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M83 Is A French-American Electronic Music Project Formed In Antibes Alpes-Maritimes In 2001 And Currently Based In Los Angeles United States. The Band's Primary Member Is Vocalist Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist And Record Producer Anthony Gonzalez. The Band Was Initially Formed As A Duo Also With Nicolas Fromageau It Has Released Eight Albums And Three Soundtracks Including The Grammy Award-Nominated Hurry Up We're Dreaming. Gonzalez And Fromageau Parted Ways Shortly After Touring Their Second Album Dead Cities Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. Gonzalez Records Primarily On His Own With Other Artists As Guest Musicians. The Band Is Signed To Mute Records And Found International Success In 2011 With The Single "Midnight City". Their Most Recent Album Fantasy Was Released On 17 March 2023. Anthony Gerard Gonzalez Born March 13 1980 Grew Up In Antibes France Together With His Brother Yann. His Family Had A Great Interest In Football And Gonzalez Had Trials With AS Cannes While His Maternal Grandfather Is The French International Laurent Robuschi. At The Age Of 14 He Got Injured And Turned To Music Instead After His Parents Bought Him A Guitar. Gonzalez Developed His Interest In Music And American Culture While At Secondary School. Together With Fromageau He Formed A Post-Rock Outfit Called My Violent Wish. At The Age Of 17 Gonzalez Bought A Synth To Record A Demo Which He Sent To A Number Of French Labels. When The Paris-Based Gooom Records Appeared Interested He Recruited Fromageau To "help Me Because I Didn't Feel Like I Had The Shoulders To Carry The Project On My Own". The Band Is Named After The Galaxy Of The Same Name. The Band's Musical Aesthetic Is Characterized By Extensive Use Of Reverb Effects And Lyrics Spoken Softly Over Loud Instruments. Gonzalez Has Been Inspired By Aspects Of The American Dream And His Songs Have Been Outlined As Themed Around "adult-Scripted Teen Dreams". Inspiration For The 1980s Style Found In Much Of Gonzalez’s Music Includes Bands Such As My Bloody Valentine Pink Floyd And Tangerine Dream. Between Various Electronic Music Properties And Album Artwork M83’s Style Includes A Mix Of Both Contemporary Pop And 1980s Dream Pop.
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M83 Is A French-American Electronic Music Project Formed In Antibes Alpes-Maritimes In 2001 And Currently Based In Los Angeles United States. The Band's Primary Member Is Vocalist Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist And Record Producer Anthony Gonzalez. The Band Was Initially Formed As A Duo Also With Nicolas Fromageau It Has Released Eight Albums And Three Soundtracks Including The Grammy Award-Nominated Hurry Up We're Dreaming. Gonzalez And Fromageau Parted Ways Shortly After Touring Their Second Album Dead Cities Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. Gonzalez Records Primarily On His Own With Other Artists As Guest Musicians. The Band Is Signed To Mute Records And Found International Success In 2011 With The Single "Midnight City". Their Most Recent Album Fantasy Was Released On 17 March 2023. Anthony Gerard Gonzalez Born March 13 1980 Grew Up In Antibes France Together With His Brother Yann. His Family Had A Great Interest In Football And Gonzalez Had Trials With AS Cannes While His Maternal Grandfather Is The French International Laurent Robuschi. At The Age Of 14 He Got Injured And Turned To Music Instead After His Parents Bought Him A Guitar. Gonzalez Developed His Interest In Music And American Culture While At Secondary School. Together With Fromageau He Formed A Post-Rock Outfit Called My Violent Wish. At The Age Of 17 Gonzalez Bought A Synth To Record A Demo Which He Sent To A Number Of French Labels. When The Paris-Based Gooom Records Appeared Interested He Recruited Fromageau To "help Me Because I Didn't Feel Like I Had The Shoulders To Carry The Project On My Own". The Band Is Named After The Galaxy Of The Same Name. The Band's Musical Aesthetic Is Characterized By Extensive Use Of Reverb Effects And Lyrics Spoken Softly Over Loud Instruments. Gonzalez Has Been Inspired By Aspects Of The American Dream And His Songs Have Been Outlined As Themed Around "adult-Scripted Teen Dreams". Inspiration For The 1980s Style Found In Much Of Gonzalez’s Music Includes Bands Such As My Bloody Valentine Pink Floyd And Tangerine Dream. Between Various Electronic Music Properties And Album Artwork M83’s Style Includes A Mix Of Both Contemporary Pop And 1980s Dream Pop.
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Hurry Up We're Dreaming Is The Sixth Studio Album By French Electronic Band M83. The Double Album Was Released On 18 October 2011 By Naïve Records In France And Mute Records In The United States. The Album Was Produced By Justin Meldal-Johnsen And Has Received Generally Positive Reviews. In Addition It Debuted At Number Fifteen On The US Billboard 200 With First-Week Sales Of 21 000 Copies Becoming M83's Highest-Charting Album To Date. Prior To Recording Hurry Up We're Dreaming Anthony Gonzalez Had Moved From His Native France To Los Angeles. Describing The Move In An Interview Gonzalez Said "Having Spent 29 Years Of My Life In France I Moved To California A Year And A Half Before The Making Of This Album And I Was Excited And Inspired By So Many Different Things By The Landscape By The Way Of Life By Live Shows By Movies By The Road Trips I Took Alone... I Was Feeling Alive Again And This Is I Feel Something That You Can Hear On The Album" Gonzalez's Tour With The Killers Depeche Mode And Kings Of Leon In Addition To His Road Trips To Joshua Tree National Park Also Heavily Influenced The Album. Gonzalez Cited The Ambitiousness Of Albums Such As Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness As The Reason He Made Hurry Up We're Dreaming A Double Album. In Addition He Described The Two Discs As Brother And Sister With Each Track Having A Sibling On The Other Disc. The Album Was Recorded In Los Angeles At Sunset Studio And The Sound Factory. Because Of Budget Constraints And Union Issues The String And Brass Players Who Contributed To The Album Were Not Paid And Were Credited With Pseudonyms. Gonzalez Recorded The Album As A Way To Remember His Childhood. Gonzalez Explained To Spin Magazine That Hurry Up We're Dreaming Is "mainly About Dreams How Every One Is Different How You Dream Differently When You're A Kid A Teenager Or An Adult. I'm Really Proud Of It. If You're Doing A Very Long Album All The Songs Need To Be Different And I Think I've Done That With This One." In An Interview With MusicOMH He Described The Album As "a Reflection Of My 30 Years As A Human Being" And Something He Dedicated To Himself.