Ben Cardew Interview (Daft Punk's Discovery - The Future Unfurled)
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Ben Cardew works for Radio Primavera Sound in Barcelona; freelances for Pitchfork and DJ Mag, among others; and is the author of Daft Punk's Discovery - The Future Unfurled, a new book on the French duo's second album, coming in September. As Ben was finishing up the book, Daft Punk officially broke up, which... made the writing process a bit more difficult.
How did you get to where you are today, professionally?
I started writing about music when I was about 16, for the school newspaper, essentially copying the NME’s review of PJ Harvey’s Dry. But I didn’t figure out journalism could actually be something you could do—or rather I could do—for pay until after I had finished a (fun, if ultimately not very helpful professionally) course in French Studies at Manchester University.