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When we think of the quintessential music of the '80s, we think of the sound of synthesizers. It's the music that sounded like the future then and years later it sounds like it now. In Part 1, join host Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo Music Entertainment Editor) and this week's guests musician, arranger, composer, record producer and founding member of Human League and Heaven 17, Martyn Ware and author of "Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop (1978-1983)," Richard Evans, as they discuss the golden age of electronic pop.

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Madonna, Georges Michael, David Bowie, Will.i.am. Tous ont le point commun d’avoir voulu collaborer avec le duo français le plus iconique de la musique, ils refuseront toutes ces propositions jusqu’à finir par collaborer avec les icônes de leur enfance pour créer le plus gros succès de leur carrière. Rois du sample, de la nostalgie musicale, avec un son cependant unique, ils ont redéfini le game de l’industrie publiquement mais aussi en coulisses.

On parle aujourd’hui des punks débiles, les Daft Punk. 

Among music legends, Nile Rodgers is truly exceptional. He amplifies his legacy as a multiple GRAMMY-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist by constantly traversing new musical terrain and successfully expanding the boundaries of popular music. As the co-founder of CHIC , Nile helped to pioneer a musical language that generated chart-topping hits like "Le Freak," (the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records), and sparked the advent of hip-hop with "Good Times". As a writer, producer and musician, Nile has worked with artists as diverse as Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, and Sister Sledge, whose “We Are Family,” written by Nile and Bernard Edwards, also lends its name to his We Are Family Foundation, an organization which raises funds and awareness in the fight against systemic racism, inequality, inequity, and injustice.

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Musical legend Nile Rodgers continues to tell Scott and Rozzi about his truly insane life and career, and the stories behind songs like David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, Madonna’s “Like A Virgin”, and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” With a childhood that included mentorship from the likes of Richard Pryor and Thelonious Monk, and early involvement with the Black Panthers, Rodgers shares his unique wisdom and an insight into how he built such a phenomenal career.

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Musical legend Nile Rodgers tells Scott and Rozzi about his truly insane life and career, and the stories behind songs like David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, Madonna’s “Like A Virgin”, and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” With a childhood that included mentorship from the likes of Richard Pryor and Thelonious Monk, and early involvement with the Black Panthers, Rodgers shares his unique wisdom and an insight into how he built such a phenomenal career.

Recorded, Engineered, and Edited by Jacob Prestidge

Pat welcomes iconic drummer Slim Jim Phantom to the Zoom Room to discuss his career in the Stray Cats and Phantom, Rocker and Slick.

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Pat invites Dara McGarry back to the Guest Co-Host chair to discuss the musical career of her favorite band... Duran Duran.

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Karen sits with Nile Rodgers, to discuss being born to a 15 year-old mother, both parents being heroin addicts, and homeless by fourteen. Nile talks about the triumph of rising above his painful beginnings and making it to the top of the music industry.

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This conversation is with Nile Rodgers. If you've listened to music in the last 40 years, you've heard his work. By trade, he's a musician and a producer -- He's a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for Musical Excellence. He's done the hard yards to understand the nuances of himself and his craft, to be able to express the inner music, in ways that have influenced the rhythms of the world. What I wanted to learn most in this conversation is how Nile understands music, and how he's been so successful collaborating with others to bring out their music. He's produced Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, INXS, Britney Spears, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Avicii, Sam Smith, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Keith Urban and Christina Aguilera. And the list goes on and on and on. This conversation is about relationships -- with self -- with others.

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