Uminski

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 they’re nice nonetheless. I also found a solid cover of Cola Bottle Baby by Edwin Birdsong, the sample-source of HBFS. Of course, Kanye West’s rework is present as well. Enjoy. And dance!

Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Matt Mulholland – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Mike Tompkins – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Uminski – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Wilt Ribeiro – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Kanye West – Stronger
Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby
Baker Brothers – Cola Bottle Baby