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M83 are a French
electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electro ...
group formed in
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in 1999 and currently based in
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. Initially a duo of multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, Fromageau parted ways shortly after touring for their second album '' Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts''. Gonzalez remains the sole constant member of the project, serving as the primary songwriter and lead vocalist. The band has released eight studio albums, including the
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-nominated ''
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (stylised as ) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by Naïve Records in France and by Mute Records in the United States. The album was the last ...
'', and two soundtracks. Gonzalez records primarily on his own, with numerous guest musicians. The band is signed to
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and found breakout success in 2011 with the single "
Midnight City "Midnight City" is a song by French electronic music band M83. The track was first released in France on 16 August 2011, as the lead single from the group's sixth studio album, '' Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (2011). The song was written by Anth ...
". Their sound has been described as
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, new wave,
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, and ambient.


Early life

Anthony Gerard Gonzalez (born 13 March 1980) grew up in Antibes, France together with his brother Yann. His family had a great interest in football and Gonzalez had trials with
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, while his maternal grandfather is the French international Laurent Robuschi. At the age of 14 he got injured and turned to music instead after his parents bought him a guitar. Gonzalez developed his interest in music and American culture while at secondary school. Together with Fromageau he formed a post-rock outfit called My Violent Wish.


Career


2001–2005

At the age of 17, Gonzalez bought a synth to record a demo, which he sent to a number of French labels. When the Paris-based
Gooom Records Gooom Disques, or Gooom, was an electronic music record label based in Paris, France. Gooom was founded by Jean-Philippe Talaga in 1997 after interviewing the British post-rock act Stereolab for his fanzine and both parties agreeing to rele ...
appeared interested, he recruited Nicolas Fromageau to "help me because I didn't feel like I had the shoulders to carry the project on my own". The band is named after the galaxy of the same name. In spring 2001, M83 released its self-titled debut album recorded on an 8-track while Gonzalez was still in college. The release did not attract much attention outside Europe until September 2005, when
Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grin ...
reissued the album for a worldwide release. M83's second album '' Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts'' followed in spring 2003 (and summer 2004 in North America) to widespread critical acclaim. After worldwide touring for ''Dead Cities'' resumed, Fromageau left the band; he later formed the band
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in 2009. Gonzalez returned to the studio to record the group's third studio album, ''
Before the Dawn Heals Us ''Before the Dawn Heals Us'' is the third studio album by the French electronic group M83, released in January 2005 to positive reviews. The album was released on the Gooom label in Europe and on the Mute label in the United States. It was the ...
'', which was released in January 2005. The same year, M83 provided a remix of "The Pioneers" by
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, which was also included on Bloc Party's remix album '' Silent Alarm Remixed''. M83 also remixed
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's " Protège-Moi",
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's " Black Cherry",
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's "
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's "Kelly", and The Bumblebeez's "Vila Attack". Similarly, M83's songs have been remixed by Gooom labelmates Montag and
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.


2006–2009

In 2006, after the ''Before the Dawn Heals Us'' US tour, Anthony Gonzalez continued to explore a musical direction already heard on earlier M83 tracks and began writing and recording a collection of ambient works. The album was recorded primarily at his home studio with the assistance of Antoine Gaillet. The resulting project was called ''
Digital Shades Vol. 1 ''Digital Shades Vol. 1'' is the fourth studio album by French electronic group M83. The album was released on September 3, 2007, and features only founding member Anthony Gonzalez. The album consists of tracks that are more of an ambient textu ...
'', and was released in September 2007 with a sleeve illustrated by Laurent Fetis (known for his work with DJ Hell,
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, and Tahiti 80). It is intended to be part of an ongoing series of ambient works. '' Saturdays = Youth'', M83's fifth studio album, was released in April 2008. It was recorded with Ken Thomas (known for his work with
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, and
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), Ewan Pearson (who has also produced for Tracey Thorn,
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) and Morgan Kibby (of The Romanovs). The album features a more focused approach to song structure and form, and Gonzalez stated that the main influence of the album came from music of the 1980s: "I think that '80s music is such a brilliant period for music history. It was the occasion for me to do a tribute to this '80s music, but
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also a tribute to my teenage years because the main theme of the album is being a teenager, and being a teenager means a lot to me." Four singles were released from the album: "Couleurs" in February 2008, "
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" in April, "
Kim & Jessie "Kim & Jessie" is a song by French electronic band M83. Written by Anthony and Yann Gonzalez with Morgan Kibby, it was released in July 2008 as the third single from M83's fifth studio album, ''Saturdays = Youth''. Critical reception "Kim & Jes ...
" in July, and "We Own the Sky" in December.
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and Snowboarder Travis Rice used "We Own the Sky" as the opening song in the 2008 snowboard film ''That's It That's All''. M83 also appeared on a limited edition split 7-inch single with
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in 2008; M83 remixed Maps' "To the Sky", while Maps provided a remix of M83's "We Own the Sky". In December 2008, M83 supported
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on its UK tour. In January and February 2009, M83 supported
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across United States tour dates and toured with
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on its ''
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'' in Italy, Germany, and France. In July, M83 appeared at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. In July 2009, M83 appeared at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio. Gonzalez, unprovoked, physically assaulted an elderly security guard when Gonzalez attempted to have members of the crowd join him on an unreinforced stage platform. The band later apologized to its fans for the incident. In 2010, on the eve of turning 30, Gonzalez moved to Los Angeles.


