Post by Webster on Jun 17, 2015 1:05:25 GMT -5
Wired: Giorgio Moroder Is Back..Thanks To Daft Punk
--Read more: www.wired.com/2015/06/giorgio-moroder/
FORGET ALL THAT talk about robots taking our jobs. At the age of 75, disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder has more work than he ever could have imagined, all thanks to a pair of famous French robots.
Actually, back in 2012, the Italian-born Moroder was more or less retired—working on his golf swing, dabbling in a few creative projects—when Daft Punk invited him to their Paris studio to talk into a mic about his life. That spoken-word recording was incorporated into “Giorgio on Moroder,” a standout track from the duo’s electro-funk smash Random Access Memories. Since the album’s 2013 release—for which Moroder received a Grammy, his fourth—the producer/songwriter has been in high demand: He’s DJ’d at Ibiza, remixed Coldplay, and is finishing up work on the soundtrack for a new Tron videogame. Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey both want to work with him.
Moroder’s renewed fame also netted him a major-label deal, which bears fruit with his first solo album in 30 years. Déjà Vu, out today, features EDM collaborations with a predominantly female cast of pop singers, including Britney Spears (on a Vocoderized cover of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”), Kylie Minogue, Sia, Kelis, and Charli XCX. In a way, it’s a return to the formula that made him famous the first time around, when he partnered with the late Donna Summer on groundbreaking 1970s disco hits like the orgasmic “Love To Love You Baby” and the synth-fluential “I Feel Love.” But these days, given the ease of swapping audio files electronically, Moroder has never even met most of his new collaborators.
“I sent Sia tracks, and two or three weeks later, she got me the tapes done, with a melody, the lyrics, the backgrounds,” he says. “Then I mixed it. I kind of like it because it’s a lot of pressure taken away from me.”
Guess that means global outsourcing isn’t so bad, either. Here’s what you need to know about the new and improved Giorgio Moroder on Giorgio Moroder.
Actually, back in 2012, the Italian-born Moroder was more or less retired—working on his golf swing, dabbling in a few creative projects—when Daft Punk invited him to their Paris studio to talk into a mic about his life. That spoken-word recording was incorporated into “Giorgio on Moroder,” a standout track from the duo’s electro-funk smash Random Access Memories. Since the album’s 2013 release—for which Moroder received a Grammy, his fourth—the producer/songwriter has been in high demand: He’s DJ’d at Ibiza, remixed Coldplay, and is finishing up work on the soundtrack for a new Tron videogame. Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey both want to work with him.
Moroder’s renewed fame also netted him a major-label deal, which bears fruit with his first solo album in 30 years. Déjà Vu, out today, features EDM collaborations with a predominantly female cast of pop singers, including Britney Spears (on a Vocoderized cover of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”), Kylie Minogue, Sia, Kelis, and Charli XCX. In a way, it’s a return to the formula that made him famous the first time around, when he partnered with the late Donna Summer on groundbreaking 1970s disco hits like the orgasmic “Love To Love You Baby” and the synth-fluential “I Feel Love.” But these days, given the ease of swapping audio files electronically, Moroder has never even met most of his new collaborators.
“I sent Sia tracks, and two or three weeks later, she got me the tapes done, with a melody, the lyrics, the backgrounds,” he says. “Then I mixed it. I kind of like it because it’s a lot of pressure taken away from me.”
Guess that means global outsourcing isn’t so bad, either. Here’s what you need to know about the new and improved Giorgio Moroder on Giorgio Moroder.
--Read more: www.wired.com/2015/06/giorgio-moroder/
