S4Y#29: "Within" | Daft Punk feat. Chilly Gonzales

In Daft Punk's latest album, there's a track where the duo collaborates with Giorgio Moroder, then it is followed by a chord progression made by pianist Chilly Gonzales in transition to a slow and soft flow of melodies. It's a bit jazzy in the transition, then it finally reaches the melancholic point, where "Within" begins.

"A deep vocoder sings about not understanding the world, being lost and not even remembering his own name," writes critic Nick Stevenson. Another coming-of-age feeling, it seems, though it can be felt by anyone.

This reminds me of something: in understanding the world, and being found from being lost, God can help, for He does show the world in His perspective, and He shows the Way for the lost.

S4Y#28: "Instant Crush" | Daft Punk feat. Julian Casablancas

We have instant coffee, instant noodles, instant cash...and now "instant crush", at the least for a song.

One of the first tracks I've heard from their latest album Random Access Memories. And here, is a brilliant mix of electronic and rock, of acoustic and synthetic (with the help of The Strokes' lead Julian Casablancas).

Isn't it a thing with adolescence: having crushes instantly...and perhaps instantly fading away as well?

S4Y#12: "Get Lucky" | Daft Punk

The robots-in-public were back with Random Access Memories, including its main single, "Get Lucky".

Daft Punk has done something new, something different from what they did in the past albums, where beats and synths and vocoder-sounds were linked to house and electronic.

Here, they were making a throwback to past sounds. For the first time, the duo were doing drums and guitar. Still, they included some electro.

They even collaborated with many artists for the album, and here in this single they worked with singer Pharell Williams(Happyyy...) and guitarist Nile Rodgers(of the 70's band Chic:"Ahhhhh...Freak out!").

There's even a joke regarding the line "We're up all night to get lucky": isn't that what students do often?

Here's one amazing performance of "Get Lucky", where Stevie Wonder joined them:

S4Y#9: "Doin' It Right" | Daft Punk feat. Panda Bear

Out of all the mix of modern and past in Daft Punk's latest album, Random Access Memories, this one is said to be the only purely electronic piece, with a modern style.

However simple and minimal this composition is, the vocoder-voiced lyrics, blended with those sung by another electronic musician Panda Bear, are catchy that they even sound like an 80's radio commercial.

They even paint an imagery of an upbeat dance party that was slowed down.