M83

[undarrenworld]

Any fans of them here;)

[Stephen]

I bought Before The Dawn Heals Us based on seeing the name here a fair bit and having heard Superpitcher's remix of Don't Save Us from The Flames and was fairly disappointed. Some of it really is total art wank. Some of it is pretty great however. Car Chase Terror (or whatever it's called) is one of the most irritating tracks I've ever heard. Seriously, I want to hurt someone when I hear it. Of the tracks I enjoy, none of them seem to be that deep and there seems to be a few too many 'interlude' type pieces on the album.

Meh.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I said it before and I'll say it again, Anthony's got to be closest thing to Prince. Watching him play live, I had flash backs to seeing PRN play in his hey day, slight facial expressions and body movement (I was wondering if he's some bastard child-not such a bad thing in my mind).

Hoping the guys that toured with him on his last stint become his permanent line up. They played tight as fuck, and the bassist is a god.

I love 'Car Terror Chase' and don't think it should be played without the following track accompanying. Agree the sound can be a bit over the top, but great music always has been.

Things have been rather quiet as far a news goes, looking forward to whatever is in the works.

[dubman]

i like them.
on retrospect 'dead cities, red seas, and lost ghosts...' was my favorite album of 2003.

new one was sort of a mixed bag. by no means a failure, its melodrama spun a bit out of control and got a little embarassing.

still a strong record though.

[adam]

I bought the last one after all the hype here, and really liked it at first, and then all the things that are being complained about overwhelmed me, and I decided I didn't like it and I put it away.

Then they licensed a song for some ad, and I saw the ad and decided to give the album another spin, and for some reason the things that had bothered me no longer did so.

So I guess what I'm saying is two out of three Adams like it.

[Strangelet]

I've given them a real effort and my current outlook is that listening to them is very much like the experience of seeing someone put beautiful, stunning, sometimes heartbreaking music into a blender and hitting "frappez"

[undarrenworld]

I get to M83 via nathan fake`s album - drowning in the sea of love (released on a great james holden`s label "border community", which i really liked for using good sounds, it had effect on my mood.

Then i discovered (via Discogs) M83, and i must say that this totally blown me away. I must say that here nathan fake had his inspiration , maybe... (maybe not)

The track from the last album which is called "fields shorelines and hunters" is too amazing. It reminds me nathan fake`s "you are there".
I also recommend nathan fake - you are there (fortdax remix), its really uplifting and chilled at the same time.
When I hear M83 I have the same emotions.

[holden]

i like them.
on retrospect 'dead cities, red seas, and lost ghosts...' was my favorite album of 2003.

new one was sort of a mixed bag. by no means a failure, its melodrama spun a bit out of control and got a little embarassing.

still a strong record though.

Totally agree. Dead Cities has some bright moments of epic analog sounds as well as varied melody throughout. i think Before the Dawn falls too much into the shoegaze "soft-loud-louder" pattern...every song becomes awash with atonal noise, making it a pretty drab and downer listen.

[den]

I've only heard 'Before the Dawn Heal Us' and I guess I was unimpressed. Just not my cup of tea. Maybe I'll give it another chance. And there's just something about their overly-wordy album and song titles that bothers me.

[Dirty0900]

I heard Run In To Flowers one night on MTV2 and fell in love with the track, though it took months for me to find out anything about them. I htink it was Animal Boy Thing on here who gave me some info about albums etc. Me likes them a lot, very underrated IMO.

[Leon]

I heard Run In To Flowers one night on MTV2 and fell in love with the track, though it took months for me to find out anything about them. I htink it was Animal Boy Thing on here who gave me some info about albums etc. Me likes them a lot, very underrated IMO.

Funny, Run Into Flowers is the only track I have by them too. I downloaded the whole album (can't remember which one it was), but it didn't grab me, just not my thing. But Run Into Flowers is nice.

[sloff]

Car Chase Terror (or whatever it's called) is one of the most irritating tracks I've ever heard. Seriously, I want to hurt someone when I hear it.

I love that track, but I also agree that it has to be followed by "Slight Night Shiver" to take the edge off. I play them on my radio show, but always as a pair.

Anyhow, I was floored when I heard "Dead Cities..." and loved "Before the Dawn..." as well. I hadn't heard anyone put together electronic composition and guitar so well in a long time.
I was even more impressed seeing the live performance. Wish I lived someplace where I could have easily gone to another show on the tour.

[Jafs]

I've bought recently "Dead Cities, lost..." and I'm very deceived, but I need a few listens more to have a better advice.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

The clearest difference from M83's first two long plays is there were two minds at the controls. What makes Before the Dawn Heals Us stellar (hey?), is A. Gonzalez was more than less the sole mind behind the beautiful madness that it is.

BTW, his work on remixes has never let me down and the B-sides of his own work are required listening.

m83's remixes are usually heavy on the ambient, so if you don't care for beatless sounds then avoid.
My favorites: Bloc Party - Pioneers - Silent Alarm M83 remix
Depeche Mode - Suffer Well M83 remix
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry M83 remix

Also, melancholy to the extreme, with a glimpse of hope . . .

[sloff]

I raved about the remix for DM's Suffer Well on a Depeche Mode thread already, but haven't heard any other remixes. What else has he done that I should be looking for? any favorites?

[bxsci]

M83's music is like cotton candy...too much of it will make you sick.

:cool:

[victoria]

I had a chance to see M83 live last year in San Francisco. I was amazed. The music was loud and everyone around me was hypnotized by the sheer power of the live band. It's quite a different sound live, if you ask me.

However, it was clear that Anthony Gonzalez was having mix problems because he kept screaming at the guy standing at the mix board. He left the stage without saying a word and never returned. It was a real shame. Many of us stood around hoping for an encore, and there wasn't one.

I love both albums, although I do agree that Car Chase Terror is quite a freaky song without its follow us Slight Night Shiver.. in fact I'm banned from playing it around my 4 year old. It gives her nightmares! :rolleyes:

[DeJackyl]

We had a great show in T.O. for that tour, but I'd have to say while I do enjoy this band like drinking your roomates beer, it takes repeat listens to apprecate the albums.

I would say that they're one of the few bands/persons to excite me about music.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Hallelujah!


Forgive me, it's finals week, and my mind is about to blow from geology studies.


But I could not agree more senor DeJackyl, there's always Radiohead(living fucking legends!) tambien. I have a Spanish final as well. This will be another test to see how many brain cells you can kill over the past week and still not damage one's GPA.

[beh]

I had a chance to see M83 live last year in San Francisco. I was amazed. The music was loud and everyone around me was hypnotized by the sheer power of the live band. It's quite a different sound live, if you ask me.

At Bimbo's? I was there. good show but I saw them two days later in one of the tents in the afternoon at Coachella and had a far greater time. it was weird how different the two experiences were.

bh

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

They were at The Mezzanine in San Fran. probably the classiest place to catch up and coming performances. I tried to extend my 2 day stay up to the 4th of Oct. to catch T. Raumschmiere at the same place, but got into trouble and had to leave town right up to the 3rd!!!:cool:

Talk about breaking bank, that has to be the most expensive concert I've ever taken on. Still pissed about missing T. Raum.

[victoria]

No, I didn't see the Bimbo's show, I saw them at Mezzanine. I would have liked to have seen the Bimbo's show though.