“Literally for two years, I had one piano with a GoPro that I mounted on it. I didn't touch one synthesizer. I didn't open any machines”: Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter on his reaction to the huge scale and success of Random Access Memories

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26: Daft Punk performs onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/WireImage).

Former Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter has been reflecting on the origins of 2013’s Random Access Memories, the duo’s fourth and final studio album, and how making the record affected his creative process.

Spearheaded by lead single Get Lucky, RAM ended up being Daft Punk’s most successful album – it’s sold more than four million copies and won multiple Grammy Awards – but, with its focus on musicianship and live instrument recordings, was a markedly different beast to their previous records, which were created using synths and drum machines.