Daft Punk helmets transform anonymous musicians into otherworldly beings. The helmets allow the musicians to detach themselves from reality and bring the audience into their universe.

A Tweet thread by @ daft_wub, you can see the whole process from sketch to final. They also show the complex wiring that was required to power the matrix of LEDs, as well as behind-the-scenes images from Daft Punk’s very first photo shoot.

The creation of the original Daft Punk robots is based on the design of a Daft Punk robot. Daft Punk’s robots were created by the creator of Daft Punk.

Ironhead studios, which did work on the first version of the helmets, also worked on the latest and slimmest versions of our favorite funk bots.

Detailed Daft Punk sketches by Alex and Martin pic.twitter.com/r3xqvobwkz.

The Daft Punk helmets were by Alterian Inc.. pic.twitter.com/wiugrc6ena.

Piers Martin’s interview with the face is based on an extensive 2000 interview of the duo. You can even read a full annotated transcript transcript.