Daft Punk have shared a previously unreleased song with The Strokes star Julian Casablancas.
Lifted from the 10th anniversary edition of the band’s fourth and final album, ‘Random Access Memories’, Infinity Repeating is included among 30 minutes of previously unreleased music on the LP.
It includes demos and outtakes from the recording sessions and is available physically and on digital platforms.
Listen to Infinity Repeating below.
Thomas Bangalter – one half of the French electronic duo – recently opened up about the reasons behind his and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christom’s split, citing the blurred lines “between reality and fiction”.
“Daft Punk was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters,” he explained. “It was a very important point for me and Guy-Man[uel] to not spoil the narrative while it was happening.”
Thomas added: “Now the story has ended, it felt interesting to reveal part of the creative process that is very much human-based and not algorithmic of any sort.”
Another reason he gave was changes in the technological landscape, with the musician citing real-life rise in artificial intelligence as a concern.
“It was an exploration, I would say, starting with the machines and going away from them,” he continued. “I love technology as a tool [but] I’m somehow terrified of the nature of the relationship between the machines and ourselves.”
Admitting their desire to distance themselves from such advances, he mused: “My concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence go beyond its use in music creation. I almost consider the character of the robots like a Marina Abramović performance art installation that lasted for 20 years
“As much as I love this character, the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot.”
Buy ‘Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) on CD and Vinyl.
