Vinyl Record
Daft Punk - Homework
Buy Daft Punk – Homework on 2LP at Kilmorna near Listowel: a cornerstone of French house with big club cuts and deep, crunchy drum-machine energy.
2LP
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Daft Punk’s Homework is a full-length statement of late‑90s Paris club culture: raw, loop-driven and proudly physical, built from drum machines, clipped filters, and basslines that feel like they were designed for big speakers. It’s the record that turned underground French house into a global conversation, balancing cheeky radio-style interludes with tracks that hit like a DJ’s best 2am sequence. From the relentless thump of “Revolution 909” to the elastic glide of “Around the World” and the chesty stomp of “Da Funk,” Homework plays like a map of their early palette—funky, abrasive, and surprisingly melodic when it wants to be. It’s not polished in the modern sense; that’s the charm. You can hear the grit, the compression, the room for chaos—music that still feels alive decades on. On vinyl, the album’s long-form grooves get space to breathe, and the sequencing makes sense as a proper side-to-side journey rather than a playlist. It’s a must-have dance record that also rewards close listening at home.
Homework helped define French house for the mainstream without sanding down the underground edges. It’s a blueprint for filter-driven dance music, sampling attitude, and DJ-friendly arrangement—still referenced anytime club music aims for both grit and hooks.
This title often appears as a modern reissue on 2LP. Packaging and pressing details can vary by run, but the essential draw is the full album spread across four sides for better spacing and more comfortable playback than a crammed single disc.
Punchy, compressed kick drums; rubbery bass; bright, sweeping filters; crunchy midrange and a lively top end. Built for volume, but it still grooves nicely at home on a good hi‑fi.
Is this the full album? Yes—Homework is a full-length album, and the standard vinyl configuration is spread across multiple sides to suit the running time. Is it more “club” than their later albums? Generally, yes. Homework leans rawer and more DJ-oriented, with longer grooves and a more underground edge than the later, slicker productions. What tracks will I recognise? Most people know “Around the World” and “Da Funk,” and “Revolution 909” is another key cut—alongside deeper club favourites across the set.