Wed, 2007-10-03 08:25 | by Carles
It's nice of Daft Punk to clear up our motives when it comes to why we should appreciate electronic music VS. why we should enjoy electronic music.
From Pitchfork's Interview with Daft Punk:
Pitchfork: What's your opinion of DJs like Justice, who are obviously hugely influenced by you? Do you feel any sense of friendly competition with them?
TB[Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter]: Justice are talented. They make good tracks and have fun doing it. We come from a generation that wanted to make electronic music accepted, at a time [when] it was not. The place of electronic music, culturally and socially, is today completely different-- it is now everywhere, and it has been totally accepted. Consequently, there is now a younger generation that is more focused on making great electronic music, good parties, and having fun, where there is not any more so much need for cultural and ideological statements in electronic music itself. We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by older musicians.
This quote makes me feel REALLY Generation Y-ish. Do I listen to good music to have fun, or do I really appreciate it?
MP3: Daft Punk - Face to Face
MP3: Justice - Waters of Nazareth
