2008. France
Electronic/Shoegaze
http://www.myspace.com/m83
M83 is a french band led by frenchman Anthony Gonzalez. It's sound is a mix of Shoegaze and Electronic music built with reverbs and synthetizers all around in a kind of dreamy/hazy atmosphere.
Saturdays = Youth is their 5th album already and one of the most interesting electronic albums I heard last year. Is very dense, enigmatic and melody focused. For don't know what reason this music gives me a deep sense of nostalgia, and for it's usage of similar samplers as Vangelis Blade Runner OST (btw an outstanding score that I'll cover at some point) it resembles a glimpse of futuristic cities of 80's movies, a very strange touch between past and present... Very weird and therefore difficult to explain but definitely special and pleasant.
Lot of imagery comes from listening to this music: Neon lights, old lomo pictures, nightscapes... Kind of stylish and well-dressed, M83 hits the right key with this one.
Spotlight:
- You, Appearing
- Skin of the Night
- Midnight Souls Still Remain: Endless loop of dreamy soundscapes
- "You, Appearing"
- "Kim & Jessie"
- "Skin of the Night"
- "Graveyard Girl"
- "Couleurs"
- Up!"
- "We Own the Sky"
- "Highway of Endless Dreams"
- "Too Late"
- "Dark Moves of Love"
- "Midnight Souls Still Remain"
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