Fake 'Beta' Version of Daft Punk's Discovery: Discussion & Analysis of the Online Hoax

[@PeterTrinkilo]

UPDATE: New pieces of information about this fake 'beta' version of Discovery have been uncovered since the release of this video. As such, I've made several follow up videos on this topic. They can be seen here: kzbin.info/aero/PLS2qY1rKT1LJJEvLdl2acBhotE0Vv4u9h

[@interlectra2602]

Great work!

[@lucere6102]

The names on that leaked version are so stupid.. there is almost no way that’s real.

[@martingoodman3316]

Hey! me again from the discovery of Ish Ledesma on beta aerodynamic, if you wan't more samples 2 be discovered, I just found another fresh sample or interpolation. theres a 1 second moving-pitched keyboard sample on "Turn it out the sound" the primary artist is Dexter Wansel "The Sweetest Pain" - hope thats interesting I let you know if I come across more samples from the beta discovery or any updates! cheers from Martin, UK

[@blurrlightt]

hey bro what is that song (not the drums) at the beginning

[@interlectra2602]

@@blurrlightt Daft Punk - Face To Face

[@nicoquet.]

i almost feel like I'm watching a creepypasta

[@jmckenzie962]

Holy shit you're right - the fake songs with the same names as real Discovery songs kinda remind me of Godzilla NES

[@Baloonboy105yt]

weird. same. it’s like these songs are lost or not meant to be listened to.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

This beta version is actually kinda eerie now that I think about it, it sounds a lot more darker and weirder than the og discovery and also less episodic, and that there’s also an element of secrecy and unfinishedness to it is also odd

[@lorieummusic]

It seems very eerie, like I am not supposed to listen. It gives me chills..

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@lorieummusic I actually listened to the real discovery straight after to flush it out my mind.

[@huhuhu557]

So this discovery Beta is just some other dj trying to spread his mixtape with daft punk songs.

[@gusoenning]

I downloaded this version when it came out and every online forum commented that it was obviously fake. Every year something comes out by Daft Punk and it’s always fake. I think it’s funny that people are clueless.

[@venimeux2250]

@@gusoenning People sometimes forget just how many "leaked" versions of RAM were making rounds on internet forums leading up to the real release.

[@matthewchavez5322]

Oh my God, Kraft Punk made his own version of Discovery!! I cracked the code!!

[@Baloonboy105yt]

he can’t die

[@pearlescent_ftw]

You’ve just been Kraft Punk’d

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@daftoadman There's a hidden camera there, there's a hidden camera there

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@daftoadman will you be my cheese wife

[@gilligunz5054]

man, that sample for Stoned Stupid really had potential.

[@martijnrolvers2878]

Why is Pierre Stupide so disturbing to me? It has the same effect for me as Prime Time Of Your Time, when you skip to the half of the song...

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Maybe because of how disconcerting the samples and pacing are

[@ille_232]

Yeah disturbing

[@ille_232]

The high pitch and high paced bpm and volume

[@ille_232]

And then s l ooo w

[@ille_232]

And scary scenes with no video

[@jamofruit]

this feels like a creepypasta for some reason

[@ille_232]

kinda copied

[@jamofruit]

@@ille_232 4 months late but i didn’t see the other comment when i posted that lol

[@ille_232]

@@jamofruit hah

[@alphalax7747]

Now i wanna see someone edit this beta Discovery onto Interstella 5555

[@yo-boi-roy---_-]

Imagine pierre stupide as a music video

[@martijnrolvers2878]

@@yo-boi-roy---_- HELL NO HAHA

[@KEBJD]

IMAGINE HIGH LIFE OVER HARDER BETTER-

[@shepsfield]

Scary!

[@zimtheailen1919]

@@yo-boi-roy---_- Imagined. Now I’m laughing

[@dannydr]

This video is done great. But this 'Beta' version is as FAKE as hell. If you listen to all the tracks from Thomas Bangalters previous tracks from the Roule album to Stardust till Discovery, you hear a certain pattern which follow through to Discovery. The unkown tracks has nothing in it that sounds near that Daft Punk sound. It sounds horrible, more like a fan album or something. But again, the video is done great!

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Thanks! Yeah it's a fake.

[@drn000]

even stuff from guy-man has similarities to their joined work

[@brandonsanchez7465]

I've known daft punk for over 10 years and I was never aware of this "beta" track. This was an interesting watch since some of the tracks feels like modern day shitposts or interesting tunes. I'm still wondering if anyone bought the idea if the "leaked" album was real from a newcomer Daft Punk fan 20 years ago.

