caught this brillant animation todae

Interstella 5555
(The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem)
- a collaboration between french house group daft punk and famous japanese animator Leiji Matsumoto.
the soundtrack of the animated feature is made up of tracks from daft punk's discovery album, played back to back - think of it as a super long mtv.. and i was so impressed how the soundtrack gel so well with the animation... while each can hold its own... major cool !

film synopsis : a blue-skinned alien pop band - the one seen in one more time mtv - has been abducted by this machiavellian witchdoctor (?) who attempts to use them to complete his plans for universal domination - din realli explain how. Anyway this guy abducts them, sabotages their memories, changed their outfits and pigmented their skin from blue to human skin tones...to make them think that they are humans. and to keep them under his control, he makes them wear what look like tinted shades so that they are constantly hynoptised - literally a manfactured band! complete with a listless look in their eyes. he becomes their manager and the band goes on to top the charts and become a massive success, while the band members become pale shadows of themselves, jus mere puppets who have to blindly fulfill the obligations of being popstars

another amusing snippet - flashbacks which show other aliens being abducted before them and moulded into stars who look suspiciously like music legends from our time - (those i can recognize) athena franklin and janis joplin

so what can i say? ONE MORE TIME !

music i m listening to now : face to face - daft punk