face is an absolute masterclass in microchopping. there's been like, 19 tiny bits from different individual records found throughout the various parts of the song. the winnie the pooh one blew me away. amazing video as always my g!
Right?? I never realized he was actually saying “Christopher” in the original song. And that “you are - face to face - with me” bit, just a cool touch.
I love mondegreens (misheard lyrics) and for years I thought the "Christopher Rob..." bit was "Mr. Furlong". It never made any sense to me, but that's what I sang anyway.
@@AutPen38 I totally misheard it as well, but in completely different ways. When I first heard it I would always hear it as "face to face now" and "face to face", since that's the song title. But I later read somewhere (wrongly) that it was a French sample, and then I couldn't stop hearing it in as "qu'est-ce tu fais là" and "qu'est-ce tu fais", which means "what are you doing there" and "what are you doing". Pretty wild the way our brains fill in the gaps when we aren't certain what something is.
if I remember properly, it's exactly 22 samples. there's a video on UA-cam of a guy finding all 22 and recreating the song
@@Verm1n Todd reveals all the samples ua-cam.com/video/z8vfJgK2fyc/v-deo.html
7:26 "Veridis quo" has also an other play on word than "Very Disco", it's "Discovery" the name of the album
Didn't notice that wow
Holy shit in 22 years I never noticed this.
That Face to Face breakdown blew me away...still discovering stuff off of this classic. Your take on Justice's Cross would be interesting as well.
That album is 🔥
Justice has some really good music
I second this notion.
any justice breakdown would be fire. my favorite song is the party because it touches on so many individual aspects and makes them new
Yes do JUSTICE
Daft Punk’s “Discovery” is a masterpiece. Easily, the best album of 2001, and that is saying a lot.
I’d say it’s even one of the greatest albums in the history of electronic music (if not THE greatest, or at least, the most impactful) and one of the best albums of the 21st century, all genres included.
the glow pt 2 seeing this
What album from 2001 can compete with it in your opinion?
@@erruz7606 blueprint
@@erruz7606 System Of a Down - Toxicity, Jay-Z - Blueprint, The White Stripes - White Blood Cells, Gorillaz, Basement Jaxx- Rooty, and Aaliyah. 2001 was loaded
Honestly, if you are interested in branching out in more stories about samples used in music, the controversy behind Dangermouse "The Gray Album", Jay-Z, The Beatles, and EMI snatching that concept with the cease and desist order to flip The Gray Album into a Linkin Park release... That can't be ignored. PLEASE! This story is often forgotten and needs to be told.
I don't know the part about the Linkin Park release
I’ve never thought about that. It’s obvious now I’ve heard it.
It wrote itself
@@MutleeIsTheAntiGod Short version of the story :
- Dangermouse took an EMI released a capella of Jay-Z's Black Album and remixed it from start to finish with The Beatles White Album. He named the result "The Gray Album".
- EMI (Jay-Z's label) pulled the a capella from circulation and issues a cease and desist order to Dangermouse adding the threat of a copyright infringement lawsuit despite the fact that Dangermouse distributed The Gray Album for free online profiting on none of it. It was Dangermouse demonstrating what quality sampling is capable of.
- The internet caught wind of a big label trying to squeeze money from an independent artist and held a mass protests, having major websites display their sites in grayscale, showing solidarity for Dangermouse.
- Months after the protests and lawsuit threats, EMI released a "collaboration" with Linkin Park + Jay-Z, stealing Dangermouse's initial idea for commercial use.
Limping Punk. Unlistenable.
This is one of those “why it sucks we are somewhat in a post album era”. Any singular song won’t blow you away with production techniques (not saying they’re bad) but when you see how they pull together such varying processes to create the album, you appreciate it that much more.
idk man, I think a lot of electronic producers push those boundaries but since electronic music isn't big on the radio, you dont hear that side of the production much. Porter Robinson and Flume are great examples as well as Skrillex
but I agree, Daft Punks techniques were awesome on this album
Are we post album with electronic music? seems like they are just called "sets" now. That's how I view it.
