What If "Face to Face" by Daft Punk Used Newer Samples?

[@Nicksterbruh]

*FULL VIDEO BREAKDOWN:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKfFnIOmprJnmZI *GOOGLE DRIVE LINK WITH LOSSLESS WAV AND ABLETON FILES:* drive.google.com/file/d/1dN01ViPYzAlyx7vBt7LgGShlSGDPNohu/view?usp=sharing This idea was inspired by a conversation in the Sample Hunting Discord community (now known as the Sample Sanctuary). Join here if you’d like: discord.gg/83QcgwREQG Quick correction: A sample from 15 Step also plays on top of part of the BoC sample. I accidentally forgot to edit that into the video before rendering it

[@dysolve_zip]

can you please make a video where it's just the song without the intro...

[@alvanegra253]

Can we get a download for the song pls?

[@AR19167]

@@alvanegra253 It's in the link, when you extract the ZIP file you get the project ZIP file but also the WAV export of what he did.

[@DankRedditMemes]

Wow, WinAmp REALLY does not like that WAV file

[@henke37]

You didn't automate the highlights by scraping data from the ableton files? Man, artists are crazy!

[@BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

This is such a remarkable and creative video. What an experience

[@Nicksterbruh]

YOOOOO BRAD!!! Did not expect you to be here, but glad you enjoyed it man! :D

[@Lynbil]

🤩

[@polipix_]

OH MY GOD ITS BRAD!!!

[@Valkrim]

I agree with Brad on this one. Hell I'm giving this a smiley ball. 🙂

[@KiIIua_]

Came here from your community post, good looking out Brad. This shit was dope as fuck lol

[@johannesjuhlnielsen9309]

The "Aa-aa" from Weird Fishes carries everything so hard

[@LongcrierInProgress]

It makes this rendition so heavenly

[@zyonmdc]

😐

[@henrysmith7070]

radiohead fans trying to enjoy anything that isn't radiohead

[@coreyford3556]

@@henrysmith7070 I can confirm

[@johannesjuhlnielsen9309]

@@henrysmith7070 Real

[@ivegotahandle]

Love the inclusion of the beginning tones in American Boy, does really tie it all in

[@october1820]

This is like one of those music YTPs people used to make with random memes and videos, Except that now instead of using those things, It uses actual music samples to create more music.

[@Nicksterbruh]

Plunderphonics YTPMVs need to become more of a thing

[@jnnx]

Except this ISN’T creating more new music, it’s cloning already existing music, to sound more like already existing music. This project is very creatively nihilistic. It’s like if a human tried to make ai music.

[@peashootercat]

@@jnnx stop yapping

[@Nicksterbruh]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@jnnxbro how is this “nihilistic” like have you ever heard of remaking things? By that logic is a still life painting also creatively nihilistic since it’s just a recreation of the things in your surroundings? Art based on other art is still art.

[@problemsfan4132]

@@jnnx bro does NOT know what sampling is

[@timthetoast_]

Daft Punk - Face to Face RYM top 100 albums edition Nah but in all seriousness this is impressive, completely remaking a sample based song this complex with entirely different samples cannot be easy xD

[@Nicksterbruh]

thx Tim! Yeah I was waiting for the comment about these being rym albums lol But glad you enjoyed this either way!

[@pidza_hub7532]

it doesn't matter who you are, fishmans is always a dead giveaway@@Nicksterbruh

[@yeeaahh8863]

RYM?

[@iyoiyo270]

​@@yeeaahh8863 Rate Your Music

[@OlujaDoTokija]

@@yeeaahh8863rate your music

[@girzarro]

i think my favorite part of this is that it covers about an equally diverse range of genres that the original song does too

[@learn2xpand862]

Covering a plunderphonics song? Wtf?!? People don’t understand the immense difficulty of finding completely different songs with the same sound and vibe as the original, seriously insane man hats off to you for the achievement

[@jnnx]

These are microsamples. It’s much MUCH easier to find matching samples than you think! Please use your brains, and think about all bands have the basic building blocks of rhythm section, voice, guitars, bass, synth, etc. AI also makes matching sound samples much easier. . .