2010–2015: ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', ''Oblivion'' and commercial success

In Spring 2010, M83 composed the score of French director Gilles Marchand's film ''
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''. On 5 July 2010, the ''Black Heaven'' Soundtrack was released, which included two new songs by M83 called "Black Hole" and "Marion's Theme", along with five tracks from his back catalog. The soundtrack also includes songs from the score by Emmanuel D'Orlando, Moon Dailly and John & Jehn. However, his feelings towards the record were largely negative, leaving him depressed. In 2011, Gonzalez started working on a new batch of songs for an album slated for release later in the year. He described the tracks as darker and "very, very, very epic". Speaking with ''
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'', he said of the new album "It's a double album. It's mainly about dreams, how every one is different, how you dream differently when you're a kid, a teenager, or an adult. I'm really proud of it. If you're doing a very long album, all the songs need to be different and I think I've done that with this one." He recorded again with Morgan Kibby as well as others, including
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's mastermind Brad Laner,
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bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen and
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. ''
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (stylised as ) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by Naïve Records in France and by Mute Records in the United States. The album was the last ...
'' is Gonzalez's first double album, something he had dreamed of making ever since hearing
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' '' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness''. "I wanted to make a very eclectic album but also something not too long. Making a double album was a dream of mine for a long, long time and I felt ready to make this move," he explains. Discussing the sound and process of creating this album, Gonzalez says it was "written like a soundtrack to an imaginary movie with different ambiances, different atmospheres, different tempos, different orchestrations and different instrumentation.... When I make an album it's always about nostalgia, melancholy in the past and memories." On 19 July 2011, the breakthrough single "
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", the first from ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', was released for streaming and free download on the band's official website. Beginning in October, they toured North America and Europe to promote the album; Active Child supported the US leg of the tour. The album placed 3rd in
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's Top 50 Albums of 2011 list; the single "Midnight City" was placed 1st on the Top 100 Tracks list. On 26 January 2012, M83 came in at number 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100 with the single "Midnight City". The track received further exposure in 2013 as the remixed soundtrack to the Gucci Premier fragrance television advert featuring
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. It was also used in the 2013 film ''
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''. On 28 June 2012, it was announced that M83 would compose the soundtrack for the 2013 movie '' Oblivion'', directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring
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. The score was co-written with Joseph Trapanese. The soundtrack album was released on 9 April 2013 by Back Lot Music featuring Susanne Sundfor on vocals. On 26 February 2014, a new song titled "I Need You" was included on the ''Divergent'' soundtrack. The song "Wait" was featured in the 2014 film ''The Fault in our Stars''. It was also featured in the "Perception" episode of ''
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'' in 2012, "The Backup Dan" episode of '' Gossip Girl'' in 2012, "Imperfect Circles" episode of '' Under the Dome'' in 2013 and "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" episode of ''
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'' in 2014. More recently, "Wait" was used as part of the documentary "The Day We Walked On The Moon" commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and screened in the UK by ITV in July 2019. Also from ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', two tracks, "Another Wave from You" and " Outro", featured in the 2014 remake of '' The Gambler''. In 2015 and 2016, British-Franco-Canadian drama ''
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'', uses "Outro" as the theme title. "Outro" was also featured in the popular snowboarding documentary ''The Art of Flight'', in the reveal trailer for the games " Paragon" and "
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", in a Mazda commercial entitled "Feel Alive" in 2018, and as the final song in the finale of the '' USA Networks'' TV show ''
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''. Moonchild was featured in Top Gear's McLaren Mercedes SLR Oslo challenge. The Italian-French film '' Suburra'' from 2015 features music by M83 extensively. In August 2014, the first three albums produced by the band were re-released by Mute Records with additional material available separately for download. Gonzalez justified the reissues by noting that physical copies of the albums were hard to find and sold for "a ridiculous amount of money". On 2 March 2015, M83, with indie pop group Haim, released the song "Holes in the Sky" from '' The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' soundtrack. He also participated in Jean-Michel Jarre's album '' Electronica 1: The Time Machine''.


