“There was a naive quality in 1982 around technology and the start of v...” — Thomas Bangalter Quote

There was a naive quality in 1982 around technology and the start of video games. And that's like the start of electronic music - there was this statement and, ideologically, these things to fight for.

Everyone making electronic music has the same tool kits and templates. You listen, and you feel like it can be done on an iPad. If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.

I think 'Tron' is a good example of minimalism.

In the history of pop music, a lot of great records cost an enormous amount of money. There used to be a time where people that had means to experiment would do it, you know?

For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.

At the end of the '90s and into 2000, electronic music was still an underground phenomenon, especially in America.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

We experimented with stuff that some might find crazy, but we wanted to widen and make the spectrums of influence much larger, because house and electronic music is about freedom.