In promotional pursuit of their new album Random Access Memories, Daft Punk is on the cover of the May 2013 issue of Obsession Magazine.
Throughout the mag, both robots stay very fresh outfitted in Heidi Slimane for Saint Laurent Paris, but there was much more to the issue than just their outfits.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo both got to talk about their time recording Random Access Memories, and it sounds like it was a long tedious process.
Thomas Bangalter explained the reasoning behind the album:
“The internet has caused human relationships to become more and more virtual. With this album we still stay inside this illusion and this secrecy while also giving ourselves the joy of working in a team. When we make synthetic music, we create sounds, these ranges that still are just simulations of reality. Here, the idea was to capture moments of magic, moments of elegance. What is it about the first notes of “Hotel California” that creates the impression that you are in the sun, surrounded by crickets? How does that work?”
On using the new technology available today as opposed to older instruments:
“Machines now have a lot of power, but the content created has become extremely poor these past few years. For Random Access Memories, we used this technological infinity to record significant things, to channel the sprawling, overflowing proportions of things we had recorded during the course of the sessions.”
Unfortunately for our non-French speaking readers, the original link for Obsession Magazine may not be the best, but you can check out the translated version here. In the meantime, peep the pictures from the entire Daft spread by scrolling down.
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
Daft Punk in the May 2013 Issue of Obsession Magazine
