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M83 began in Antibes, France, as the project of Anthony Gonzalez, who built the group's sound from layers of synthesizers, guitars, and drums that blur alternative rock, pop, and shoegaze-leaning electronics into something huge and wistful. The records move from the dense electronics of Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts to the widescreen pop of Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, the double album that made "Midnight City" one of the defining songs of the early 2010s. It is music built on memory and scale, equally at home in a stadium or over the credits of a film.
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Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011). A double album that plays like one continuous rush, it has "Midnight City," "Wait," and the closing "Outro," and it shows every side of what Gonzalez does best.
Biography
M83 (French: [ɛm katʁ(ə)vɛ̃tʁwɑ]) is a French electronic music group formed in Antibes in 1999. 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, as the primary songwriter and lead vocalist.
The band has released nine studio albums, including the Grammy Award-nominated Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, in addition to two soundtracks. Gonzalez records primarily on his own, with numerous guest musicians. The band is signed to Mute Records and found breakout success in 2011 with "Midnight City", Hurry Up, We're Dreaming's lead single. Their sound has been described as dream pop, new wave, shoegaze, as well as ambient.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2026I Wrote You a LetterAlbum
- 2023FantasyAlbum
- 2023Fantasy - Chapter 1EP
- 2019DSVIIAlbum
- 2016JunkAlbum
- 2011Hurry Up, We’re DreamingAlbum
- 2008Saturdays = YouthAlbum
- 2007Digital Shades [vol. I]Album
- 2005Before the Dawn Heals UsAlbum
- 2003Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost GhostsAlbum
- 2001M83Album
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