There are plenty of artists out there who still make albums like albums people just like complaining
I completely agree with this take but not just from a electronic music perspective…. It is SO FUCKING HARD to make a full album great start to finish, it’s what sets apart the great ones from the ok/good ones.
With that said there’s still bands/artists making great albums the great ones always will. The problem I think is us the listeners, I think people just don’t listen to full albums anymore, they listen to songs/playlists it’s not right or wrong but because of this artists focus is making 1 hit song instead of cohesive albums….
The sampling in Face To Face is so good that there’s a chance that I’ll die before they find every single sample.
Edit: NEVERMIND You guys are amazing!
There are only two samples left in Face to Face that we haven't discovered yet. Considering they figured out what samples made up the second half of Too Long, my bet is we'll find the last two samples of Face to Face in another year or two
@@pc_buildyb0i935 where can i read about this sample search?
@@mattsephton I don't think there's any written material covering any of this, but UA-cam videos have been uploaded showcasing the samples, including the mystery sample.
Todd Edwards did a livestream where he revealed some of the actual clips sampled in F2F, which is how 3 of 4 mystery samples were discovered. Now there's just one left
They found a new one recently, it's crazy
@@Diegomolinams98 Which one?
The Face to Face samples were played live on a keyboard, Todd Edwards has explained how they made it in an interview. And the sample wasn’t chosen because it sounds like it says face to face, the sample inspired the song title.
that seems much mire likely, the samples take on a life of their own
Yeh he was overthinking a few things in this video.
Dude, please please don't stop making these videos! Each one gets better. Thank you so much.
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Fantastic story telling!
Daft Punk's ear for sampling is unreal. What they can do making collage of song snippets is what makes them so special to me. Loved the part where you played Fave to Face live!
I agree, the way they can chop up samples in a way which is tasteful and not obnoxious is almost unreal
I still think that no one can beat god of sampling Liam Howlett from The Prodigy. But Duft Punk are also legends for them selves.
@@misticx Liam Howlett sampling techniques are indeed crazy.
I thought you bringing everything together for One More Time was good, then Face to Face gave me chills. This is amazing work. It's almost unfair how well you put these together. Keep it up.
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@@diggingthegreatsYes, your live Face to Face performance was crazy!! I’m bummed I missed you at NAMM 😔
It’s so great that there’s content being made for all of us sampling geeks out there!!!
Thank you for covering one of the best albums of all time
I gotchu 🔥
Its crazy to me that daft punk transformed the words "Christopher Robin" to "face to face now"
Its absolutely beautiful!
"Face to Face" is one of my all time favorite songs. I have huge respect to Todd Edwards and his sampling style since his catalog in the UK Garage genre is also pretty massive. I can just imagine Thomas and Todd splicing up countless samples and tossing ideas for that track. We're still finding samples from this song and the song is over 22 years old!
Daft Punk are absolute legends in dance music, and Discovery is a masterpiece. I cried manly tears when they broke-up in 2021
Don't remind me that it was already more than two years ago 😭
Your ability to recreate all these samples and beats is super impressive! Keep it up!
For sure 🎉
So hyped for RAM's 10 year anniversary today
Omg its ten years already 😢??
I have it on my mind like it was yesterday
Genuine nostalgic chills rose in me once you started cutting up Spell on You to make THAT beat.
It's so good 🔥
OMFG you reproducing the face to face sampling gave me GOOSEBUMPS!! WOW Daft Punk were geniuses with this album. I did NOT appreciate it at first and always chose human after all as my fave album by them but the craft behind this one is stellar!! GENIUS!
I've been following your channel for a while now. Just wanted to comment to let you know that I and probably many others admire the effort you put into these videos, both research-wise and in the recreation of the samples. Keep on doing what you're doing, it's amazing!!
