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November 03, 2007

Paper: Pedro Winter reveals Daft Punk's inspiration behind the masks...'the two guys are really shy'...Guy-Manuel speaks...

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Paper Magazine just published a revealing new Daft Punk feature, where Pedro Winter reveals the real reason for the robot masks. Daft Punk are really shy! A good read, especially because the notoriously interview-shy Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo speaks…

The inspiration behind the masks is distinctly Daft Punk-ian. “Daft Punk hiding themselves? It’s that the two guys are really shy and they needed to find something to get them out of the limelight,” says Winter.

But de Homem-Christo says that it goes deeper than that. “At an arena, the audience looks up to an idol, to an artist, to someone who is dancing, and there’s more of a cult of personality around him, like the one with Mick Jagger.” The 33-year-old continues, “But us, we are robots. The interaction is totally different. We feel that people can’t have a relationship with someone who is above them, you know? Robots don’t make people feel like there’s an idol on stage. It’s more like a rave party where the DJ isn’t important. This is what we do: We are two robots in this pyramid with this light show, but everything is [meant] for you to have fun and enjoy yourself.”


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