Listen: Unreleased Daft Punk song 'Drive'

Following our report in August, a Daft Punk song from 1994 that never saw the light of day has finally been released on a compilation put out on Scottish label Soma Records. Drive was originally intended for release as a b-side to accompany Rollin And Scratchin but was put aside and replaced by Da Funk. The French duo's techno tune is now the opening track on Soma Records: 20 Years which was released today.

SOMA Records: "At the tail end of 2010 we trailed boxes of DATs, pictures and god-only-knows what else to find artefacts of Soma’s early days. Imagine our surprise when we discovered a tape simply entitled ‘Daft Drive’. We hooked up the DAT machine and inserted the tape with the delicacy of a surgeon, pressing play and praying that for one, the tape contained what we hoped, and two, that it didn’t chew it like a dog chewing on a bone. In amongst the hiss and crackle, the most monstrous 909 kick drum thudded. Daft Punk’s Drive track had been rediscovered."

Daft Punk - Drive Unreleased 1994 (Preview) by soma

Daft Punk's – Drive is track 1 on the Soma 20 Years compilation triple CD release, and is joined by selected Soma Records classics, including tracks by Slam, Silicone Soul, The Black Dog, Funk D’Void, Samuel L Session, Percy X and Desert Storm. The Soma 20 Years compilation is available now at http://www.somarecords.com/shop/music/soma_cd95