The AD Files
Gabriel SzatanA newsletter about DJing, dance music and Daft Punk. 100s of new interviews, archival photo/video material and related music history to come — the story of 21st century culture, as told by its key artists. \ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude5b\ud835\ude69\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude67 \ud835\ude3f\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude5b\ud835\ude69 releases early 2024.
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More Alive In Death Than In Life
It’s the banner release of the fortnight. A decade in the making. Unequivocally the big one.
That’s right: Pitchfork’s third stab at reviewing Random Access Memories.
Yes, Random Access Memories is 10 years old exactly today. 10. Rack ‘em...
First Names Announced!
No waffle, cold open: I’ve been waiting to drop this for weeks. Months, even.
It gives me 70% enormous pleasure and 30% extreme trepidation to unveil the first wave of contributors inside the newly christened After Daft: The Rewiring of 21...
Memories Are A Funny Old Thing
The year in both A.D.’s orbit and music at large is undoubtedly stepping up a notch. But I’ll start on a more tender note.
It was a great shame to hear of Leiji Matsumoto’s passing. The fabled mangaka’s work on Interstella 5555 alongside t...
Sorted For Grams & E's
Hello hello. It’s been a busy few weeks, both for AD and in the Daft-adjacent world.
For starters, Air unveiled a special 25th anniversary edition of Moon Safari, a campaign to which I contributed a retrospective essay at their / Warner’s...
As Heard On "As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt.2"
David and Stephen Dewaele play a pretty sizeable role in After Daft. I’ve been lucky to bank three sessions with the affable brothers across 2022, including a full day at Studio Deewee in Ghent this February, as well as speaking to dozens o...
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