Latest Release
- JUN 20, 2024
- 1 Song
- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · 2011
- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · 2011
- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · 2011
- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · 2011
- Solitude (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) - Single · 2020
- Wait - Kygo Remix (2024 Edit) - Single · 2024
- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · 2011
- Saturdays = Youth · 2008
- Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] · 2013
- Saturdays = Youth · 2008
Essential Albums
- M83’s cinematic tendencies come to a head on French musician Anthony Gonzalez's sixth album. Zola Jesus’ turn on “Intro” sets the scene like a cliff dive filmed in sparkling slow motion, and “Midnight City” amps up the synth-pop drama with soaring vocals and volleys of electronic drums. “Reunion” revisits the ringing guitars of ‘80s soundtrack staples from bands like Simple Minds, and from there Gonzalez glides across ambient interludes, bright digital keys, and stadium-sized New Wave. It’s the perfect marriage of indie aesthetics and blockbuster production.
- The '80s weren't just about neon and power suits: the decade's synthesizers and pop music gave us previously unimagined ways to express our vulnerability. On his fifth album, French producer Anthony Gonzalez reinterprets those high-key tones while paying homage to stargazing silver-screen hitmakers like The Psychedelic Furs and Berlin. Full of gauzy synths and whispered vocals that call out to your inner teenager, it's nostalgic and ecstatic in equal measure.
Music Videos
- 2023
- 2023
- 2015
Artist Playlists
- Captivating guitar and synth dream-pop filled with lush soundscapes.
- Echoes of freedom and pensiveness endure.
- The electronica pioneers and indie greats who taught this studio wizard his tricks.
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About M83
Taking their name from a galaxy 15 million light years from Earth, M83 revels in the power of big synths and even bigger feelings. Led by the 1980-born French composer and songwriter Anthony Gonzalez, the electronic band started in 2001 in Antibes and has since explored the power of romance and nostalgia in high-gloss pop anthems, shoegaze-textured soundscapes, and understated movie scores. Originally a duo featuring Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, M83 first got attention in indie circles for the tenderness of their 2003 album, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. When Fromageau left the group shortly after, Gonzalez pressed on, releasing three more albums before moving to Los Angeles and teaming with a sprawling cast of collaborators to record 2011’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The synth-pop opus and its heart-melting, saxophone-garnished lead single, “Midnight City,” rocketed to the top of critics’ year-end lists and earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Album category. Since then, Gonzalez has dabbled in more experimental sounds, composing for films and Cirque du Soleil, and drawing on the music of vintage video games for M83’s subdued 2019 effort, DSVII. Whatever the format or inspiration, M83 continues as a beacon for intimate expression with an epic scope.
- ORIGIN
- Antibes, France
- FORMED
- 2001
- GENRE
- Alternative