[@rwkane98]

​@@jnnxshut up

[@iesusdesus5704]

@@jnnx "Please use your brains" are you calling us *stupid?* there are rarely any covers of _plunderphonics_ tracks. daft punk & todd edwards compiled about 70 samples to use for face to face, and they had to pick *20* from them. that's still a bunch of samples! very few people (besides todd edwards) have done this kind of plunderphonics with a myriad of samples. you could see why people were amazed both at the original track and this cover, and that these samples happened to have the perfect riffs, melodies, and chords to be put together to make face to face. stop devaluing stuff which other (more innocent) people are astounded by. i'm genuinely so tired of seeing these types of comments implying that people are stupid or amazed at the littlest things. if they're happy with what they find, keep them happy. _there's nothing wrong with being happy at the little things_

[@charky6683]

​@jnnx then make a cover

[@WertzMS]

@@jnnxyou going through every comment of praise and being pissy is doing nothing for your case

[@Itsyaboyharry98]

It's like hearing face to face for the first time again, but in a parallel universe. Well done

[@PhuongTran-nx8tw]

LCD, Sweet Trip, RHCP, Radiohead, BoC, Fishmans... this is crazy

[@VreyIsGrey]

and Sufjan, and SOAD, and MGMT, and fucking OPN...

[@sulemankhan3232]

craziest sample flips ive heard in a while

[@Testgeraeusch]

...and for some reason C. R. Jepson and Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson... I guess this is how sampling is supposed to work; you mash so much stuff together that it becomes hard to tell what came from where... Creativity.

[@Waffle_6]

and even OPN!! i was so happy

[@librtr]

insane list of artists

[@evan_morisse]

1:23 this sampling part is just AMAZING Bravo.

[@LauraMouras]

ok maybe 63 people already said it but the way you sampled those songs are truly amazing. Like face to face is a REALLY HARD song to pull off there's so much going on and your chopping was on point. congratz nickster

[@Nicksterbruh]

And I know I’ve said this about 50 times, but thanks so much!

[@jnnx]

It’s technically time consuming, but not “hard” (it’s already been done). I think it displays how the choice of songs used isn’t as important as how the samples are arranged.

[@charky6683]

​@jnnx then you do it

[@godzzwrath]

@@jnnxrecreate face to face with even newer samples then

[@splintergp]

LAURA MOURAS IN A RANDOM KZbin VIDEO I FOUND, HUH ?

[@TitanValk09]

Bro PLEASE put this on Spotify. I want this in my playlist so bad.

[@squfucs]

putting LCD Soundsystem as the primary drum base, so that its constantly looping through the entire song, seems especially fitting to me. LCD Soundsystem obviously are big fans of Daft Punk, given their song "Daft Punk is playing at my house". Great work Nickster!

[@yeszoplusfriends]

James Murphy was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids, after all

[@squfucs]

@@yeszoplusfriends A true visionary

[@shadowbane527]

@@yeszoplusfriends everyone thought he was crazy

[@chieloverweg7115]

We all know 😂

[@Nicksterbruh]

@@chieloverweg7115 He was theeeere!

[@inversedeggyolk5073]

That Toxicity sample is used so minutely yet so tastefully.

[@nathanmcgill7249]

This is probably the best opportunity we have to get away with playing SoaD in a nightclub

[@ezrahuntings]

This sample spread is INSANE. Recompiling a whole song like this is mind boggling

[@PizzamemesOfficial]

"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger samples Stronger by Kanye West"

[@bblunder]

"They removed the vocals!"

[@PizzamemesOfficial]

“They found the instrumental!”

[@furcornmanwiththemasterpla8380]

What? I'm familiar with both songs I know that it went the other way around I just don't understand the connection

[@flashypork]

THIS IS GENIUS!!! I hope Daft Punk themselves get a chance to see this!

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Well, they would have to look at it separately.

[@servvo]

​@@JaredtheRabbit they're not banned from being in the same room

[@ReggieVdz]

@@servvo or are they?

[@pickyyeeter]

​@@JaredtheRabbitYou mean they wouldn't watch it... ...face to face?

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@servvoHuh, okay.

