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TIL when Daft Punk recorded an interview with Giorgio Moroder (godfather of electronic music) for their song “Giorgio by Moroder”, they used microphones from 60s to 00s, so when he spoke of a period in his life, it would be recorded with a microphone that existed within the same timeframe.

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