This is my favorite video from you so far, loved every second of it. Daft punk and discovery in general are huge influences to my sampling style and production.
What a work you have to do on this episode! Respect ❤
You’re my fav channel beside Polyphonic when it comes to history of music and understanding all the ingredients what makes these tunes great! Keep it up 🙏🏼
Dude, the face to face breakdown made my jaw drop. Legit 🤯
Amazing video!
Dude, the amount of passion you have for what you do and the excellent way you communicate it through video is inspiring. These explorative videos are top notch, and the fact that they are delivered from the perspective of a DJ who like me, loves samples, it's just extremely special. Just want to say thank you and keep them coming.
This is seriously mind blowing!! Much respect to you for breaking this down like that.
Excellent video! Love how you show the samples being captured, then processed and then voilá, almost the finished song. I would love to see a similar video on St Germain's Tourist album.
Todd Edwards is a LEGEND. He literally MADE UK garage
I was literally just listening to this album earlier today. Wondering if you would ever do a video on it. Dreams do come true. Great channel man and great video
Nice vid. Well done, proud of you for shedding more light on the legends of Daft Punk
Todd Edwards is THE expert on vocal samples, I have been a UKG fan (and DJ) for over 25 years and anything by Todd was always groundbreaking!
Big respect how you combine your Musik skills, know how, research and content creation. Im always happy when I see a new upload. The face to face break down was mind blowing👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
High quality content 💯💯💯never stop with these videos!
Dude, what a great video. Loved every minute of it. So interesting, I love daft punk! Thank you for doing this video!
please. i WILL KILL for a full sample breakdown in your style for face to face. all the samples have been found for it and the way you do it is crazy.
MY GOSH!! I was not expecting this from you!!! Thank you so much! Daft Punk is my all-time favorite artist, and you did an amazing job of showing their work here.
I’ve watched pretty much every video on their techniques and stuff, but you still managed to teach me some new things!! Awesome, just thank you so much, keep doin your thang! 🤘🏼😄
Another great video!! the sampling techniques are amazing... makes me think of Since I left You by the Avalanches -- which (I believe) has hundreds, maybe thousands of samples in it. Keep up the great work fam!
Excellent analysis !
This is my favorite channel on youtube, I love nerding out about samples and usually have no one to talk to about them
I can’t believe that sample for the Face to Face hook, hearing Christopher robin for the first time after listening to that hundreds of times has blown my mind!
Oof! I hoped you would do this video one day, but to actually see you pull it off is bonkers. Thank you for this, now we can better educate people on why Daft Punk is was influential. It's crazy how they went through all the work for those three albums before RAM and just decide to chop up their own songs for the ALIVE tour. They have such a great understanding of their own music to be able to do that to your own work. This video is epic. I would love a hundred more like these, we should get Patreon started or something. You're starting to become something like music class to most of us. Thank you very much!
OMG YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT LIVE.
That's AWESOME. Subscribed.
Daaaaaamn, this is so cool! I actually had no idea! I really love your channel, I'm learning so much about my favorite artists & sampling. Thanks Brandon!!
I have that record even though never being a giant Daft Punk fan. I never really thought too deeply about there music so its really fun having your eyes opened about what went in to make it and how special of a piece of art it is. Thanks for all the breakdowns you do. I've learned so much and even added a lot of new artists to my iTunes playlists.
On the track ‘Teachers’ from the Homework album, they cite a lot of their musical influences/heroes. Clearly very much by House, Techno and Funk artists from Chicago and Detroit scenes 💚
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@@J.Braxton Haha, very good, touche 😂😎
Very much, but not totally 😉
They cited Dr Dre as well most likely a nod to his g gunk production technique on The Chronic. That alone felt like a history lesson inusicology
Excellent video, would love to see more of this style of breakdown!
Your channel is just awesome, enlightening, and needs more traction. Fascinating how you bring to the forefront the complexity, genius, and controversies of production that an avg listener could never pick out or hear without this level of break down. Keep it up!
