Analyzing DAFT PUNK's Beats - The Secrets of French House | Drum Patterns Explained

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Join us on a journey through Daft Punk's first two albums as we analyze the iconic French House duo's beats. And we're not simply taking the original samples - we're rebuilding the rhythms from scratch to understand what made them tick in the first place! We also do a short cover of each song so you can hear the drums in context :)
Extra special thanks to / @jaelights for your feedback on the mixes!
Featured drum patterns (transcriptions available on Patreon):
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Daft Punk - Around The World
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Daft Punk - One More Time
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Gear used:
Seaboard RISE 2 provided by ROLI
Squarp Hapax
Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal
Arturia DrumBrute Impact
Arturia MicroFreak
Arturia Keystep
Korg Monologue
8raw8
Vector Synthesizer
Roland TR-6S
Roland FP-30
Goldbaby Samples (Tape Drum Machine Collection & HotPot EP1)
D16 Drumazon 2
XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2
OXI One
AKAI MPK 249
Dübreq Stylophone
MXR M 222 Talkbox
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
Behringer TD-3
French Baguette and assorted toppings
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#daftpunk #frenchhouse #beatmaking #edm #electronicmusic #dancemusic #beats #90s #2000s #rhythm #drumpattern #drummachine #909 #808 #synthesizer
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Homework
1:34 Da Funk
4:53 Around The World
8:20 Revolution 909
11:05 Discovery
11:50 One More Time
17:25 Aerodynamic
23:05 French House Kitchen
24:09 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
28:38 Digital Love
31:11 End Jam
Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter

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Ones can only appreciate the effort you two put in this video 👏

[@CaptainPikant]

Thank you so much :)

[@andreasvogel5186]

If only your baker had put as much work into his baguette as you did in just one beat pattern... that bread looks pretty disgusting! Bisous from Paris!

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@@andreasvogel5186 - because it’s from Denmark

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Everything about this is great - the production value, the humor, and the easy to follow teaching style are all top notch.

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Truly

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as a french producer i can confirm that the french house kitchen section is exactly what i do daily

[@CaptainPikant]

So glad we weren't that far off 😁

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I am like one minute in and already feeling like “this is why KZbin was invented….” Thanks so much for these videos ❤

[@birchwwolf]

1:20 remember friends: always keep in mind that a lot of the "musical geniuses" we know and love come from wealthy families and have connections already. they had the ability to not only realize their genius but show others. many don't get this opportunity ever!

[@CaptainPikant]

There's truth to that, just look at Mozart :)

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Would that make it impossible to have a career in music? As someone who wants to make EDM and someday play at major festivals, would that be impossible unless I had some kind of massive cash flow?

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@@Roasty420 It's still very possible to have a career in music but your name may not be as marquee as you're expecting it to be. You may still need a job on the side, in or out of music. But you can still have a nice following and earnings. Not all of us can have banker parents that fly us in and out of Nashville for vocal coaching and studio time in our teens, eh? As someone who has actually tried to get on Anjunabeats myself: keep making music because you like doing so, and keep at it because it will take years to get recognized. Don't shy away from those supporting you now just because you think a bigger, "better" crowd is on the horizon. Keep your eye on where you want to go but don't lose sight of the road right at your feet. And nobody expects to go viral so don't feel bad if you don't.

[@cientistasales5756]

My father is a great daftpunk fan and he loves the first albuns. This video made us happy, so thanks man!

[@CaptainPikant]

Glad you two enjoyed it :)

[@thewolfin]

My dad is a "no one is a musician because nobody is playing the guitar" kinda guy :(

[@dc4825]

Ugh... This makes me feel old, and also sad. You youngin's don't really get any seminal sounds anymore by actual artists. Now it's all algorithms or something produced in Switzerland for the masses. Much less creative freedom!

[@Pluto-Ice9]

@@dc4825let’s put you on a computer with ableton and see what you can do. bet you couldn’t even turn on the ALgOrIthM, whatever that is. You can’t do a quarter of what daft punk did, let alone half. also, traditional artists still exist, grandpa.

[@Royvdl]

Man that piano part in Aerodynamic is soo good

[@natura808]

I have a strong feel that piano parts and a lot of harmonies was predominantly written by Chilly Gonzales, so if you’d like some sorta similar feel I’d check his work he’s also a really funny guy.

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I agree, The Intern outdid herself on this one :)

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Worth the wait. Staggering work. If only I'd had access to this kind of education when I was young, delivered tastefully and stylishly, with charm and humour. Bravo.

[@CaptainPikant]

Thank you so much :)

[@legadyn9926]

As a daft punk fan, this is the best video i've seen ever from the guys. Absolutely in love with the video dynamic, the styling, and all of the details that you put in. Keep going!

