Daft Punk: Random Access Memories – Drumless Edition Vinyl 2LP Daft Punk

Daft Punk unleash a version of their acclaimed final album without drums or percussion. Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) is phase 2 of their tenth anniversary campaign, following the RAM 10 deluxe release with bonus tracks. The band once more unveils their creative process, inviting fans to dive deeper into the songs by peeling back a few layers of each track.

Original Lab review for the standard version of the record:

Random Access Memories is easily one of the most anticipated releases in recent memory, and Daft Punk deliver in aces on all the hype. For their long awaited 4th studio album (the latest since 2005’s Human After All), Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo call in legends of pop music history to help them create their most epic and ambitious work to date. From pioneering hit maker Nile Rodgers and synth icon Giorgio Moroder, to more recent super talents like Pharrell Williams, Panda Bear, and Chilly Gonzalez, Daft taps them all and take their sound to a whole new level with live instrumentation and complex arrangement – an evolution in electronic pop music. You probably already have “Get Lucky” with Pharrell and Nile on mental repeat, but checkout the funked out bump of “Doin’ It Right” with Panda Bear,” the arpeggio-laced disco odyssey that is “Giorgio By Moroder” featuring you know who, “Touch” and the throwback 80’s vibe of “Fragments Of Time” with Todd Edwards. Smooth and sophisticated stuff throughout with the signature vocoder thrown in at just the right times.

• special alternate mix of Daft Punk’s final album with all drums and percussion removed
• black double vinyl pressing
• housed in gatefold sleeve w/ alternate artwork
• includes 8 page booklet
• limited edition
• music label: Columbia 2023

reviewed by Von Bee 05/2013