French electronic music duo Daft Punk have teamed up with American singer Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers hold their liturgy to funk and disco in the new retro video for their disco-tinged "Lose Yourself to Dance," follows "Get Lucky" as the second single from the robotic-DJ duo's latest fourth studio album, "Random Access Memories." The new video is the shimmering ode to the health benefits and human-spirit lifting qualities of coming alive on the dance floor, and that feels like a lost outtake from "The Midnight Special" circa 1975, it's pretty straightforward.
"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a disco and funk song as Daft Punk expressed that this ode to the dance floor was the result of a desire to create dance music with live drummers. The band's half member Thomas Bangalter elaborated that they wished to redefine dance music as "something lighter or something more [primal]," and that the song is meant to evoke the sense of being unified and connected on the dance floor. The French duo also told Le Nouvel Observateur that they are proud that "Random Access Memories" features strictly live drums, with the exception of one track.
The sturdy funk track features Williams's trademark falsetto whilst Chic songwriter and axeman Rogers does the business on the guitar. Williams likened the track to David Bowie's classic mid-'80s cut with Mick Jagger,"Dancing In The Street," as he told Vibe magazine: "'Lose Yourself To Dance' makes me feel like walking down the street in the middle of the night in London and it's 1984, 1985. I don't hear '70s in that at all. For me, it doesn't sound at all like a Bowie record, but I feel like David Bowie would have loved that record. He could actually sing it."
The new video for "Lost Yourself to Dance," is a pretty simple affair, especially compared to past Daft Punk productions which opens with the album's title in glowing cursive, the clip then segues into a Soul Train-esque performance of the old-skool, funky on an elevated stage. The robotic duo as well as Williams and Rodgers are decked out in glittering jackets and wield clear instruments as they perform the song for a lucky group of dancers who are in fact, losing themselves to dance. The audience undulates below, clad in '70s-style gear, their dancing bodies lit red by the pulsating lights of the space-age club.
"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a disco and funk song as Daft Punk expressed that this ode to the dance floor was the result of a desire to create dance music with live drummers. The band's half member Thomas Bangalter elaborated that they wished to redefine dance music as "something lighter or something more [primal]," and that the song is meant to evoke the sense of being unified and connected on the dance floor. The French duo also told Le Nouvel Observateur that they are proud that "Random Access Memories" features strictly live drums, with the exception of one track.
The sturdy funk track features Williams's trademark falsetto whilst Chic songwriter and axeman Rogers does the business on the guitar. Williams likened the track to David Bowie's classic mid-'80s cut with Mick Jagger,"Dancing In The Street," as he told Vibe magazine: "'Lose Yourself To Dance' makes me feel like walking down the street in the middle of the night in London and it's 1984, 1985. I don't hear '70s in that at all. For me, it doesn't sound at all like a Bowie record, but I feel like David Bowie would have loved that record. He could actually sing it."
The new video for "Lost Yourself to Dance," is a pretty simple affair, especially compared to past Daft Punk productions which opens with the album's title in glowing cursive, the clip then segues into a Soul Train-esque performance of the old-skool, funky on an elevated stage. The robotic duo as well as Williams and Rodgers are decked out in glittering jackets and wield clear instruments as they perform the song for a lucky group of dancers who are in fact, losing themselves to dance. The audience undulates below, clad in '70s-style gear, their dancing bodies lit red by the pulsating lights of the space-age club.
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