M83
In 2003, Frenchmen Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau enjoyed international acclaim for Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, a luscious blend of shoegaze aesthetics, ambient pop, and progressive textures. But M83 had been around since at least 2001, when they issued their self-titled debut through the tiny but tastemaking French label Gooom. The success of Dead Cities, Red Seas brought attention not only to M83, but Gooom, too, and suddenly glitchy, sleek, and vaguely psychedelic artists like Cyann & Ben were enjoying (deserved) exposure along...[more]
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Before the Dawn Heals Us is M83's powerful follow up to Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts, this is an album that Kevin Shields himself would be proud to call his own. Before the Dawn Heals Us radiates with walls of electronic drones, big rock beats and hauntingly beautiful vocals which seem to fly along-side everything seamlessly. Just in his early twenties, Anthony Gonzalez continues to create music with incredible maturity and a vision, which at this time seems to go unparalleled. [ read more ]
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M83 touches upon all genres, from electronica to pop to ambient. Their distinct sound emerged after just one album, and it was both modern and melancholic. The group makes machines seem human, by endowing them with a mysterious and innocent character, one that mirrors the personality of the two band members, Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau. This album is more ambitious than its predecessor, complex yet accessible (thanks to its melodic effectiveness), and possesses a more assertive sound. Anthony and [ read more ]
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Old fans will note a substantial difference between the new album and the previous releases; Saturdays = Youth is more shoegaze-y in texture and more pop in construction. While the galactic, deep space vibe is still there (frontman Anthony Gonzalez loves those distorted synths!), the overall aesthetic is more Cocteau Twins a la My Bloody Valentine rather than another addition to the towering electronic post-rock tradition that Mogwai and Sigur Rós perfected. The record specifically tackles "how i [ read more ]
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Recorded in 2000, M83 is M83's first album (recorded before Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts), never before domestically released. Originally released by the French label, Gooom in 2001, M83 introduces the group as the original two-piece: Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, who later left M83 after the 2nd recording, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.
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On the list as one of the most radiant keyboard albums, M83's absurdly lush Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts combines a small arsenal of antiquated synths and drum machines with a shoegaze aesthetic to create a giant starburst of sound and analog miasma. A French duo comprised of Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, the pair's songs seem to evolve from one major chord to the next with tremendous velocity, always accumulating dense new layers of sound along the way. The keyboards throb, [ read more ]
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M83 -- whose recent remix of Goldfrapp caused more than a few palpitations on the floor -- release a generously stuffed thirty-minute EP. "America" is a standout cut from the album, a frantic hustle that binds electronic wizardry to headfuck guitars and disembodied but strangely familiar voices, offering one of the most unexpected and unusual breakdowns you'll ever hear. Also features the bonus tracks "Tsubasa" (an example of M83's more pastoral outings), "God Of Thunder," and a seventeen-minute dream seque [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. 'Teen Angst' is the second single from the acclaimed Before the Dawn Heals Us album, and the follow up single to M83's first single from this album Don't Save Us From The Flames. Includes album version, remix by fellow Gooom artist Montag, and an exclusive new song, 'Cow Boy.'
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First single from the new album Before the Dawn Heals Us. Includes an edited version plus remixes from Superpitcher and Boom Bip, as well as the track "Until the Night is Over," which is a piano/voice version of "Night" from the eponymouse debut album.
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'Teen Angst' is the second single from the acclaimed Before the Dawn Heals Us album, and the follow up single to M83's first single from this album Don't Save Us From The Flames. Includes album version, remix by fellow Gooom artist Montag, and an exclusive new song, 'Cow Boy.'
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Before the Dawn Heals Us is M83's follow-up to the 2003 international breakthrough Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. If you're noticing a trend toward drifting album titles, that's deliberate -- M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez loves crafting antigravity masterpieces of layered and meandering synthesizers. He's also the principal player on Dawn, with previous collaborator Nicolas Fromageau having moved into solo work. Left to his own devices, Gonzalez has made a more cohesive recor [ read more ]
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