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"Aerodynamic"
Song
B-side"Digital Love", "Aerodynamite"

"Aerodynamic" is an instrumental track by Daft Punk that is particularly well-known for its guitar solo. It was the second single choice from Discovery for the duo, who released the singles in the album's track order.

Structure

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo once described the Discovery album as "A mix between the past and the future, maybe the present."[1] Thomas Bangalter also elaborated in a 2001 interview that "A lot of house music today just uses samples from disco records of the '70s and '80s... While we might have some disco influences, we decided to go further and bring in all the elements of music that we liked as children, whether it's disco, electro, heavy metal, rock, or classical."[2]

This is reflected in the structure of "Aerodynamic", which is said to build up a funk groove, halt for a solo consisting of "metallic, two-hand tapping on electric guitar", combining the two styles and ending with an "spacier" electronic segment.[1] The solo elements were described playfully as "impossible, ridiculous Yngwie guitar arpeggios".[3] Bangalter acknowledged that "Some people might think that the guitar solos on 'Aerodynamic' are in bad taste, but for us, it's all about being true to ourselves and not caring what other people would think. We really tried to include most of the things we liked as kids, and bring that sense of fun to it."[4]

"Aerodynamic" is believed to contain sampled elements of "Il Macquillage Lady" by Sister Sledge,[5] but this is uncredited in the Discovery liner notes.

Reception

The single only charted in Australia, and only for a week, at #50. Later on, the track hit the U.S. dance charts through club play as the B-side to "Digital Love".

The song was used in the VH1 featurette "Awesomely Badder Girls", along with the single, "Digital Love". It was also used in the French film L'Auberge espagnole.

Single track listing

  1. "Aerodynamic"
  2. "Aerodynamite"

References

  1. ^ a b Bryan Reesman, Daft Punk interview mixonline.com. Retrieved on March 6 2007.
  2. ^ Chris Gill, "ROBOPOP" (May 2001) Remix Magazine Online. Retrieved on August 7 2007.
  3. ^ Alan Di Perna, "We Are The Robots" Pulse!, (April 2001), pgs. 65-69.
  4. ^ Andy Pickering, Daft Punk Discover the Funk outersound.com. Retrieved on August 7 2007.
  5. ^ http://www.samples.fr/blog/index.php/2006/10/11/43-daft-punk-aerodynamic/
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