Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger is probably the best known track by French dance-duo Daft Punk. That's because it was sampled, covered and Youtube'd (if that's a word) the most. A few weeks back, I heard the new, very good album by Philippe Uminski . I had heard of him before, as a songwriter (for La Grande Sophie, Calogero and more), I didn't know that he made an album as Uminski with a garage rockin' cover of HBFS. Which triggered me to search for more covers. I didn't find any as good and radical as Uminski's, but [...]
Today on our nostalgia moment we have the 1979's classic disco/funk track "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong. This song was sampled in Daft Punk's " Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" in 2001.

Time for another one of these, methinks. First up is a song that was sampled by Daft Punk,then sampled by Kanye West. And Diplo's got a version on his Decent Work For Decent Pay. And there's almost certainly a 'four on the floor' crappy house remix too. Now I'm not averse to the odd remix (although my sister does accuse me of hating on originals all the time), it just has to make the song into something new. Here's the Daft Punk version, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger [...]

This is the first time we take part in a party, actually a festival in Japan and it's happening this friday in Osaka. There will be loads of artists and DJs on the night, including Flight Facilities , Crookers , 80Kidz and DJ Taku-Hero. 今回初めてTMSが日本で イベントに参加する事 に。コチラ1日のフェ になっておりまして 今週の金曜日に大阪 開催されます!上のフ イヤーには載りきら い位のアーティスト DJが参加するんです 、その中には Flight Facilities , Crookers , 80Kidz , DJ Taku-Hero 等と見所満載です!! To celebrate this, we decided to make some goodies, a TMS compilation CD! Isn't that quite interesting? We are not going to reveal all the details because we think it should [...]

The next new Flight Facilites edit taken from their awesome Social Club set is now available! This ones a re edit of Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby that was sampled by Daft Punk... First up lets revise and then we can enjoy the edit! Flight Facilities Blog SlothBoogie

Known to the masses as the song that gave De La Soul the drum break for ' Me, Myself & I ', this is a classic chunk of electro funk - released in 1980 on Salsoul . Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper

Het is geen groot geheim dat de jongens van Daft Punk graag samples gebruiken. Mooier is dat een nummer waarin ze zelf iemand anders samplen weer gesamplet wordt, en dat dat nummer weer gecoverd wordt. Snap je hem nog? Het begint met Edwin Birdsong. Deze inmiddels 59-jarige toetsenist heeft in de jaren 70 een paar platen gemaakt en is tegenwoordig een van de studiomuzikanten van Stevie Wonder. Hij was destijds bekend om zijn jazz/funk/disco stijl en hield wel van experimenteren. In 1979 kwam zijn zelfgetitelde plaat uit met als openingstrack Cola Bottle Baby, over een vrouw met de [...]
As promised, here's more Birdsong. Edwin Birdsong - Down On The Beat [Right Click To Download] Edwin Birdsong - Flow Through My Heart [Right Click To Download] Edwin Birdsong - Good Lovin' Brings An Encore [Right Click To Download] [...]

Edwin Birdsong, some very interesting stuff this guy does. Not only did he create the wonderful loop in the background of Harder Better Faster Stronger, Cola Bottle Baby, he also put out many other releases which truly didn't get enough attention. The poor guy was overshadowed by The Brothers Johnson and Zapp and Roger, and left in the indie funk scene. Edwin Birdsong was born in 1950 in the city of LA, son of a minister. Birdsong fought in Vietnam, where upon returning, he left for Germany to play in clubs. He later moved to New York [...]

Props* to DJ Herbman's vinyl posts on his great blog for a good part of today's entree. Check out his for site here for the large .zip file of his vinyl treasure. Other than those track todays post includes some lounge/disco house and a little dubstep. She's Wrapped too Tight (long version)- Edwin Birdsong* Une Very Stylish Fille- Dmitri from Paris Live At Dominoes- The Avalanches Dead- Dana Gillespie* Single Bell- Morando Control ft. [...]

Yeah gonna touch on a few different genres here...first one we're goin way back. Disco. This is courtesy of our new best friend and all around solid homie N Squared . He took hella care of us in LA last week and we did a little file swap. Here's one from his drive....kinda has a familar sound to it no?? Something some Daft little Punk might jam too.... Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby Next up we gonna touch on some Indy Pop Rock. [...]
- Original vs Sampled - Ben ritrovati per il secondo appuntamento con altri quattro incontri tra pesi massimi della musica, originali Vs. campionati. Quest'oggi il ricco menu offre un Billy Cobham in forma stratosferica con la sua inconfondibile Stratus , campionata e resa più cupa ed inquietante dall’emsemble di Bristol, i Massive Attack . Due veri classici a confronto. Bob and Earl si giocano la carta Harlem Shuffle , dal sapore northern soul, il cui incipit lo riconosce anche la [...]

6 July, 2008 "Overflow" - A couple days flying by, happy fourth! I DJ'd one of my favorite sets on the 4th at Le Royale, also my third performance on Serato. Fun stuff all around. Hope you all enjoyed the interview with Us Two Music, they are doing great things and I can't wait to hear more. I'm djing this Friday at Hugs for Finger on the Pulse's 3rd year anniversary and on Saturday at Galapagos, which has recently undergone new management, alongside Bradley D, [...]
Aujourd'hui un petit détour par la case sample. Un procédé qui est aujourd'hui aussi largement répandu que l'harmonie, voir plus. Combien de fois nos rêves ont semblé voler en éclats à l'écoute d'un sample original, qui remettait en perspective notre goût pour le titre. On peut adopter la posture du penseur, et réfléchir sur la nature même de la musique, reconnaître la victoire du sample sur le reste, et saisir l'ironie de la chose quant au recyclage permanent de la musique, ou encore, et c'est le plus agréable, s'amuser à détecter les emprunts, en sachant qu'on en verra jammais le [...]

Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby the image: Franck Juery
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Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby . Introducing your participation I hope! Subject: Nice Re-edits. Edwin Birdsong was a great boogieman from gospel to electric funk, with Philadelphia International in 70's, he released a lot of very nice funk-disco tracks, hit/success will be his collaborations with Roy Ayers & Stevie Wonder in early eighties. You can recognize where Daft Punk looking for a perfect beat! You can buy the 12" on CD & LP
So we've given the new Janet album a few spins, and for the most part we like it. One of our favorite tracks is So Much Betta (not bett er , betta) and when we first heard it, we were struck by how familiar it sounded... turns out, it samples a Daft Punk song, Daftendirekt, from the duo's first album "Human After All." The sample actually works pretty nicely, and Janet's manages to pull off a pretty cool sounding song. (Seriously, it's hot.) Anyway, sampling Daft Punk seems to be the thing to [...]

"Sampling - When a portion of a pre-existing recording is used in a new track." (MDC MUM2700) "A sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings (or “samples”) of different sounds, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured." (wikipedia.com) Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger Herb Albert - Rise Notorious [...]

living in perfect harmony. etc. Edwin Birdsong "Cola Bottle Baby"