Guide Note

M83 is an electronic music group that initially consisted of two members, Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez. Their music is heavily produced, with distortion and other effects that often garner comparisons to the rock genre, shoegaze. Shortly after releasing their second album, Fromageau left the group to pursue a solo musical career. Gonzalez has continued to produce similar music on his own.

Fast Facts

1. Origin: Antibes, France
2. Years Active: 2001 - Present
3. Record Label: EMI
4. Name refers to the galaxy Messier 83, often abbreviated as M83
5. Don't Save Us From the Flames was used in a Pontiac car commercial
6. Music has been featured in movies such as 2004's Night Watch and 2006's A Scanner Darkly

Quotes

"When we first recorded 'Before the Dawn Heals Us' it was made in a house in the countryside of France and I wanted to have wall of sound, but a very spacey sound and a bit of psychedelic sound as well. The new one, 'Saturdays=Youth,' is quite different -- it's more about pop songs. -Anthony Gonzalez

Discography

1. M83 2001
2. Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts 2003
3. Before the Dawn Heals Us 2005
4. Digital Shades Volume 1 2007
5. Saturdays=Youth 2008

1. Slowly / Sitting 2002
2. Run Into Flowers 2003
3. 0078h 2003
4. America 2004
5. A Guitar and a Heart / Safe 2004
6. Don't Save Us From the Flames 2005
7. Teen Angst 2005
8. Couleurs 2008
9. Graveyard Girl 2008