[@ZumaDogg]

The sample you didn't know (guy talking about tranquilizers) is Jack Webb in old police TV show, "Dragnet." Classic and hilarious in context.

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Thanks for the info! Do you happen to know which episode the sample was taken from?

[@ZumaDogg]

@@PeterTrinkilo , no.

[@chris.hernandez]

I was about to say that sounds like it would be Dragnet, good ear 👏

[@ille_232]

I found a sample (i think), i think they sampled Sky High by Matsubara

[@ille_232]

Idk though

[@itskobold]

Some of those "new" tracks sound absolutely laughable

[@jayceeguitar]

not going to lie, i’m super glad we didn’t get this version of discovery, it is not that great at all

[@jayceeguitar]

well i know it’s fake but yeah

[@apedap]

@@jayceeguitar if it was real then it would only be a demo and not a draft

[@Maasonn]

Draft Punk lol

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

If this was ever the real discovery it would fuck up Daft Punk's career as one hit wonders, Because this just sounds like a weird Knockoff Homework album

[@sphynia-cat8250]

In an alternate universe it was the version released ;) jk xD

[@mattekudasai8249]

The early version of aerodynamic sounds like something straight out of crydamoure

[@TransistorBased]

The production on the 'added' songs is really weak. It sounds like someone tried to replicate Daft Punk but really knew nothing about them

[@sharktheprez]

How the hell was anyone ever convinced these were actual Daft Punk songs or previous versions of them? It's so painfully obvious this is some hoax. Like... Vietnam (11:28) is some shit I would have made back when I was 14 years old learning FL Studio. The only track that could even come close to being passed off as Daft Punk would be the "old" version of Short Circuit (11:00) and even then it just sounds like some one-off track from some random French house producer that I would find crate digging through old vinyl.

[@Scamuel31]

Last year ago me feels called out but current me doesn't because i gave up as i didnt have the equipment i needed😂

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@rb04x it really does

[@1secondarysmile]

The “old” version of Superheroes also sounds like it could have been a Daft Punk song.

[@ItsJustAidenYT]

I know someone else said it, but this sounds like a creepypasta. The "Pierre Stupede" thing is just so weird and eerie. It feels all weird and stuff.

[@kaz4937]

Some of the tracks removed of the final versions seems to be removed because of Insterestella 5555, like i don't think they want an anime where suddenly you have to listen how a woman is about to die because of an overdose LOL

[@martijnrolvers2878]

Nah they were just made by a whole different producer 😂

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

The Alternate Ending where Stella has a breakdown and OD's

[@CODENAMEDARKLIFE]

@@jeanmichellelaurent you're on half of every daft punk related video

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@CODENAMEDARKLIFE yeah and?

[@bouguification]

I remember downloading Vietnam back in the eMule days. I remember being just as suspicious about its authenticity as I am with every "unreleased" track present in this video. Simply said : it's all fake as shit.

[@DanielSanchez-ul7ve]

10:57: " *C'mon* " aH yeah, that's french House 😌😌😌✋✋☝☝

[@lews2372]

da funk back to the punk c’mon

[@ille_232]

DA FUNK BACK TO THE PUNK C'MON

[@OfficialREVENGEMusic]

I find it honestly hilarious that people believe this is real. The so-called beta tracks have absolutely none of daft punk's stylization. These basically sound like the typical dime a dozen French house tracks you would hear which led to the genre getting stale.

[@yo-boi-roy---_-]

Although some of them are weird Some of it bops

[@interlectra2602]

Pierre Stupide also uses a sample of this song from 1983. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fanZkJSVZcyAhq8 (sample at 1:47)

[@djpasta3082]

I've been looking for that sample for a long time. Great find!

[@crydamoure0720]

Daft Punk 1993-2021 :(

[@HuddyTheBuddy]

Great video man! Even though it’s clearly not real, you still put a great amount of effort into analyzing each track. I think the thing that (audibly) for me is the fact that most of the songs just don’t feel “Daft Punk” enough, and more like “baby’s first synthesizer” mashed with random samples. Even for a beta, I feel that Daft Punk likely would’ve still made their work pretty polished even when in the early stages, and it’s so roughly cut that’s it’s hard to imagine Thomas and Guy bopping to that in the studio. Anyways, keep up the good work!

