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Antibes, France (2001 – present)

M83 is electronic artist Anthony Gonzalez. Gonzalez founded the group with Nicolas Fromageau in Antibes, France, in 2001. M83’s musical style owes something to shoegaze, with emphasis on tone, extensive use of effects and, most notably, softly-spoken lyrics almost submerged in instrumentation. Guitar or synthesizer based, many of M83’s parts conform to the fetishism of tone that dominates contemporary electro.

All three of M83’s albums were well received, in particular Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, their second album, which allowed them to break through to a larger audience. For the third album released by M83, Before the Dawn Heals Us, Gonzales decided to part from Fromageau (after an emotionally distressing tour for Dead Cities) and record on his own.

M83’s song “

Unrecorded” from Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts was used in the trailer for the American release of the Russian movie Night Watch, and the track “

Teen Angst”, taken from “Before the Dawn Heals Us”, appears on the trailer for the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel “A Scanner, Darkly” set for a 2006 release.

M83 produced the remix of the track ‘Pioneers’ on the British group Bloc Party’s 2005 album Silent Alarm Remixed.

The Deftones also use the song “Be wild” (taken from Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts) on their 2007 world tour as a live-intro!

1	Kim & Jessie full track	3,553
2	Graveyard Girl full track	3,470
3	Skin Of The Night full track	2,864
4	Too Late full track	2,810
5	Couleurs full track	2,808
6	We Own The Sky full track	2,765
7	Highway Of Endless Dreams full track	2,142
8	You, Appearing	1,956
9	Dark Moves Of Love full track	1,945
10	Up!	1,928
11	Midnight Souls Still Remain full track	1,728
12	Teen Angst full track	1,556
13	Don't Save Us From the Flames	1,533
14	Run Into Flowers full track	1,469
15	You Appearing full track	1,275

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besix wrote:
24 minutes ago

zu spät

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frengermoy wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Graveyard Girl is the best

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Metal_Bird wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Check out Lost on a Dead Planet http://www.last.fm/music/Lost+on+a+Dead+Planet

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rigoisphat wrote:
Wednesday morning

yup, the new album is a fucking dive, DIVE DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE INTO THE MEDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCRE

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jarrahg wrote:
Wednesday morning

I love M83! also check out Australian band , Winterpark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc41Py5Kfd0

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Heliosphaner wrote:
Tuesday evening

Coloring The Void. God must be here.

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TheTallMan wrote:
Tuesday evening

I have no idea how people can say they don't like "Saturdays=Youth". They say it's mediocre, that it's lesser than the band's previous works. I say they're wrong. "Saturdays=Youth" is one of the best albums of the year.

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bleakstk wrote:
Sunday evening

hmmmmmmmm saturdays = youth is dissappointing considering how amazing dead cities and before the dawn heals us were

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andreshurtado wrote:
Sunday morning

Nuevo grupo de LastFM en español sobre IDM, Glitch, Breakcore: http://www.lastfm.es/group/Breakcore+and+IDM+from+Spain

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BearsandJazz wrote:
7 days ago

Does anyone know if and when a second Digital Shades will come out?

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OsakaPolice wrote:
7 days ago

lol @ petra80

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Speccy wrote:
last month

data's remix is so gooooooooooooooood.

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Jamie_Condon wrote:
last month

Cool stuff.

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burntsystems wrote:
last month

arpeggio bliss

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Petra80 wrote:
last month

want to download this band..immediately ..who knows where

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ToothandNail04 wrote:
last month

Pretty beautiful stuff. I feel like I'm watching some gay 80's movie about teenagers and how dramatic their lives are, though.

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lalalovey wrote:
last month

I total love them !!!!!!!!!!

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csmeatwad wrote:
last month

ahhh you're so right! he's adorable. and john norris makes me cringe.

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heyhermano wrote:
last month

I have developed a huge musical man crush on Anthony Gonzalez after seeing him in a lame John Norris interview (John Norris being lame, not Anthony).

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mugroot wrote:
last month

Up! has really grown on me...my new favorite song of theirs.

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