[@lavenderllamamusic]

That little SOAD riff sample may be my favorite thing ever

[@starkilla55]

the wilco sample carries this so hard

[@marfology]

seconding this notion

[@HEADSHOTPROLOL]

real

[@LucasMartins-en9er]

fits so good

[@elcarcano2]

Not carrying it but so so good

[@donet0death240]

The stars fr aligned at that point

[@kaitlyn__L]

Props for focusing on the function of the samples, not just picking super close sounds. Some of these are radically different, yet serve the exact same function and sound great. Love it

[@thegeecyproject]

You’ve done the impossible: you’ve managed to “cover” a Plunderphonics track! Amazing stuff, Nickster! Love the In Rainbows inclusions. Would you consider a DAW screencap video to show how the samples are chopped and arranged? 😄

[@Nicksterbruh]

Thanks Geecy! I might do a full breakdown of this at some point in the future, who knows 👀

[@Ok-tl1dv]

@@Nicksterbruhplease do

[@iyoiyo270]

​@@Nicksterbruhit would be amazing

[@egaag]

​​@@Nicksterbruh PLEASE I NEED TO SEE Kidding aside, I am absolutely amazed at what's been going on within the sampling community. Not only are there more creative expansions to the concept, but creative constraints as well! Please show us your work in a DAW screen recording! I have Ableton so I'll be studying it closely on my own time, but others could really benefit, and even be inspired, by a video like what they commentor asked!

[@Mapacheitor117]

Daft Punk's masterpiece is on the Discovery album and I think the video says it all

[@AdvancePlays]

Crazy how you can just hear the time period itself in the music. For a million different reasons, it's sharper, colder tones, more spaced out etc as compared to the music of the decades Daft Punk used. No difference in quality just style, this sounds great 👌

[@Tallyment]

This made me think of a thing where people would make their own versions of Face to Face with their own chosen samples

[@Coblasteus]

Radiohead instead of ELO is the coolest thing ever

[@sonsique]

it’s actually radiohead instead of kenny loggins and rhcp instead of elo

[@NoAlarms2]

"AAAAAAAAAA" - Thom York

[@subliminal_beatz]

And it's the reason why it sucks

[@Coblasteus]

i guess the haters gonna hate

[@coreyford3556]

@@NoAlarms2 MTV beachouse reference!?!?!?1?1!1?1!?

[@PepperoniVT]

0:43 my replay button. I was legit emotional the first time I heard this. It's so well done

[@arenomusic]

Gave yourself the wackiest set of restrictions for one of the trickiest songs to pick apart and still nailed it, teach us

[@DearestHershel]

Never thought anyone would be able to "cover" a plunderphonics songs - and never thought I'd see Sufjan Stevens used in such a cover! Fantastic work!

[@collinellsworth8622]

how on earth did you 1. come up with this idea 2. follow through with it to create a cohesive song? this is so cooool

[@Nicksterbruh]

1. The idea originally came back in April 2023 from someone in a sample hunting server I was in, who had asked if someone could try to remake face to face but using a newer set of samples. I decided to go ahead with it and it took me about a few weeks to finish 2. I didn’t start with the beginning of the song, I just thought of samples from the original that sounded similar to snippets of other songs, and slowly built the song from there on out. iirc I might have started with the MGMT/American Football/Wilco samples first and everything else started falling into place soon after

[@collinellsworth8622]

@@Nicksterbruh wow, that’s awesome! i’m glad you decided to do it, face to face is one of my favorite songs ever so it’s really sweet to hear this modern interpretation:)

[@tttdssdff2267]

​@@Nicksterbruhbro was literally faced with 'oh so you love daft punk? Name every sample in face to face.'

[@hamder4252]

This is great. Really well done!

[@bsodaman]

this sounds like face to face but in the style of random access memories, i love it, i love it real hard edit: 2,1k already? geez also i kinda agree with some replies, it doesnt sound like ram, but more so unique, idk why i had a feeling it sounded like ram

[@Nicksterbruh]

Thx man!

