A Look Behind Daft Punks Grammy Performance Gear

[Cupe]

There were speculations as to whether Daft Punk actually played live during their Grammy Performance along with Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder in which the robots were perched inside a booth behind all the front runners, the usual place for the mysterious duo though.

That is until Jim Logiudice a professional model and prop maker for film uploaded to his blog a set of photos outlining the build of their console based around the ‘Mother’ space craft control room from Aliens (very fitting). Full statement below;

Here’s the set we built for Daft Punk’s Grammy performance tonight.

Tino Schaedler and Optimist Design teamed up with Daft Arts to create this amazing mid-century modern design set. Check out the old school audio equipment integrated into the set. Very cool. The recording booth is patterned after the “Mother” space craft control room from the movie Alien. The robots gold mirror mixing console actually worked and was played live.

Although we don’t like poking holes in stories its hard to pass up on the details that only the “mixing console actually worked and was played live” which could mean any number of things as to how involved Daft Punk were in the performance. Was it merely fading tracks or actually mixing levels and more? Who knows but the pair did manage to take home four of the statues including the coveted ‘Album of the Year’ for Random Access Memories’.

Still not impressed? Soak up a few more shots of the build:

[yizzle]

who ever said 'money cant buy you love.'

THINK AGAIN WHALE!

[Cupe]

All that for one song at an awards night

[yizzle]

"will we need all this?"

"no"

"so why do we have it"

"cause you're famous and will be on TV"

"oh yea.."

[wrxfiend]

"will we need all this?"

"no"

"so why do we have it"

"cause you're famous and will be on TV"

"oh yea.."

Damn straight.

[Cupe]

5000 buttons to press play on pre-record