Following on from that cheeky 8-bit cover, here’s an altogether more brooding take on Daft Punk’s first ever chart-topper.
On Saturday, 4AD three-piece Daughter stopped by Huw Stephens’ BBC Radio 1 show to perform their own version of the Daft Punk/Pharrell/Nile Rodgers team-up. If the original was a glass-half-full sort of affair, Daughter’s reading is hopeless and heartsore – singer Elena Tonra jettisons Pharrell’s good time cheer, and the instrumental is as brittle and limber as anything on Coexist. Click below to listen.
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is due on May 21. On a Daft Punk tip, FACT have compiled the best Nile Rodgers collaborations you never knew existed.