[@sonsique]

def not ram but it does sound unique

[@joelowdon1615]

It doesn't sound anything like RAM

[@Hoidberg]

hiiii bsoda

[@bsodaman]

@@Hoidberg P

[@Tysoneko]

lol was kinda taken aback when you revealed my topster as the sample list 😭😭

[@ChickenTenderBender]

OH MY GOD. THIS IS SO COOOOLLLLLLL. The Poker Face sample playing when the lyrics came in was SUCH a good touch.

[@aeronovus]

This is hall of fame tier content. Holy fucking shit. I hope you're proud of this, because I certainly am on your behalf.

[@Nicksterbruh]

@@aeronovus Thanks so much man, I’m happy so many people have enjoyed this

[@nujabraska]

dude you've got some serious talent doing these chops

[@girldawgcity]

using poker face to lace under the lyrics was absolutely perfect

[@lemonfortyfive]

you are amazing for using fishmans

[@Nicksterbruh]

Haha thanks!

[@notgonnaknowtillthen3192]

this objectively great. LCD, Boards, Daft, Sweet Trip, MGMT, Radiohead, its just perfect

[@pyorweaow8247]

this is CRAZY good, really keeps the spirit of the original and doesn't shy away from getting technical and creative. what a love letter to sampling this is (especially with the inclusion of OPN! made me smile) ♡

[@theresalwaysanotherdavid]

Brilliant composition! I think this does a good job of showing that Daft Punk didn’t steal. They made their own music, they just used pre-existing songs as instruments.

[@tozosi]

this is seriously so impressive. cant imagine the amount of work just to find all these samples and chop them up in a way that sounds this good.

[@fiverats1]

KZbin algorithm gave me some absolute heat with this one. Seriously insane how well the samples worked and where they came from, absolutely amazing work

[@a.c.7573]

Not only is this an awesome recreation, the sample choices are PEAK. LCD, Sweet Trip, Radiohead, OPN, Wilco, Fishmans, BoC, American Football etc.

[@domigackowska1738]

this is the best video I've seen in a while. great idea and execution!!

[@brightbuilder0781]

this is one of the best videos ive ever seen -- you were faithful to the original song with a whole different pallet of sounds. and your sample choices! lcd, sweet trip, radiohead, american football, mgmt, wilco, fishmans . . . some of my favorite artists

[@zachpatterson4430]

this is is a super creative idea and also super well executed. good work dude. 👍

[@Xeonbreath]

Feels like something from parallel universe, btw awesome job! Would be interesting to see other DP tracks with this experement

[@gr-8166]

Seeing Sufjan being sampled gave me such a delightful feeling. Thank you.

[@lonecom685]

Face to Face not only sounds good, it somehow brings creativity to people in away. There are so many talented guys working with it on the internet.

[@Skritchems]

this is absolutely phenomenal HAHA snapped me out of my distress. keep it up!

[@Nicksterbruh]

haha glad I could help, and thanks! Hope you're doing well man

[@jmac217x]

Seeing Oneohtrix Point Never amongst this collection is incredible

[@arizonateagod8491]

I thought the same thing, replica is one of the most remarkable albums EVER

[@RysonRemix]

The fact that you spliced and matched the newer sample very closely to the original samples and making it work is mindblowing

[@newtthelizardwizard]

This is awesome! I'll admit I've heard Face to Face so many times that this was always going to sound a little off to me at first, but after a very short time my brain completely accepted it as the real deal, these chops are too great. Keep up the good work!

[@thebreakfastmenu]

This strikes a level of nostalgia I didn't know was possible

[@nicooxxdnunez7789]

Daft Punk in a parallel universe where they exist 30 years later:

[@beefknuckles]

Actually incredible. You really did something here… so sick bro

[@little_box3s41]

Wild!!! I didn't expect it to even come close to following the same "melody". Loved hearing hearing Yorke's vox inbetween all of this craziness.

[@kryptogram]

wow this is an insanely cool idea

[@Hunta-i8w]

This is so great! It really reminded me of how madeon did that one mashup track back in the day. This will def blow up

[@diggingthegreats]

YES 🔥🔥🔥

[@daniel-andybecu2804]

This is one of the most impressive and complex things in music I've seen, when I clicked on the video I was conflicted between curiosity & skepticism but you've definetly gained my respect.

