Veridis Quo: Latin, movie, and infinite loop

Veridis Quo is the 11TH title of Daft Punk's second album "Discovery" released in 2001. Often considered as the best album of Daft Punk, it is this last one which made them known internationally with their electro style a little detached mixing house, disco, or rock.

Quid est hoc titulo?

When the album was released, many believed that the title Veridis Quo had a Latin meaning.

But it is false Latin although it can be seen as a pun with "Quo Vadis" or "where are you going" or "to what end" or if you look hard enough, it could come from the Latin verb vereor: to dread, then veridis quo would mean: to what dreadful place.

But some see it simply as a pun with discovery that could be read as disco-very because veridis quo sounds like veri-dis quo. Theme of the album considered by many as disco.

The Story of the Secret Star System

The release of the album accompanies an audiovisual production: Interstella 5555 The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a Japanese silent animation film made by Toei Animation

This feature film uses the codes of Japanese animation of the time: 2D sets, presence of fixed shots, secondary characters without faces ...

Daft Punk themselves wanted this anime to be remarkably like the anime they watched when they were young.

On an extraterrestrial planet, a band composed of four musicians: Octave, the pianist, Arpegius, the guitarist, Baryl, the drummer and Stella, the bassist, were playing to a monster audience when a military force invaded their planet and kidnapped the band.

Infinity, infinity, infinity…

This 11e piece is special because in addition to not having any words, it is an infinite loop that adds a new musical element every thirty-two bars which gives a feeling of expectation.

This piece in A minor seems to repeat itself endlessly: the introduction is composed of two parts that will repeat themselves, alternating or not, throughout the music.