I love Daft Punk so much. I hate that I never got a chance to see them live. I have the album Alive 2007 on repeat right now. (I say earlier stuff in the title because I didn’t care for the album Random Access Memories.)
Who else would you recommend I listen to? Especially if they’re still producing music. I love their loopy, sampled sound. Any other bands do something similar? Identical isn’t necessary, adjacent is fine.
Magic Sword isn’t exactly dance but they live theatrics and the music is bangin’.
This.
The whole edbanger crew is worth a look
Mine was in the mid2000s. “Danger” released “11h30” which is an absolute banger that, at the time, nothing came close to sounding like it. Would recommend!
That’s an amazing track.
100% go see Air on tour right now. The Moon Safari tour might be the closest thing to peak Daft Punk shows but obviously the chill side of it. Incredible vibes at these shows with amazing stage production.
Les Digitales Rhymes - Röyksopp is still active - Mirwais Ahmadzaï production - Basement Jaxx - The Avalanches (crazy amount of samples) - Danger - Red snapper (jazzy) - Dead mau5 ( not for me but the certainly took some the daft punk blueprint)
Of course Justice, Underworld, DJ Shadow, Fatboy slim, chemical brothers, Orbital, LCD Soundsystem
Moon Safari is a masterpiece.
I wish Air was coming to a city near me. Tragic.
Yeah looks like it’s only a north American tour. That’s a shame. Most people aren’t willing to go to the US right now, including me.
According to Mr Collins they are coming in the air tonight!
Justice is up there for me. Haven’t disliked a single one of their albums yet.
This is the answer I would choose too for something that sounds most like Daft Punk
Justice, no contest. Watch the full ‘Iris - A space opera’ live concert on YouTube and you’ll understand why.
Bingo, that’s the one. I was lucky enough to see the band live twice in their home town Paris. Each time I left the venue speechless. :)
M-83
They’re even French
M-83 is it for me. Totally fresh and great.
I don’t know about the next Daft Punk, but i share your opinion of earlier vs later and have been digging Framewerk’s stuff lately. Give it a whirl: https://framewerk.bandcamp.com/album/the-anthemic-collection-limited-release
My friends who enjoy Daft Punk all love RAM and I, like you, really didn’t dig it. There’s a good song or two but the rest really don’t jive with me.
Pretty Lights
Flying Lotus
Parov Stelar
St Germain
Wax Tailor
Portishead
All of the Mushroom Jazz series by Mark Farina (he didn’t create the tracks but will give you lots of artists to segue to)
I wouldn’t call pretty lights up and coming. He headlined a festival I went to fifteen years ago. But I’m going to check your other recommendations cause I haven’t heard like half of them. Thank you!
I saw Primus -> Pretty Lights @ AllGood on Marvin’s Mountaintop.
It was amazing
Jelly!
Sorry - didn’t know they had to be up and coming. I wouldn’t call most of the artists on that list that, but definitely worth checking out.
Also I’m completely wrong, the post did not say “up and coming” I must’ve hallucinated it
No apologies needed homie! I’m just an incredibly pedantic person
I don’t believe there is a “next daft punk” as of yet but I would consider the following artists relatively daft punk adjacent. Certainly worth checking out.
Flume
What So Not
Gesaffelstein
RL Grime
Rustie
Jungle
Chet Faker
Die Antwoord
Be aware of Die Antwoord controversies and them being horrible people.
Yeah, shame about that, I kinda liked their music.
Breakbot
I’ve gotten really into Lemaitre, they’re a Norwegian electronic duo thas kind of in between Avicii and Daft Punk, as far as sound goes. To me at least, they’re incredible. Their song Reflection came on my playlist one day and… Man, you ever hear a song and just immediately know you’re going to listen to it on repeat for the next week? Then I checked out more of their songs and immediately listened to those on repeat as well.
I never hear anyone talking about them though. It’s crazy to me they’re not more popular. Their music just seems to push a button in my brain.
Excellent suggestion, both for their quality and similarity to daft punk. You’re right, I almost never hear people talk about them!
Not sure I’d phrase it that way but you’d probably like:
Wax Tailor
Ratatat
Justice
Flying Lotus
Paza Rahm
Two Fingers
Claude VonStroke
Xploding PlastiX
Edit:
I’ll throw in Caravan Palace and Parov Stellar if you like electroswing
Man, I haven’t listened to Ratatat in yeaaars. Thanks for the memory!
My friend took me to Ratatat and busted out a cannabis pipe before we went in. It was the second time I ever had THC. It was SURREAL.
The only experience that tops it for me was rolling tits at Tipper, with a custom stage and projected visuals.
Roosevelt and Parcels aren’t as electronic but have very similar sounds. Daft Punk actually helped produce a Parcels single.
I really like The Glitch Mob but not sure if they’re similar to daft punk.
Glitch Mob is a lot more bass-y and dubstep-y compared to Daft Punk, imo