One of my favourite albums of all time. I had it on CD when i was a kid and i would listen to it on repeat every night for about 6 months. Phenominal!
The cool thing about Discovery is the amount of stuff they made to sound like samples. I especially love the Wurlitzer on Digital Love, which is an homage to Supertramp. Their work is so inspiring.
Man your channel rips, you are great! Thank you for the great content 🙏
I love your work! Thank you for taking the time
Ngl this is the best music youtube channel of all time. Everything from the script to the production quality is 🔥
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these guys are geniuses, never seen so much dedication in a band like them, and probably we haven't discovered all samples they used
Yea Boi! The video I've been waiting for! Great masterclass 👌
this is amazing... thank you for breaking this down. soooo cool
I love this album, especially the movie that paired with it(interstella 5555). This album told a story and seeing it visually projected was just too perfect.
Face 2 Face is top 5 songs of all time to me. This break down blew me away.
This is the channel I needed. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTENT!!!!!!!
Listening to you make the parts up from their samples was AMAZING! Thank you!
Guys, it's over. They found the last Face To Face sample just now. After 22 years, it's finally over.
amazing video! and just want to point out that you are absolutely right about this album having a hero's journey narrative arc. there's a visual companion piece to this album called interstellar 5555 that's has to be mentioned when speaking about this album that shows you the journey that hero goes on. it has no dialogue, and each song from the album is a scene in the film that tells the hero's story. it is absolutely incredible and I highly recommend it to fans of this album. it really drives the whole project home.
I really thought Interstella 5555 (the companion animated movie that tells a full story to this album) would show up more. Great breakdown of the music on this epic album. If you like this album definitely seek the movie.
This is my new favorite channel, you’re awesome man!
Absolutely amazing video
I finally found the Edwin Birdsong record at a local record shop and got it for a steal of a deal. I wouldn’t have grabbed it if I hadn’t watched your video on Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Salute!
Edit: Also, I think breaking down 10cc’s music and how they’ve been sampled through history (ie: Dilla’s Workinonit) would be sick. They are definitely under appreciated
Man I feel so happy to see the Robots being popular again, I love your videos also you're such a good content creator 🙌🤖
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Love watching and re-watching this video. As a person who went to college for music composition (said college shut down), and also is a huge fan of daft punk, this video never fails to fill me with motivation and passion for anything. Keep up all the great work!
Awesome breakdown, I know what I'm listening to this weekend!!!! Thanks!!!!!! wow!
Oh man. Oh man, oh man. This is a very special album to me. I was 11 when it was released and remember hearing One more Time on toonami. Then 6 years later, I'm graduating high school, entering college and come across a video that said "I love Daft Punk...but..." then proceeded to show some of the samples. I thought it was so cool, and decided to listen to the actual album since I had only known 3 songs off of it. I listened to that album so much I can't think of 2007 without thinking about Daft Punks discovery.
I then fell down the rabbit hole of people trying to find ALL of the samples and recreate them. I remember everyone trying to figure out Face to face for the longest time, but I never heard someone point out the "Face to face now, face to face with me" like...WHAT lmao.
Its worth mentioning that both “Something About Us” and “Voyager” interpolate elements from Oliver Cheatham’s “Get Down Saturday Night” - a sample that has also found its way into other huge tracks since (Michael Gray’s “The Weekend”, Room 5’s “Make Luv”)
And Thundercat samples Something About Us on “A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II)”
I feel like Im missing more but i can’t get over the influence Daft Punk and this album have had, thank you for making this video!!
Definitely - I wish I would have said more on that! And yes, this album is massively influential, incredible all around
Nice one. Yeah with something about Us I always thought it sounds like oliver cheatham but where do you hear elements of get down its Saturday night in voyager?
@@THOMASTAYIMOEHL i remember hearing that the chord progression for the pad in the beginning and throughout Voyager came from the pad in Get Down Saturday Night but now that Ive looked into it more it might just be a coincidence, Ive been seeing people say its a fully original song
love this channel
Incredible video, as always!
