
Unrecorded moves like a baroque sonata, fueled by soaring synth lines andĬatastrophic guitar distortion while all sorts of underlying electronic streamsĪ maelstrom of wavering, moaning and pounding sounds implodes in Run into Flowers, eventually releasing a chaotic string sonata over a whispered lament. That was both ethereal and ominous, woozy and abrasive, celestial and gloomy, spiritual and violent, light as a feather and massive like a boulder. M83's duo (Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez) coined a musical language In one of the most eloquent aesthetic moves of the early 21st century, With the electronic keyboards and abandoning the vocals as the center of mass While remaining within the canon of rock music, replacing the guitar Promise of M83's first album with a wildly intense and gloriously unpredictable The album was a display of studio mastery, not but yet at the service of unbridled creativity.ĭead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Mute, 2003) fulfills the The robotically filtered vocals At The PartyĪnd the languid guitar wails a` la Pink Floydĭo not quite overcome their retro limitations. Tornado of noise and samples that decays into a calm suspense. The false quiet that opens Night is devastated by a psychedelic merry-go-round of droning guitar, bouncy beats and melodic keyboards, The keyboards-driven rave-up Kelly (propelled by techno beat and rock'n'roll drumming). To) guitars, notably in the most exuberant piece, Making heavy guitar rock using keyboards instead of (or in addition (the celestial carillon of Violet Tree, the Was still influenced by the ambient electronic music of

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My Bloody Valentine's shoegazing psychedelia ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)ĭead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003), 7.5/10įrench electronica duo M83 (Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez) transposed M83: biography, discography, reviews, links
