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Daft Punk believe that the current overuse of voice perfecting technology, Auto-Tune in pop music has led to songs sounding 'like a terrifying clone from a sic-fi movie' and has stopped being 'fun'.
The French duo are well known for disstorting and playing with different vocals, but disagree with 'creating something that isn't human' by correcting an imperfect vocal simply to make it sound better.
Thomas Bangalter told NME: "Pop music is into the uncanny valley. For example, take Auto-Tune. Auto-Tune as an effect is very fun. We put it in the same category as the wah-wah pedal. It's pleasing to the ear and creates those funky artefacts, a bit like the clavinet in Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'.
"The other use of Auto-Tune is the invisible one, where you put the voices of the performers in and you set the thresholds so you can't hear the Auto-Tune is there. It makes the voice 'perfect'. If you're using it to solve small imperfections, you're creating something that isn't human.
"Would you Auto-Tune Roger Daltry on 'Tommy'? Or Simon & Garfunkel? It stops being a fun effect and becomes like a clone from a terrifying sci-fi movie."
Daft Punk claim Auto-Tune is being used for the wrong reasons by most artists
As fans across the world wait for Daft Punk's latest album Random Access Memories, the duo look set to spend their fourth week at the pinnacle of the UK singles chart with hit comeback track 'Get Lucky'.
The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has worked on the new Daft Punk record and the duo have revealed that they originally planned to follow in The Strokes' footsteps before becoming a electronic dance group.
Bangalter added: "They're probably our favourite contemporary rock band. In terms of the attitude, he's got it totally right. We had a rock band when we were 17 and when we first heard The Strokes' first single we thought, 'Wow, that's the band we dreamed of being.''
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