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Last time on Dissect, we took a tour through Discovery's middle section, from the high of crescendoes to the sentimental ballad in Something About Us.

Today's episode takes a similar approach, as we'll be covering Voyager, Veritas Quo, Short Circuit, and as I teased at the top, the masterwork that is Face to Face.

It's a stretch of Discovery coveted by Daft Punk's most loyal fans, many of whom would argue it's every bit as good as the album's hit heavy opening.

Now we've got a lot to cover in these incredible songs, so let's jump right in with track 10, Voyager.

Like many of the song titles on Discovery, Voyager clues us into the cinematic spirit of the instrumental track.

With Tomat and Guimond both being born in the 70s, the name Voyager is almost certainly a nod to the NASA spacecraft.

Twin probes launched in 1977 to explore the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond.

The NASA Voyagers were literally built for discovery, making the reference here feel especially fitting, a reflection of the album itself, as Tomon Gimon explore new musical possibilities by blending the sounds they grew up with.

The cultural fascination with space in the 1970s also coincided with the growing accessibility of synthesizers, which became the go-to instrument for scoring many of the sci-fi films of the era.

In doing so, the synthesizer became sonically linked with the idea of space, a connotation that sustains to this day.

So, with Voyager's nod to space exploration in mind, the song's wide, expansive chords played on a vintage synthesizer evoke the feeling of cruising through open space in a spacecraft, a sensation that only intensifies when the beat drops.

For my money, this may be the most addictive groove on the entire album.

A feeling of infinite propulsion, like a spacecraft gliding endlessly through the void.