[@yo-boi-roy---_-]

Vietnam is like the archregram songs on crydamoure

[@oneworldcommunity117]

bro i lovin these video essays, you gotta make more of them! also wut, pierre stupide is the weirdest track you heard? you gotta peep more shit mane ive heard some insane ass music, lol

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Thanks! Yeah I’m sure there are tracks out there even weirder than Pierre Stupide that I have yet to hear.

[@alphalax7747]

He probably didnt mean it literally

[@YershJRSZ]

@@PeterTrinkilo Basically the works of the Aphex Twin, he's a genius, but he also made a lot of weirdass tracks

[@PeterTrinkilo]

@@YershJRSZ Oh yes I'm a familiar with Aphex Twin. I like most of his stuff.

[@FinleyGomez]

Super interesting video! I remember being obsessed with that Beta Discovery version when I first discovered it, I always presumed that the songs on there that were on the final version were preview snippets of the song recorded off the radio and edited to sound like a full song or something along those lines. But either way, really well researched! Keep these videos coming!

[@AehabCries]

Tranquilizers are drugs, don't abuse them. Case Closed. Is etched into my memory

[@kiritoe1527]

will you make a material about a human after all remixes secret track?

[@robclemz]

Damn, I haven’t heard this since 2007 or 08. I can’t believe 12 year old considered this possibly legitimate back then, haha. Great video!!

[@Blobwashere]

This reminds me of a Whang! video

[@DaftMANIA]

I remember reading somewhere that Vietnam was from Patrick Alavi... but I might misremember that.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

It does sound like it yeah, I also read up that he wasn't signed until 2001 when he was 19, So he must have been very young when he made vietnam

[@ventoilin5938]

I think the "weird" songs were just them doing stupid shit for the sake of doing stupid shit lmao. Nvm, watched the video to the end :D

[@Br0wncheesE-]

unrelated but I like your profile pic, awesome album

[@ventoilin5938]

@@Br0wncheesE- Lol thx :D

[@ventoilin5938]

As we entered the house, we discovered a woman who had fallen to the floor. Please help me. We will ma'am. What happened ? Theese... uh... I take these to help me relax. My partner handed me the bottle. Prescription Tranquilizers. I need help! Yes ma'am. Fact. Tranquilizers are drugs. Don't abuse them. Case closed.

[@buffgoji2986]

Also not to disprove this but short circuit has existed since the first alive album, even being called as such on that record

[@geccochild]

daym

[@Baloonboy105yt]

came back to rewatch and just noticed you have waves i and ii. cool collection.

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Thank you! I actually have a video on my channel where I showcase my CD collection (with commentary). It was made about a year ago, so it's not entirely up to date. Still, it contains a good chunk of what I own.

[@sollution.of.pollution.45]

Is Pierre Stupide a Infinite Loop? Yes: Give A Like to this Commentary No: Give A Dislike to this Commentary I like your videos

[@5achitMusic]

According to a blog post on Overblog, "Vietnam" was made by Patrick Alavi.

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Do they site a source for that info?

[@5achitMusic]

@@PeterTrinkilo Well, I'd say that he apparently made the song.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

@@5achitMusic it does sound like him and he wasn’t signed until a year after the leak, he was also very young at the time, so it could be him

[@me6833]

This is actually a prank made by a dj

[@SASTSimon]

Werid that short circut wasnt the original since short circut was in the daftendirekt tour (even then full song but alive 1997 starts right before short circut ends)

[@Desk-O-lorido]

tbh a leaked, early version of an album that sounds so eerie it's a really cool concept for some kind of ARG or creepypasta and funny enough, i love how this turned out to be a real thing coming from Daft Punk with the Random Access Memories' 10th Anniversary edition, with even the the never-before-seen song, Infinity Repeating, lol

[@andretyroneii941]

I was thinking of doing creepypasta version of albums. Would be cool

[@jackcass]

I remember when I downloaded this. Some of the songs definitely hit me as not fitting in with what I was expecting. When I bought the album, it was noticeably different from the "leak" and the tracks that didn't fit in weren't there. Having downloaded other pre-releases before and after this album, I chalked this up as works-in-progress and other electronic musicians music all packaged together to get someone some level of credibility in the pirated music scene. I believe that this did come out before the release of Discovery, though I could be wrong, as I wasn't following Daft Punk like I did as a result of Discovery. My interest in electronic music was more surface-level, in appreciation of the overall sound and not paying attention to individual artists. At the time, there were websites that had links to full albums and "pre-releases" (which were not always what they claimed they were). I downloaded this from one of those.

