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James, who plucked with his two fingers through-

out, “ere was a sense of building our parts as we

went along, so we started more simply and devel-

oped from there, giving them different approaches

and increased intensity. I tried to channel the era

and the vibe we were honoring, while attempting to

add a fresh spin and my own style.” At C, the narra-

tion stops and a sequenced keyboard loop takes the

lead. Genus plays a similar figure sans the octaves

for the first 16 bars before returning to octaves

for the next 32 measures (where strings enter). At

letter D the strings recede, the loop continues, and

Caswell begins soloing on Rhodes. James responds

with rhythmic variations and the use of the 7th of

the Am and Em chords, ultimately

adding 10ths in the climb from the

Dm chord, culminating in the har-

monic chord in the last two measures.

e keyboard loop ceases at letter

E, and Caswell’s jazzy Rhodes solo—

for which Genus switches to thumb-

and-palm-mute—settles into a sambafeel, and ends with a cool fill over the

Em chord. “We may have done this

section over, after they liked it from

the original jam; I remember doing a

few passes of Chris’s solo.” Letter F is

a breakdown and orchestral passage,

as Moroder’s narration returns. is

gives way in sharp contrast, at G, to

a portion of the jam where, with the

keyboard loop and strings returning,

Omar Hakim lets loose and James

DAFT PUNK’S BACKWARD-LOOKING, FORWARD-LEANING

album Random Access Memories picked up five 2014 GRAMMY Awards,

in the process shattering all kinds of conventions about songwriting and

producing, and man-meets-machine. While Nathan East, who appears on

more than half of the album’s tracks, rode his percolating part on “Get

Lucky” all the way to the top of the charts and a GRAMMY performance

with the French dance duo, New York-based session ace James Genus

made his own significant six-track contribution. e Saturday Night Live

bassist’s boldest track is the nine-minute “Giorgio by Moroder.” He laughs,

“Nowadays, you don’t think most of your part is going to be used; artists

find the four or eight bars they like and pretty much run with that. While

we were recording ‘Giorgio,’ I remember thinking, ey’re not gonna use

all of this on a pop dance song—especially the back end, where we took

it pretty far out. I was shocked when I heard it all on there!” Keyboard-

ist Chris Caswell, who had worked with Daft Punk in the

past, recommended Genus and drummer Omar Hakim

(as well as Nathan East and dr ummer J.R. Robinson, for

an East Coast/West Coast flavor), and in May 2012 the

three set up at Conway Recording Studios in Los Ange-

les, with Daft Punk behind the board. James—on head-

phones—sent his signature Fodera 5-string (strung with

month-old La Bella roundwounds) direct.Regarding the song’s structure, Genus offers, “ey

gave us the general vibe they wanted, and the changes to a

16-bar phrase. ey had us jam on it for about ten minutes,

to a click, and then they put together the song using var-

ious 16-bar sections from the jam.” e track begins with

autobiographical narration by legendary producer Gior-

gio Moroder, as the band, mixed lower, plays through the

changes. At letters A and B, the narration continues with

the band now front-and-center in the mix. James plays

an octave-style pattern that was either developed while

jamming or presented as a basic shape by the duo. Says

B Y C H R I S J I S I | P H O T O G R A P H B Y A D R I A N A M A T E O

C O N N E C T

INFOi

• Hear “Giorgio

by Moroder.”

• Herwig Scheck

performs histranscription of

“Giorgio.”

• Follow James

Genus on Twitter.

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“Giorgio By Moroder” by Daft PunkJames Genus’ Complete Bass Line



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follows in spirit. Of note is his steady-16ths start

(“I was thinking, Rock out”); his use of the open

E to bounce off, in bars 168–169; and whooping

slides in 172 and 173. With the strings out at letter

H, Hakim stretches even fur ther. Genus reacts

by leaving more space at the end of measures, in

bars 184–195, before unleashing another auda-

cious Em fill. e Daft duo drops out everything

except James and Omar at I, spotlighting their

like-minded feels (the pair have played together

since the early ’90s), as well as James’ ability to

riff or take an upper-neck journey without ever

losing the groove. At letter J the keyboard loop

becomes the timekeeper, as Hakim plays solo fills,

with disco-era drum “woops” added to his sound

by the duo, after the fact. Genus again responds

accordingly, leaving space while creating inter-

est. Finally, L brings everything back in, plus

Paul Jackson Jr.’s guitar solo, for a full-on finish.

Genus sites “Motherboard” as his other favor-

ite contribution to the album. “I came up with this

four-bar muted phrase that they had the guitar

player copy, and then I played variations of it.”

As for “Moroder,” he advises, “e key is to be

in the moment; be aware of the groove and the

tonality of the changes, and maintaining them,

and make music out of it from there. Feel-wise,

I tried to be right in the middle—but especially

toward the end, we’re pushing it. It has a for-

ward motion, so drive the track.” He adds, “It’s a

dance tune. Daft Punk was dancing in the booth

while we cut it; that’s a good focal point to keep

in mind.” BP

“Giorgio By Moroder” by Daft Punk Transcription by Chris Jisi & Herwig Scheck

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