But the prog-leaning songs-“Within,” “Beyond,” “Motherboard,” etc.-fare a lot better.Īt times the transformation is revelatory. By and large, the disco tunes-“Get Lucky,” “Lose Yourself to Dance,” “Instant Crush”-sound bereft of life in their Drumless versions, a low-carb diet beer watered down within an inch of its life. My own theory around Random Access Memories is that Daft Punk’s fourth album is, in effect, two records: a disco/soft rock/house album that houses the radio hits and a much more interesting, proggy, swirly record that lies alongside. Stripping the glossy RAM productions of their percussion does give other musical elements room to breathe-the bass, for example, feels a lot more prominent on “Giorgio by Moroder,” and you can really pick out how Todd Edwards’ brilliant microsample patchwork on “Fragments of Time” relates to the song’s bass and guitar lines. There’s no slinky disco hi-hat on “Get Lucky,” no explosive snare fills on “Contact,” no gentle cymbal taps on “Within,” not even a click track on “Giorgio by Moroder.” If this were another group you’d suspect a radical art prank, a sardonic comment, maybe, on the importance of drums to the house and techno music with which Daft Punk made their name. The big news is that Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) really is just that: Random Access Memories with the drums removed. Some fans claim that RAM Drumless is intended for DJs and producers who want to create their own RAM mixes and bootlegs, a logical enough idea that doesn’t account for the pricey Drumless merch or the major-label system and its outright revulsion for copyright-busting fan-made remixes. In the absence of an official explanation, speculation has thrived.
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