[@DanielSanchez-ul7ve]

At 1:43 you can tell it's fake, it sounds like someone tries to emulate the sound and style they had on 'Homework'. Nice Vid, you should talk about the GorillazxDaft Punk "songs"

[@Chree1s]

3:13 I honestly think the beginning of the "beta" track for High Life could work as en edit of some sorts, or an extended mix.

[@daftoadman]

Short Circuit was already made, since it was used in the Daftendirektour (aka Alive 1997) before Discovery. Unless this is before that tour, Short Circuit confuses me.

[@cynosurevevo]

Dude, your channel has incredible potential. This video was extremely well made and the topic reminded me of the kind of thing that Justin Whang would do. My only real critiques would be your background footage can be a little uninteresting at times and some of the pictures that you put on top could use some drop shadows. Good job, either way though!

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Thanks! I'll admit I relied somewhat heavily on royalty free background clips for this video. Adding drop shadows to the pictures is an easy fix though. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@OgJessD]

I have this version in full on an external hard drive and i listen to it as well

[@carrillomiguel97]

Omg hearing Vietnam just took me wayyyyyyyy back to childhood cause I’ve heard of it before, it just triggered a part of my brain

[@sphynia-cat8250]

When I was 15 I genuinely thought it was real xD but I randomly used to look up daft punk unreleased and though everything was legit there too.

[@vekinzb]

wait a minute i listened to this album version my entire life and now youre telling me thats not the real album????????

[@BizoFR]

You're kidding right?

[@Baloonboy105yt]

you need to hear the real one

[@vekinzb]

/sarcasm

[@putragobs1017]

Damn of the funk loop sample is like Troobadoor Sample (Le Knight Club's Song)

[@martijnrolvers2878]

I actually really like the old Super-heroes!

[@Hhuiza0]

If this gets copystriked its canon

[@harrythedivine]

This sounds like more like crydamoure than daft punk

[@anthonydavis3949]

This is kinda late to say, but I believe that the "Quickly and easily!" vocal sample in "Pierre Stupide" is from an infomercial featuring the voice of Mark Elliot (RIP). He was a well known voice-over artist who's voice can be heard in numerous trailers, feature presentation bumpers and commericals for Disney movies from the early 1980s to the late 2000s. Aside from that, he was also widely regarded as the voice of infomericals. I don't know which infomercial the sample is from, but when I find out, I'll tell you.

[@Baloonboy105yt]

g-s 27 is what’s considered the sample but ptpix says it’s not. i recreated the sample myself and it sounds identical

[@hatetomate599]

That Pierre Stupid track had it been real, would've been a absolute banger

[@yo-boi-roy---_-]

Pierre stupid is like hysteria 2 but ruined by the pitched changes and the random vocals between them

[@DaftTrax1993]

Early Demo Tracks Before Daft Punk Became Robots

[@roboterror6366]

i feel so good after going there to listen to it fully and just then coming back to watch it its the same with bunny girl i watched it because youtube kept recommending me this review about it and i always told myself ill watch it first but one day i was like AAAAAAAA I NEED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO then i saved into watch later, went and watched bunny girl in around 3 days, then came back and saw the video same thing now

[@amzinolive]

I thought i was watching a 100k sub channel! Excellent editing!

[@johanjanvier6774]

Pierre Stupide could be a reference for DJ Pierre?

[@edaniels240]

I got Daft's Groove on vinyl which was co-produced by Todd Terry which was an updated version his TNT Freeze remix of Around Da World

[@tanzmauz]

Some of these songs feel like weird techno songs that would be in half crappy flash games.

[@gizzaalive]

Vietnam sounds a bit of Beta Wax (The song of DJ Kevin & Daft Punk) I remember heard this "beta versión" in my childhood, thxnks for reminds me this.

[@thaonekid1000000and]

Hearing Pierre stupide unlocked some deep memories and seeing my 11 year old comment on a video felt so weird! Thank you for the flashbacks lol

[@phonik83]

On the "Cuba" topic, there is well known house track made in 1996 using this sample. It was made by Roger Sanchez under the El Mariachi alias.

[@cosmojonesmusic]

Nice job. Thanks for doing it. It's a shame you've received flak but it's inevitable on social media. I was going to say it sounds like Dragnet but you mentioned that in an update. All I can say is Discovery wouldn't have been as epic if the Beta version came out.