I'm a nerd and I approve of this video
I never knew that was how 10cc created I’m not in love. That makes me respect the song that much more wow 😮
You've done justice to the brilliance of their sampling & production methods (and sharing it in a form that will educate a younger audience, possibly inspiring future producers). Loved this video Brandon, you've been on a roll lately with amazing content. Your deep love and appreciation of music, in general, couldn't be hidden from us, if you tried. You've become one of my favorite music channels over the last 6 months, and I can't wait to see what other tracks / albums / artists you'll share your love and knowledge of! Keep up the great work!
Superb video, well done. I've been listening to Daft Punk constantly since my discovery of them in 2001, this album is truly a masterpiece and your breakdown and analysis really shows that (for those who didn't already know)
This is nuts, Ive been a big DP Fan since Junior High 1997. I was 17 When discovery came out And just now bought it on vinyl a few days ago. The Way you broke down DP's Tracks and played them Samples is incredible. As a Man born in the states to Liberian immigrant parents, I didn't even know about Eddie Johns and him being a Liberian. I had to Draw the dial back 3 times just to make sure i heard you say what i thought you said. That's some Satellite vision right there. You made another damn good video. You're a scientist Bro. I love the Kanye Vid as well. Im still trying to get Graduation on Vinyl LOL. I Love RIPX as well, i bought it 2 Months ago to Midi Convert some old House Tracks i produced years ago, its an incredible Tool. Appreciate you.
Brilliant digging as usual, always an education.
For me, Homework is by far their best album. It genuinely blew mind when i first heard it. I’m indifferent to the follow ups, just not my taste. They were incredibly talented 😎
Dude i fucking love this video. Daft punk is amazing, but the way you dissect and explain the music makes for a great watch. You go in detail and still manage to keep the video miving quick. New sub😂
Excellent video, love how you just dive in and go... Keep it up!
I finally introduced my 3-year-old to this record and he loved it!! it's a classic.
Such a great video. Huge props, you are very knowledgeable in the subject for sure!
You deserve more views. This is excellent work and guidance, thanks.
Amazing video as always, but the samples you showcased for 'Face to Face' are only the tip of the iceberg. There are so many "microchops" of various other songs from the same era that weren't discovered until recently. This video does a pretty good job of recreating all those samples ua-cam.com/video/maaVzL8zhoQ/v-deo.html This just shows how incredible Daft Punk were at their craft!
Love your videos man keep ‘em coming!!
I grew up on this album and it changed my life I remember showing my friends in middle school and we all started djing on this website in tech lab, really cool to see you play the samples live good video really cool
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This was insanely well done, kudos to you sir I appreciate all the hard work that went into this!
This is so awesome! Finally learning so much more about Daft Punk! And holy cow man, you really broke it down!
Nothing left to do here except to follow you! High quality video and insane love for music and art
LOVED this. Thanks for making!!
Great videos my guy loved all of them so far i dig sample videos so much we need more
It’s insane the amount of work you put into this video. You started it perfectly just going straight into it with ‘One more time’ and showing us how it happened, to the end it on probably the most complex but interesting song of the album which is ‘Face to face.’ Excellent work, never even knew they sampled or anything. Thanks for this awesome video, I liked it and subscribed.
Crazy work man, congratulations🔥🔥
Dude, damn! Amazing video production, just subscribed. Just an absurd amount of talent to be able to reproduce these and explain the deep concepts. I'm hooked!
I need this video to go viral, this level of effort deserves it! Amazing!!!!!!!!!
Eye opening stuff. As a daft punk fan this earned you a subscribe!
This is the kind of musical creativity that inspires you to want to get into music production, small, subtle bits of whole songs that are cut & pasted in such beautiful ways.
your dj sets gotta be fire. dope video as always 🙌🏾
Nicely done! And kudos for playing the samples yourself, I think that worked well 👏👏