[@CaptainPikant]

Thanks so much :) :)

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[@Lhenndyn]

Discovery is a real masterpiece… years later it’s absolutely modern. That’s interesting, your reproductions of homework are really good, but on discovery, it sounds very different from the original. The mastering was also really impressive…

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This channel is insanely good. The production and effort is off the charts. May I suggest a video theme? I think it would be pretty could a video about Aphex Twin or a video of how about get into Synths and drums machines, a overall explanation on how to start doing eletronic music it would be great

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Thank you! Those are very good suggestions ;)

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10:21 is insane. How they manage to loop the simplest sounds and make it sound awesome

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Now think about how long the music took to conceive and execute

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[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Da Funk is definitely one of my all time favourite tracks (I remember the music video so well, that poor dog). The fact that it was what Daft Punk came out of the gates with is something else. The two of you are incredibly talented to do this. Not only the extreme dissecting of the tracks to uncover the elements and patterns but also the flawless playing of the musical elements! Hats off.

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22:22 is absolutely fantastic...

[@SpikesStudio3]

I absolutely have tears of joy in my eyes. Daft punk came into my life at exactly the right time, so long ago. I cannot thank you enough, Captain and the Intern. ❤️

[@CaptainPikant]

Hi Michael, we're really glad you liked it :) Daft Punk also has a very special place in my heart!

[@Dukefazon]

Yes, my first encounter with Daft Punk was also Around the World and I can clearly remember as I stood in the room, mesmerized, staring at the screen and couldn't believe what I saw. It was amazing and I quickly learned the bands name with it. You recreated the songs but I still don't know what makes them good. They are just good. Still good after all these years.

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I could listen for hours and hours of daft punk’s technical/musical analysis. Thank you for this 🤝

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oh hell yeah, a 34 minute video about my two favourite things - drum patterns AND DAFT PUNK? y'all have hit it out of the park and have become one of my favourite channels in the music sphere, i wait for each new video in eager curiosity! keep it up!

[@CaptainPikant]

Thanks for your kind words! :)

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Thanks so much, we really appreciate your support :)

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[@jamesaita]

Absolutely outstanding. So worth the wait. As always you hit it out of the park, and I Love the Daft Punk beat bunny at the end, icing on the cake. Way to go you two!! Excellent. Can’t wait for the next one. ❤❤❤

[@chubbichicken]

Instant sub, such production!! Captivating start to finish and really did the source material justice 👍👍👍

[@stevenbakos]

Loved Aerodynamic

[@mightymeowz]

3:40 This part too is from the same Zero-G sample pack, "Drumloop 77"!

[@squeebbb]

Revolution 909 is a classic, one of my favorites. Glad to see you covered it

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Man that was incredible. You really put in some work. Can't wait for part two.

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The sheer effort and incredible competence is overwhelming. I will now rewatch this 12-15 times and hope my mouth is closing and I can start to take in the details...

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That was a blessing to watch. Keep it up. And i´m really looking forward to part 2.

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Looking forward to this!

[@carrow2250]

Same here with “Around the World” 😂😂😂 Also my favorite song is Veridis Quo. Sounds like you’re flying on the back of an Eagle through space and time.

[@momerathe]

I just cannot get over the level of production in these videos, it blows my mind

[@msand2396]

French filter house in one sentence: "If it sounds like you are in the toilets of a disco, you are doing it right" 😀

[@CaptainPikant]

Don't forget to occasionally go back to the dancefloor, then back to the toilets, back to the dancefloor and to the toilets again ;)

[@llllbserkllll]

great video, thank you very much! As someone who has been quite deep into the house and techno scene since the early 90s, I can only underline what an important album "Homework" was. Even though "Around the World" was a pretty mainstream track, the rest of the album is completely unknown to most people - the tracks on this record were simply too experimental and crazy. In the scene, however, "Homework" was a milestone, an earthquake, a comet impact! The tracks were incredibly clean and high-quality production for the time, they were creative, excellently composed and extremely danceable and catchy. One of the best and most important albums in the history of electronic music - and what's more, it's also the first album by the two of them. After that everything just sounded different - every producer of electronic music suddenly valued the quality of the production. Previously this was only optional, as long as it at least made a good bang. To this day, tracks like "Rock'n'Roll" are absolutely banger and timelessly beautiful. When DaftPunk went mainstream with their second album, they were actually dead to the "real" techno scene. No matter how elaborately "Discovery" was produced, real techoheads found this music too silly. But for “Homework,” DaftPunk will always be loved and deeply respected.

[@gavinkerslake]

Revolution 909 was my first time I ever heard Daft Punk. HMC would always play it in his sets in the late 90s. 'In the toilet of a disco' is exactly what I hear, even today.

[@phix9962]

Wow I love how much you cared about the details, it is one of the things that makes their music so great! Thanks so much for your work and for sharing some of Daft Punks secrets

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This is so high quality, I'm amazed. Daft Punk is great, so are you ❤

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As always, a brilliant video. It's astonishing just how good you are at reverse engineering all these tracks.

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[@CaptainPikant]

Thanks Florian :)

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What a ride! Every bit of effort and creativity is on show here. And I couldn’t be happier that one of my favorite bands got the beatbunny deluxe treatment. Much love as always

[@CaptainPikant]

Hi filmhaltig, glad you enjoyed it! :) :)

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Captain, could you please talk about some AIR anytime near? Another beautiful french duo.

[@CaptainPikant]

Well, I love their music :) Moon Safari is one of my favourite albums!

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You should do a video about Bangalter's separate works with his own label called "Roule." Homem-Christo also did the same thing with his label "Crydamoure." Both labels are the very definition of french house music.

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