[@nintendokings]

It's just a fake. Don't think it needed in-depth analysis

[@crydamoure0720]

love this video format

[@cobeyc.b5946]

This is way too crappy to be Daft Punk

[@EdotJdotOriginal]

holy shit we both have a m-disc drive from LG hahah

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

weren't all these "beta" tracks confirmed as fake years ago? lol

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

hahahahahaha ok this is actually just funny, i love it hahahahahaha i remember listening to pierre stupide back in like 2010 and thinking "what the fuck is this shit"

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

thank you for even making this.... you really went the extra mile.... and even though, all these demos are completely bullshit.... you really made a good video in breaking it down and i will be subscribing now

[@PeterTrinkilo]

@@ThiefOfBaghdad Thanks! Yeah the "beta" version is very clearly a fake.

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

i always come back to this video hahaha i love it

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

hope you been well Nomatix

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

*Grab a place to fuckin play*

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

Still love this video and the video creator for making this

[@BeatsByYari]

KRAFT PUNK!!!

[@jeppyjep]

Damn that Pierre Stupid bass is so loud. It hurts my ear.

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

hahahaha

[@kthejynwey]

oh yeah pierre stupide! I remember that track! It can also be translated as stupid rock. Thank you for the video ;-)

[@alexauclair1]

Elhea is dope as hell it’s super futuristic sounding

[@Baloonboy105yt]

This was great

[@Dr_JackHammer]

14:29 It says "Acid", sampled from Maurice Joshua - This Is Acid

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Yeah I found out that it says "Acid" shortly after uploading this. However, I was not aware of the source of that sample. Thanks for sharing it! I will add it into the follow up video I'm making.

[@JasonBoon02]

12:10 And those bells in the background reminds me of those heard in the Hardfloor Mix of Robert Armani's Circus Bells.

[@aiqphexdotorg]

turn out the sound has the chance to be a banger

[@aiqphexdotorg]

another thing is the super-heroes beta feels like it would be more of a beta version for crescendolls

[@Existence_denied]

Side note: in one of the Early 2manydjs live shows from Studio Brussels, they used same clips before the daft punk discovery leak and what Shazam say about the weird samples in Pierre Stupide is from a random Scratch tool

[@PeterTrinkilo]

I tried shazaming the samples in Pierre Stupide and that's what I got too. Though I wasn't able to find the exact sample itself so I didn't include it in the video. I'm open to doing an update video though.

[@BrianKapellusch]

If they were going to rip someone off, they should've done someone other than Todd Terry. People are going to figure that out pretty quickly

[@AlluttajaYT]

DJ Fistfunk 😎😎😎

[@imacg3859]

Pierre Stupide is my personal favourite

[@Baloonboy105yt]

same

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

I love this video :p looking back at it, it's a full fleshed out review of the most randomest fake leak album that was released on music sharing sites around 20 years prior, on a completely different era of internet (Web 1.0?) The genuine time you give to each aspect of it is very commendable

[@ishibaro]

nOice! Well done!

[@Baloonboy105yt]

came back to watch after the update. I just wanted to say that i love your videos and the community appreciates these videos. i’ve seen a lot more negative comments here and I wanted to remind you that people care.

[@robertf614]

This album sounds like what I think Daft Punk sounds like to my dad.

[@fizzy-frenzy]

5:11 It was pretty En Vogue of electronic producers to do this sort of thing at the time, for example, look at Ultrasonic Sound by Hive from The Matrix soundtrack.

[@AnosterSharimeta]

Just stumbled on this video, the fact that the last song lasts 4'33" (like John Cage's) and ends with silence made me laugh haha

[@AehabCries]

I listened to this fake album back in 2015 alongside the leaked Rex Club Album. I thought it was fine.

[@TheEletronicFunky]

wow , these songs are nto new to me. I DUG DEEP. i havent head this since middle school bro im 26

[@michellew.3691]

Oh I like the white album cover almost more than the black one 😍

[@daftpunkguy1235]

someone edit this over alive 2007

[@wdpko2926]

Short circuit is kind of a dead giveaway bc it was alr featured in other daft punk live tours

[@JasonBoon02]

11:00 Kinda sounds like the beginning of Junior Jack's My Feeling. I always liked how he opened that track.

[@Simon74]

Great video.

[@StereoCoda]

I’m pretty sure the sample at 5:56 is from School House Rock (I think it’s from the episode about adverbs?)

[@PeterTrinkilo]

Yep! I covered that in the second part