Daft Punk

Can a live album ever get across the staggering brilliance of an utterly mind-blowing spectacle? Daft Punk's Pyramid tour, certainly the finest electronic/dance show of all time, is arguably one of the best live performances in any genre by any group -- and if you think otherwise, you weren't there. This recording of a Paris show certainly captures the massive energy generated by blending and tweaking their catalog into submission, but sound was only part of the experience. As such, this is an excellent souvenir, but what's really needed is a DVD or a time machine to see it all again.

A Daft Punk live album loses some of the essential experience: the robot costumes, the
giant glowing pyramid, the sweaty bodies next to you. And the drugs, definitely the drugs.
But the whoops of the human-after-all audience add plenty to the French filter-disco duo's
surprisingly consistent career-spanning show. The set leans too heavy on their proggy
recent work, but it's still basically a celestial rave tribute to Chic's Nile Rodgers a... More >