Daft Punk Teachers - Lesson 1

Today I thought I would kick off a new idea I had a little while ago. Daft Punk paid homage to their influences with a track they called 'Teachers' from their 1997 debut album Homework. They simply listed off people they feel have had a big impact on their sound, but rather than merely typing out this list with a brief bio, why not post the songs and let you hear this impact for yourselves.

For lesson one, I tracked down some material from four of DP's teachers: DJ Funk, DJ Deeon, DJ Hell and Ashley Beedle. The first two artists are ghetto tech legends (at least around here in Chicago), the sound of hard 909 beats and raunchy lyrics that would make Luke Skyywalker blush are hard to miss. DJ Hell's German techno background is obvious when listening to his music, he has held residencies at Tresor and has releases on !K7 records dating back to the early '90s. And lastly is Ashley Beedle, who has recorded under several other names (e.g. X-Press 2) and has a strong pedigree as a disco/deep house producer. I also included a track with crazy beat-poet cum rapper, Saul Williams, that Ashley Beedle produced with Ross Allen.


DJ Funk - No Bold Head Bitch
Let There Be Light (DJ Funk RMX)

DJ Deeon - Gimme Head

DJ Hell - Control

X-Press 2 - Enjoy The Ride
Ashley Beedle f. SaulWilliams - Murderer Style (ClapOutVocalMix)


Happy listening!