M83 (band)
M83 is an electronic music group consisting of Nicholas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, and was formed in Antibes, France in 2001. The musical style owes something to the shoegazing genre in its extensive use of reverb effects and lyrics spoken softly over loud instrumentals, though M83's songs employ considerably less guitar than most shoegazing bands such as My Bloody Valentine. All three of their 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 international 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 " 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.
In 2005, M83 also released a re-issue of their 2001 self-titled album. The 2001 release was never available in the United States, but the 2005 reissue was made available in the US.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 0078h (2004)
- Run Into Flowers (2004)
- America (2004)
- A Guitar And A Heart (2004)
- Don't Save Us From The Flames (2005)
- Teen Angst (2005)