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lower your eyelids to die with the sun |
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| Location: | Antibes, |
| Country: |  France |
| Last Login: | Jun 15, 2008 (525 days back) |
About Me |
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| june 2008 update M83 release a new single, Kim & Jessie, from the album Saturdays=Youth. Heralded as M83’s first “proper pop song”, Kim & Jessie comes backed with mixes from DatA and Montag and will be released on 21st July 2008 (22nd July in North America) as digital download and 12” Says Anthony Gonzalez (aka M83) of new single, Kim & Jessie: "A lot of people always tell me that M83 is always about melancholy music, so I wanted to write something happy with hooks” band created in 1997
Europe - US The idea of youth – wasted, gilded or otherwise – has always featured prominently in M83's music. "I loved being a teenager," says Anthony Gonzalez, who is M83. "That's when I discovered music and started to take drugs and party with my friends." That time of discovery – and of course the era in which Gonzalez was a teenager – greatly impacted the making of "Saturdays = Youth." "On this record I wanted to have the feeling of a teenager mixed with this period of the Eighties," Gonzalez explains. If the doomy synthetic romance of his earlier work hinted at a fetish for Eighties goth staples such as Sisters of Mercy and The Cure, this album's chiming astro-pop finds Gonzalez taking a stroll on the sunnier side of the decade. Main influences for the album are English bands such as Tears For Fears and Cocteau Twins, as well as classic John Hughes teen movies such as "The Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles" (The red-haired Molly Ringwald look-alike on the cover is no mistake). To realize his vision, Gonzalez enlisted the help of producers Ken Thomas and Ewan Pearson. Thomas, known for his work with Sigur Ros, Sugarcubes, Cocteau Twins, Suede and Clinic cut his teeth on outré acts such as Psychic TV and Alien Sex Fiend more than 20 years ago. Berlin-based British dance producer Ewan Pearson, who has worked with Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, and Ladytron, came on board to give this album its smooth, modern edge. The result is "Saturdays = Youth," M83's most explicit celebration yet of how it feels to be dazed, confused and 15 years old. You can hear it on the album's first single "Graveyard Girl" – in which Gonzalez and guest vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) explore the innermost thoughts of a young goth girl; "The cemetery is my home, I want to be a part of it, invisible even to the night…I'm 15 years old and I feel it's already too late to live. Don't you?" Anthony Gonzalez is 26 years old and resides in Antibes, France. Single "Couleurs" Europe - US & Canada |
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Music:Member Since: 11/23/2005Band Website: ilovem83.com Band Members: gonzalez anthony INTERNATIONAL BOOKING AGENT ex North America: PAUL BOLTON / HELTER SKELTER Paul.Bolton@helterskelter.co.uk NORTH AMERICA: Tom Windish / The Windish Agency Influences: brian eno, John Hugues and landscapes SUBSCRIBE TO M83'S OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER CLICK HERE ! join M83 on : or find out more on wikipedia or last FM .
Sounds Like: Sister Part 2 Don't save us from the flames America Teen angst Run into flowers Record Label: labels Type of Label: Major |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Shoegaze) |
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Check out M83 on XLR8R TV |
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| Check out M83 on XLR8R TV discussing the teen films that inspired him while making the new record. It's live at revision3.com/xlr8rtv/m83/M83 on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace... Posted by M83 on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:12:00 PST |
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New M83 widget : blog it ! |
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M83 on Radio1 & with Urban Outfitters |
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| M83 interview goes out on Rob Da Bank on Radio 1 on 19th May.Listen live http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/M83 soundtracks latest Urban Outfitters' ad with ‘We own the Sky' (from the new lp ... Posted by M83 on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:46:00 PST |
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Camden Crawl April 19 |
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| Anthony will be playing at the Camden Crawl on the 19th AprilBook tickets : http://www.seetickets.com/gat/event.asp?n|showname=coming&sh
owname=camden+crawl&e|promoter=372&filler1=gigsandtours&fill
er2... Posted by M83 on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PST |
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M83 RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA ! |
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| Anthony Gonzalez embarks on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album "Saturdays = Youth" which will be released April 15th.Tue 5/20 Los Angeles EchoPlexWed ... Posted by M83 on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:04:00 PST |
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release of digital single COULEURS + Tour dates |
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| The new single COULEURS is available now at all iTunes stores !
the original comes along with a nicely crafted remix from Jori Hulkkonen.
It's taken from the new album Saturdays = Youth, release... Posted by M83 on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:01:00 PST |
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check out M83 new song COULEURS |
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| First single from the forthcoming album SATURDAYS=YOUTH (due out 14 April 2008); this nine-minute slow-burner is an epic slab of emotional Balearic disco.Watch this space for the remix from Jori Hulko... Posted by M83 on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:46:00 PST |
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M83 / Eyeka video contest : winner announced ! |
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| Aurlien Chartendrault (aka Charta) is the winner of the M83 video contest organised with Eyeka. It was a hard choice for Anthony Gonzalez to make; lots of the videos submitted were amazingly creative... Posted by M83 on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:57:00 PST |
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Two weeks left to become the director of the new M83 video |
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| Direct the new M83 video !
A video contest is organised around the M83 "Digital Shades Vol.1" album release in partnership with Eyeka, a web platform dedicated to all digital images lovers.
G... Posted by M83 on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:16:00 PST |
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Become the director of the new M83 video ! |
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| A video contest is organised around the M83 "Digital Shades Vol.1" album release in partnership with Eyeka, a web platform dedicated to all digital images lovers.
Go to the Eyeka website & ... Posted by M83 on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:07:00 PST |
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