Nov 27 2008
M83
So one of my favorite shoegaze electronic type artists is M83. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! They are named after the spiral galaxy, Messier 83. (Which I posted a picture above, it’s so beautiful!) Their music is so inspiring to me and it also really sedates me whenever I listen to them.
M83 is made up of Anthony Gonzalez and formally Ncolas Fromageau. They first founded the group in 2001, in France.
How can I describe M83… well they are very ethereal sounding, the synthesizers do the shoegaze kind of music justice. Don’t know what shoegaze is? Look it up folks, I’m not in the mood to talk about what the genre is like. Just think of… earthy and melodic voices that makes you think of… wind chimes, or something. (Man I don’t know if I describe things very well sometimes :P)
M83 focuses mainly on synthesizer based songs, but there is guitar thrown in there too. The tone of the singing voices are very whispery like. It’s great music to relax to, and the videos are thought provoking I would say.
Their latest album is “Saturdays = Youth” and my suggested tracks for them would definitely be “You Appearing”, “Kim and Jesse”, and “We Own the Sky.” The album has a very pop feel to it, but it is still typical M83.
So check ‘em out, I think I have a good ear for music. I think. 
