Then they would know what to do with it." Daft Punk had been in contact with Moroder in relation to a possible contribution for the Tron: Legacy score, but this never happened. Thomas asked me if I wanted to tell the story of my life. Moroder clarified that he was not involved in the composition of the track or its use of a synthesizer: "They did not let me get involved at all. Rodgers was also present during the Moroder recording session. Moroder had recorded a monologue about his life for use in a track on the album. In May 2012, Daft Punk's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder was announced. Musician Paul Williams announced in a 2010 interview that he had worked with the group, after Daft Punk had been introduced to Williams by a sound engineer with whom they were mutually acquainted. We've respected each other endlessly." Daft Punk visited Rodgers' home for an informal jam session. According to Rodgers, the collaboration was "something we've talked about for a long time. The album features Chic frontman Nile Rodgers. Thomas Bangalter, regarding the album's conception The idea was really having this desire for live drums, as well as questioning, really, why and what is the magic in samples? It occurred to us it’s probably a collection of so many different parameters of amazing performances, the studio, the place it was recorded, the performers, the craft, the hardware, recording engineers, mixing engineers, the whole production process of these records that took a lot of effort and time to make back then. For their next album, Daft Punk decided to work extensively with live musicians according to Bangalter, "We wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers, but with people." They avoided the use of samples, with the exception of the closing track " Contact". As Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk stated, "We could play some riffs and stuff but not keep it for four minutes straight." Daft Punk put these demos aside and started work on the Tron: Legacy film soundtrack, which Bangalter described as "very humbling". They were pleased with the compositions, but dissatisfied with their process of sampling and looping, as they had done for their previous albums. In 2008, after finishing their Alive 2006/2007 tour, Daft Punk began working on new material in Paris, recording demos for approximately six months. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Random Access Memories number 295 on their list of the " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". "Get Lucky" also won the awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The album appeared on several year-end lists, and won in several categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Dance/Electronica Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Its lead single, " Get Lucky", topped the charts in more than 30 countries and became one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. It also topped the charts in twenty other countries. Random Access Memories is the only Daft Punk album to top the US Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It combines disco, progressive rock and pop, with collaborations with Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas, Todd Edwards, DJ Falcon, Chilly Gonzales, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Nathan East and Pharrell Williams. It is their final album before their disbandment in 2021.įollowing the minimal production of their previous album, Human After All (2005), Daft Punk recruited session musicians to perform live instrumentation and limited the use of electronic instruments to drum machines, a custom-built modular synthesizer and vintage vocoders. Recording sessions took place from 2008 to 2012 at Henson, Conway and Capitol Studios in California, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Gang Recording Studio in Paris, France. This theme is reflected in the album's packaging, as well as its promotional campaign, which included billboards, television advertisements and a web series. It pays tribute to late 1970s and early 1980s American music, particularly from Los Angeles. Random Access Memories is the fourth and final studio album by the French electronic duo Daft Punk, released on through Columbia Records.
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