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“Aerodynamic” is an instrumental track by Daft Punk featuring a prominent guitar solo. The track was released on March 28, 2001 as the second single from the Discovery album.

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo once described the Discovery album as “A mix between the past and the future, maybe the present.” Thomas Bangalter also elaborated in a 2001 interview that “A lot of house music today just uses samples from disco records of the ’70s and ’80s… While we might have some disco influences, we decided to go further and bring in all the elements of music that we liked as children, whether it’s disco, electro, heavy metal, rock, or classical.”

This is reflected in the structure of “Aerodynamic”, which is said to build up a funk groove, halt for a solo consisting of “metallic, two-hand tapping on electric guitar”, combining the two styles and ending with a separate “spacier” electronic segment. The solo elements were described playfully as “impossible, ridiculous Yngwie guitar arpeggios”, which reflect the fast arpeggiation common with violin parts in classical music. Bangalter acknowledged that “Some people might think that the guitar solos on ‘Aerodynamic’ are in bad taste, but for us, it’s all about being true to ourselves and not caring what other people would think. We really tried to include most of the things we liked as kids, and bring that sense of fun to it.”

The “Aerodynamic” single contained a B-side remix titled “Aerodynamite”. Another remix of “Aerodynamic” features Detroit-based hip hop group Slum Village.
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  • knightsofnotion

    yeah.......yeah......hooray for Daft!!!!

    13 days ago

  • ouliwen

    I remember listening to this as a 10 year old, didn't listen to it for a decade now. Memories~

    21 days ago

  • viniciusweb

    my brains like it

    last month

  • realfuckingnito

    Dat guitar solo

    last month

  • anders7535

    Awesome! - always absolutely awesome!

    last month

  • xspicysalsax

    Love the bells, love the song, love Daft Punk

    March 2012

  • EmperorPeeter

    in emimusic channel(YouTube) you can hear this song and also watch part of this anime movie "Interstella 5555" :), TOP song !!!

    March 2012

  • PurplePostRock

    e P i C n E s S

    March 2012

  • bernlin2000

    Their best song, bar none.

    March 2012

  • Plaza_Trinidad

    Hymn of the times.

    March 2012

  • fenix9206

    so brilliant!

    February 2012

  • hiei-warrior

    this oozes awesomeness!

    February 2012

  • CoffeeAfterDark

    >DAT ORGASM-INDUCING GUITAR SOLO

    February 2012

  • anders7535

    Mmmm - still loving this!

    February 2012

  • d-osjen

    оргазмик

    February 2012

  • Pezrawr

    This guitar solo is just orgasmic, that does it I'm going to learn to play this.

    January 2012

  • Gabriel_Opeth

    awesome

    January 2012

  • raceofdoom

    AHHHHHHHHHHHH

    January 2012

  • Sambring

    Hi son. What are you doing under me?

    January 2012

  • lyricalmind89

    Starting to learn this on guitar, and my bud nearly shat himself when I whipped out the solo out of nowhere. Such an iconic song, one of DP's best for sure.

    December 2011
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