2016–present: ''Junk'', ''Volta'', Tour, and ''DSVII''

On 1 March 2016, M83's seventh studio album '' Junk'' was announced along with its lead single, "
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". The album was released on 8 April 2016. The band then embarked on a tour across North America and Europe during the first half of 2016. On 5 December 2016, it was announced that Gonzalez of M83 would be the composer and musical director for
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's touring show, Volta. In July 2019, Gonzalez announced M83's eighth studio album, ''
DSVII ''DSVII'' (short for ''Digital Shades Vol. II'') is the eighth studio album by French electronic music band M83, released on 20 September 2019 through Naïve and Mute Records. It is a sequel album to '' Digital Shades Vol. 1'', released in 2007. ...
'' (standing for ''Digital Shades, Vol. II''). It was released on 20 September 2019. In December 2021, Gonzalez announced a re-release of Hurry Up We're Dreaming for its 10th anniversary.


Style

The band's musical aesthetic is characterized by extensive use of reverb effects and lyrics spoken softly over loud instruments. Gonzalez has been inspired by aspects of the American Dream and his songs have been outlined as themed around "adult-scripted teen dreams". Inspiration for the 1980s style found in much of Gonzalez's music includes bands such as My Bloody Valentine,
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, and
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. Between various electronic music properties and album artwork, M83's style includes a mix of both contemporary pop and 1980s
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.


Band members

Current members * Anthony Gonzalez – lead vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, guitars, piano, bass, drums, percussion, programming, arrangement, mixer, production (1999–present) Former members * Nicolas Fromageau – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangement, programming, mixer, production (1999–2004) * Loïc Maurin – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards (2008) * Morgan Kibby – vocals, piano, keyboards (2008) Live members * Loïc Maurin – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards (2004-present) * Jordan Lawlor – guitars, vocals, multi-instrumentalist (2011–present) * Kaela Sinclair – keyboards, vocals (2016–present) * Joe Berry – piano, synthesizers, EWI, saxophone (2016–present) Former live members * Pierre-Marie Maulini – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion (2008-2009) * Jonathan Bates - guitar, bass (2009) * Morgan Kibby – vocals, piano, keyboards (2008–2015) * Ian Young – saxophone (2011–?) * Phillip Kern * Philippe Thiphaine - guitars (2004-2005) * Stéphane Bouvier - bass (2004-2005) * Ludovic Morillon - drums (2004)


Timeline


Discography

* '' M83'' (2001) * '' Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts'' (2003) * ''
Before the Dawn Heals Us ''Before the Dawn Heals Us'' is the third studio album by the French electronic group M83, released in January 2005 to positive reviews. The album was released on the Gooom label in Europe and on the Mute label in the United States. It was the ...
'' (2005) * ''
Digital Shades Vol. 1 ''Digital Shades Vol. 1'' is the fourth studio album by French electronic group M83. The album was released on September 3, 2007, and features only founding member Anthony Gonzalez. The album consists of tracks that are more of an ambient textu ...
'' (2007) * '' Saturdays = Youth'' (2008) * ''
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (stylised as ) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music band M83. The album was released on 18 October 2011, by Naïve Records in France and by Mute Records in the United States. The album was the last ...
'' (2011) * '' Junk'' (2016) * ''
DSVII ''DSVII'' (short for ''Digital Shades Vol. II'') is the eighth studio album by French electronic music band M83, released on 20 September 2019 through Naïve and Mute Records. It is a sequel album to '' Digital Shades Vol. 1'', released in 2007. ...
'' (2019)


Awards and nominations


See also

* List of ambient music artists


Notes


References


External links

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