Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators — Season 1, Episode 3: Nile Rodgers
Documentary • 7 min • 1 season, 8 episodes
Episode synopsis
The third episode features Rodgers, who spoke of his background as a founding member of Chic, as well as his numerous collaborations with other artists throughout his career, such as David Bowie, Madonna, and Duran Duran. He expressed that working with Daft Punk "[felt] like [...] working with contemporaries" and that they motivated each other to excel when collaborating on the album. At the end of the episode, Rodgers played a portion of a then-unspecified song in which he participated, which was later identified as "Lose Yourself to Dance", and remarked that the duo's style has evolved whilst simultaneously exploring music's past, suggesting that "they went back to go forward."
About Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
From The Creators Project, a look at the collaborators behind Random Access Memories, the new album from Daft Punk.