INTERSTELLA 5555

If you like the French tech-funk-house duo Daft Punk, or retro 80s anime, the combination of music and image, or even just innovative uses of media, then you’ll probably like Interstella 5555, a DVD I picked up quite cheaply the other day. It quite correctly claims to be an “animated House Musical”, depicting the story of a group of four intergalactic musicians, captured by a scheming manager to be transformed into a manufactured band on earth. The animation is set to Daft Punk’s album Discovery, and oozes with groove and style, being produced by Leiji Matsumoto, creator of well-known 80s anime such as Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock. You may have seen the videos for One More Time or Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger on their own - these are actually just a few small segments of the overall production. There’s a good review here.