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The resounding praise surrounding Daft Punk's recent live shows needs no reiteration, but apart from a couple noteworthy mashups and a lot of comments pointing to the curious absence of "Digital Love" (geez, and Juliette was at Lolla, too!), most of the chatter has surrounded the unearthly visuals. Given that we're talking about Daft Punk here, the music's more than fine; it's just easy to get distracted by the flashy stuff, the pyramid, and, of course, the dancing.

Those in attendance blinded by the lights-- and the rest of us, forced instead to stare at the microwave while playing Homework really effin' loud-- will get to explore every sonic nuance and blissed-out "woo!" on a forthcoming live album set to tape at the duo's June 14 stop at Paris' Bercy.

No release date or title (please think of something besides Alive 2007) has been set for the Capitol-issued live platter, but-- according to Billboard.com-- we know this: a single disc set of the performance will be available, along with a double-disc featuring the show's encore. Parisians who ducked out on the last bit to beat the parking lot rush, consider yourselves lucky... this time.

A single for the live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" will also be issued, along with a video compiled by director Olivier Gondry (yes, brother of Michel), shot by attendees at this past weekend's show in Brooklyn. Asked and answered, Daft Punk.

The Billboard article also let us in on a little secret: those dudes in Kanye's "Stronger" video aren't, as previously reported, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, but, rather, the actors from Electroma. Not quite "two bums in helmets," but still, tricky.

This phenomenal thing that Daft Punk have been doing of late has one more slated touch-down: October 27 at Las Vegas' Vegoose Festival. There's talk of more dates next year, but it being merely August, that's almost a bummer.

Even bigger bummer: Billboard sez that no DVD is planned to accompany the live album. Boo!