25 May 2009

Daft Punk's influence: Primal Scream

I find myself, like Daft Punk, getting a little repetitive when I say again that Daft Punk is all about mixing:  their music is a mix of styles, genres, and eras.  Their influences are then obviously varied, ranging from the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson to Romanthony or Bob Marley.  But a major influence in terms of genre was the album Screamadelica by Primal Scream.

Primal Scream was a British band and major member of the acid house scene in the nineties.  Their career merged their early indie rock aesthetic and finally their dance/ house aesthetic.  Their song "Movin' on up" was immensely popular and serves as a good example of their mixture of rock with dance:




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