[@Tclans]

Still got the stingy goosebumps so I’d say you kept the spirit of the song. Well done! 👏🏼

[@spatheitspatheit8846]

lol i thought you'd use remastered samples of the original songs not entierly new track - love it

[@leoplanelles]

The work you’ve done on this is truly beyond amazing!! I love it so much

[@schqrr]

This is fuckin sick wtf, just shows you can make anything with music, sample chopping and pitching etc, sounds good asf like the original but with a twist that violin I love, the editing as well 🙏🏽🙏🏽 amazing job

[@Scott_Silver]

This is fucking fantastic, also great tastes!

[@AggressiveGold]

Imagine listening to an album and realizing "hmm, this part goes exactly like THAT part of the extremely complex sample mix on Face To Face" Now imagine noticing this several times until you get the whole song and cut everything so perfectly. This is at least crazy, and surely genius. 🤯

[@LuciaLoot]

That cover is INCREDIBLE ✨ Can't stop listening to it

[@treydafforn2794]

Face to face if it was in random access memories

[@TheRectangularCircle]

I would really, really love to hear the isolated cuts of the samples you used (similar to the breakdown Tracklib did). Some of my favorite songs are in here but the sounds are so cohesive I can hardly make them out!

[@hotonora]

the soad sample is crazy, well done !!

[@mystykalkut]

Can't imagine the amount of work u had to put in for this to sound so close to the original ! Dope 👏🏻

[@RetrOHeaD5805]

That is legit a such a good idea to train or to recreate in a more recent style, I need more, do more of these !

[@PathWayZZZ]

This is so good and such a great way of using different genres and blending them

[@blankjo9113]

This is like when Radio DJs never stop doing the intro thing for 4 minutes and 51 seconds

[@coreyyohm]

this is so lovely

[@neminem233]

This is incredible and I feel the need to share this everywhere

[@Speelburg]

that was incredible. can't wait for 200 more of these 💛

[@thecooldrawingguy]

This fucking ROCKS the chorus hits so different genuinely so sick!!!!

[@DHawkBeats]

Such a creative idea! The oneohtrix and mgmt samples have such rich texture, I think I’ll try and sample those more to get a unique sound like this

[@DDismas]

here from brad's community post! this is amazing :D

[@lavndry1877]

wow this is genuinely insane

[@FALL-LAFF-7477]

This is more like what Sebastian's rendention would sounds like... How did I realized thag earlier?

[@tokkimekka]

REAL

[@Daftrio]

yeah but he would probably distort the sound a bit

[@maxdugganmusic]

This is such a creative idea and executed beautifully!!!!

[@communalketchup]

its crazy too how when u think about each song separately, you dont expect them to lend themselves to this sort of song, but in this context they make exact sense!

[@washibainu6917]

All bangers in their own right

[@refenestration]

0:59 That part tickles my brain. I don't know why though

[@raven321ism]

This is otherworldly in terms of matching the vibe of the OG

[@TyDurr1]

KZbin identified this video as being “Face to Face”. If confusing the Algorithm isn’t the mark of a good remake, I don’t know what could be.

[@theununtrium]

The video uses Todd Edwards' vocals

[@David0Mario]

it literally plays the original song in the beginning lmao

[@JaredtheRabbit]

It’s the vocals.

[@bejornce]

oh yeah

[@Rollthered]

face to face kawaii version

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

TeddyLoid - Face to Face

[@vsaucenou323]

My jaw actually dropped when I heard the toxicity sample. Well done man this is absolutely amazing

[@sparkvvs]

This is absolutely insane 😭😭 this is super interesting and honestly sounds great. Hopefully daft punk can see this cause I think they’d like it

[@bool_master]

THIS IS BRILLIANT

[@ghouliemusic]

HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIT

[@Mattip_Music]

Holy shit this is amazing

[@aldousfoxly]

This is REALLY cool, had a smile on my face hearing the different parts of the song come out. Really surprised it has less than 1k views. Good work!

[@RK-om8mj]

Absolutely amazing. So glad I ran across this in my suggestions!

[@Paul_Vaughn]

This kinda sounds like if you were listening to the original song while having a stroke at the same time. I kinda like it