M83

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Antibes, Nice, France (2001 – present)

M83 is the electronic music project of the French artist Anthony Gonzalez . He and former member Nicolas Fromageau founded the group in 2001 in Antibes, France. M83’s style owes a lot to the shoegaze genre, in that there is much emphasis on tonality, extensive use of reverb effects and often softly-spoken lyrics at times submerged in instrumentation. M83 was named after the spiral galaxy “Messier 83”. More…

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Tags:
electronic, shoegaze, post-rock, indie, electronica
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