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    Posted: February 01 2005 at 19:02

Has anyone any opinions on this French Electronica band, just lately with the release of their new album 'Before The Dawn Heals Us' they have been mentioned in a lot of Britsh music magazines as being very prog.

Ive downloaded three tracks and they sound like a more pretentious version of Air meets krautrock. I'm impressed and will buy the album.

Infact NME ,not that id take a lot of notice but...they say that M83 first album Dead Cities, Red Sea &Lost Ghosts embarked on a trip to the darkside of Paris, where prog is not a four letter word!  Then when describing the new album they say maybe prog is the last bastion of rebellion in rock.... Hmmm never sure if the NME are being ironic or not

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Points: 663 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2005 at 07:55

So I take it nobody has heard of M83 then?

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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2005 at 08:23

I have.I have.
I bought Dead Cities when it came out.I read the
reviews at the time and the use of the Prog word
intrigued me.I wasn't dissapointed.Great album.
PROGTRONICA.

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Me too. I love M83 to bits and I picked up 'DeadCities...' in a record shop in Toulouse last year.

Much more electronica than prog IMO but worth a listen if you like your music a little more left-field than most.
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Points: 1239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2005 at 10:23

are there mp3s on their website? what is their website? they sound interesting...

 
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Points: 1239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2005 at 10:26

hmmm they list their influences as:

10 all time favourite records
Neil Young Harvest
Tortoise Millions Now Living
Will Never Die
Sonic Youth Goo
Tangerine Dream Phaedra
Ash Ra Temple New Age of Earth

 

which seems to be only five??? but their taste seems good, must investigate. thanks

 
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Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

Me too. I love M83 to bits and I picked up 'DeadCities...' in a record shop in Toulouse last year.

Much more electronica than prog IMO but worth a listen if you like your music a little more left-field than most.


Ive just heard the track 'beauties Can Die' from that album its got a bit of everything in there, very atmospheric and lots of minimal instrumental bits, weird deadly silence in the middle then wonderful build up droney ending. 

I love this band!

 

 
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Originally posted by Petra Petra wrote:

Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

Me too. I love M83 to bits and I picked up 'DeadCities...' in a record shop in Toulouse last year.

Much more electronica than prog IMO but worth a listen if you like your music a little more left-field than most.


Ive just heard the track 'beauties Can Die' from that album its got a bit of everything in there, very atmospheric and lots of minimal instrumental bits, weird deadly silence in the middle then wonderful build up droney ending. 

I love this band!

 


I like the way they break apart the vocal sounds and re-arrange them to form new melodies.

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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2005 at 12:37
Now:If Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) had produced Air (sic)...

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