From French Touch to Future Funk

The enduring legacy of French filter house and Daft Punk's Discovery

For reasons not entirely clear to myself, I just spent a weekend with Ben Cardew’s book Daft Punk’s Discovery: The Future Unfurled (Velocity Press, 2021).

Everyone with just a remote interest in Daft Punk should read it. It’s well-written in a compelling, unacademic way. I’ve plowed through it on two rainy afternoons.

To be honest, I haven’t given much thought to …