Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk | talkbox + big band funk cover

A funk cover of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Scary Pockets, Swatkins, & Frankfurt Radio Big Band.

MUSICIAN CREDITS
Lead vocal: Swatkins
Drums: Kyle Crane
Bass: Solomon Dorsey
Keys: Jack Conte
Guitar: Ryan Lerman
Saxophones: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Tony Lakatos, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
Trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Ralf Hesse
Trombones: Günter Bollmann, Marco Leibach, Christian Jaksjö, David Bernds
Big Band Conductor: Jochen Welsch
Big Band Management: Olaf Stötzler

AUDIO CREDITS
Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering: Caleb Parker
Assistant Engineer: Kevin Brown
Arrangement: Jacob Mann
Big Band Recording Engineer: Axel Gutzler

VIDEO CREDITS
DP: Ricky Chavez
Camera Operators: Sammy Rothman, Ricky Chavez
Editor: Adam Kritzberg
Big Band Director: Jonas Jung
Big Band Camera Operators: Jonas Jung, Gregor Praml

Recorded Live on a rooftop in Los Angeles, CA, & Hörfunkstudio 2, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany.

#ScaryPockets #Funk #DaftPunk #HarderBetterFasterStronger #BigBand #Swatkins #FrankfurtRadioBigBand

[Swatkins]

I swear we recorded this before Daft Punk retired.

[youbutrt]

This is the funkiest thing you've ever done and the decision to make it a little bit slower was a power move

[thebearontheroof]

That's not a talk box: that's a tube pumping aerosolized funk straight into the keyboardist.

[DavidJDiehl]

A horn section makes everything better.

[Wazoothewizard]

My goal in life is to be half as happy as the pianist seems to be

[cmcrombie]

You guys seem to have inhaled some of the funk particles in the atmosphere from the recent Daft Punk explosion, and it's clearly given you super powers.

[PonchoGreg]

Obviously the whole thing is insane, but can we talk about that bass for a second? PHAT tone, delicious ghost notes, deep deep in the pocket, perfect interplay with the brass section... Tremendous.

[DieseltechRJ]

This is some of the cleanest talk box work I’ve ever heard.

[obeygrey]

That talkbox/prophet solo is the audio representation of sheer goosebumps

[BluesGetOrigin]

2:08 You know you're killing it when the cameraman is shaking his head in amazement

[ToddPentney]

Can we take a second to appreciate Jacob Mann's big band arrangement!? So tastefully done. Great video! Amazing playing from everyone.

[universalbriefkasten]

At 2:09 you can literally see the cameraman shaking his head in disbelief of the sheer funk radiating from that solo

[erischl]

I am sorry but I have a complaint here. This is too short. I could surely listen to this for like 50 hours straight.

[hrbigband]

Thanks for the great collaboration Scary Pockets + Swatkins, also Jacob Mann for the arrangement. It was a great big party! 🕺💜

[dylanmcdowell]

I have been replaying this every day since it came out lol. The entire solo section from 1:42 to 2:22 is handed down directly from the gods of funk.

[businesspug]

can we just talk about the fact that my mans who's vibing at the rhodes, is the patreon CEO, i did not know my mans could vibe like that

[eastoforion]

jack just losing his mind at the talkbox along with the rest of us is my fave part xD

[carlotorres]

As soon as I saw Jack, I was waiting for the camera to pan to his huge smile. Thanks Jack for always managing to make everyone else smile and show us a good time

[ModestNeophyte]

84' kid here. Just now starting to really appreciate, and feel SO emotionally moved, by soul/funk/classic r&b. It's like i've just woken up from a slumber of mediocrity. Thank you for keepin the soul alive.

[wouldntyaliktono]

I bet mastering the audio for this recording was the difficult kind of fun.