Tiësto claims Daft Punk's latest album, Random Access Memories, "doesn't deliver on the hype".
The DJ - recently named the richest in the world, and voted best in the world
in numerous polls - has slammed the secretive French duo, who dress up as
robots in public, saying their new album Random Access Memories isn't as good
as people think.
He told the Huffington Post: "The Tron soundtrack wasn't that great and
this is not great, either.
"But because it's Daft Punk and they're supposed to be cool and they had
the amazing pyramid at Coachella [festival] a couple of years ago and the
helmets - they're f***ing cool. But the music doesn't deliver on the hype so
much.
"It got so much attention because it's so different and it's an attitude
album. It's cool to like Daft Punk. Even if you're not into the song, as soon
as you hear Get Lucky, you see all the cool people go, 'Oh yeah, this is
cool, that's my song,' and they don't really even enjoy it."
However, Tiësto - real name Tijs Michiel Verwest - added he likes some of Daft
Punk's earlier material, such as their Homework album, and solo releases by
the group's Thomas Bangalter on his Roulé label, and said he had a good time
when he recently met their collaborator, Giorgio Moroder, when he came to one
of his concerts.
He said: "He's one of my youth heroes. He came to my show and he stayed
the whole set; I played for three hours and he was there for three hours. He's
in his seventies and still rocking strong. I was honoured that he came,
actually."
