Shortly after finishing off their Alive 2006/2007 tour , Daft Punk began working on new material in 2008 . Thomas Bangalter of the duo recalled , " the two of us would go in with a lot of keyboards , guitars , drums , and stuff and started to do demos for six , seven months . " Daft Punk were pleased with the work in terms of composition , but were dissatisfied with the production aspect , as they relied on samples and loops of their own performances : " We could play some riffs and stuff but not keep it up for four minutes straight . " Daft Punk put these demos aside and started work on the '' Tron : Legacy '' film soundtrack later in 2008 . As Bangalter mentioned after the film 's release in 2010 : " Making music for a movie is very humbling . We ’ve been working on some of our music concurrently . " Daft Punk then decided to work extensively with live musicians on what would become '' Random Access Memories '' : " We wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers , but with people . " They avoided the use of samples on the album , with the exception of the closing track " Contact "
Alive 2006/2007
Alive 2006/2007
Random Access Memories