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There are many reason to hate Daft Punk, but here I’m mainly going to focus on the main issue I have with them – sampling. I’ve never been a fan of sampling (or Daft Punk for that matter). It seems like a lazy way to make music, and has long been a thorn in the heel of electronic music. Any kid with Ableton can put a 4/4 kick beneath a two-bar disco loop and “create” the next radio annoyance.

Daft Punk, however, are much worse than that. They don’t credit samples in album sleeves, pretend they’re magical music geniuses, and actively deny sampling. That’s right, they deny it. I’d go as far as to suggest that 90% of Daft Punks repertoire is entirely lifted from old obscure records.

For a long time I tried to think of a sample based piece of music that had some integrity. I couldn’t do it. I tried to think of a sample based piece of music that was in fact better than the record it sampled. I could not.

I’ll probably be adding to this list as time goes on, but for tonight here’s a few reasons I don’t like Daft Punk.

Breakwater – Release The Beast / Daft Punk – Robot Rock

Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby / Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

George Duke – I Love You More / Daft Punk – Digital Love

10CC – I’m Not In Love / Daft Punk Nightvision

The Imperials – Can You Imagine / Crescendolls

Ronnie Jones – Video Games / Daft Punk – Technologic

Chaka Khan – Fate / Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You

Eddie Johns – More Spell On You / Daft Punk – One More Time

Sister Sledge – Il Macquillage Lady / Daft Punk – Aerodynamic

Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night / Daft Punk – Voyager

Rose Royce – First Come, First Serve / Daft Punk – Too Long