#Random access memories series

So that was really the beginning of the analogue-only concept that carried through to Random Access Memories.” We toured with a classic Midas Heritage console. “At that time, there wasn’t really anything close to an analogue console (in the digital realm) as far as sounding good was concerned. Thomas really talked a lot about gear during that tour and at the outset we decided to utilise an analogue console to achieve a warmer sound on the tour, and not to use digital technology, because of the reason of conversion. I got to know the guys so closely during that time.

“The eight shows that they’d planned eventually turned into something like 80 shows! We toured for two years, pretty much we started in 2006 and it ended at the tail end of 2007. Then we had a long chat about how much we all loved Paul Williams,” Peter remembers. When I told them I’d done Paul Williams’ front-of-house their eyes widened and they were pretty impressed. It was originally scheduled to be just eight shows, but I met Thomas and Guy-Manuel – they asked me what I’d done. He called me one day and just said: ‘I know a couple of guys who want to do a short tour, would you be up for it?’. They asked him if he knew any front-of-house engineers and he suggested me. I had done a tour with Martin Phillips, who was doing all the lighting for their videos, so they’d already asked him if he’d help design the live show. They needed someone to mix their front-of-house. “They hadn’t performed in 10 years at that point, so they were kind of looking for a crew. “I first met Daft Punk in 2005, when they were preparing their live tour,” Peter tells us. We spoke to him about his tour memories, his first encounter with ‘the robots’ and how the record’s concept developed. Joining them on the tour was engineer Peter Franco, who engineered their Grammy Award winning live album Alive 2007 and went on to work on Random Access Memories. Although initially set to be a short-term affair, the Alive tour became a near-two-year undertaking.

#Random access memories series

Find out more about it here, and check out the tracklist below.Following their third full-length LP Human After All in 2005, the duo decided to embark on a series of live dates. The album is available as a triple LP, double CD, and digitally. The tenth anniversary edition of ‘Random Access Memories’ landed on Friday, May 12, just five days before the record’s ten-year anniversary. The never-before-heard track was premiered for the first time at Paris’ Pompidou Centre last week, May 11. Read this next: A new mix by Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter is airing on NTS Radio

And like a human, obsessed with infinity and constantly making the same mistakes and movements.” He added: “I wanted Stevie Wonder to sing it. “It just cycles up like a pattern - it’s a four half-step cycle moving up on repeat.” “ a little stranger and more jazz modern chord-wise than the others on the record,” says Casablancas. The track during studio sessions for ‘Random Access Memories’ between Los Angeles and New York. ‘Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)’ - dubbed the ‘last ever Daft Punk song’ - features on the record featuring long-term collaborator Julian Casablancas. Read this next: First wave of contributors revealed for Daft Punk-focused book 'After Daft' The expanded edition looks back at the five-time GRAMMY Award-winning and two-time Platinum album with a fresh rework and a collection of unearthed snippets. The tenth-anniversary edition record features 35 minutes of previously unheard and unreleased music across nine tracks, including recordings taken during studio sessions as the album was being made. Daft Punk have released a special anniversary edition of ‘ Random Access Memories’ after ten years, the duo’s fourth and final studio record.