History Music / M83

* ''M83'' (2001)

** In the video for "Reunion," the GPS in the bad guys' van is mapped to "Adam Yauch Ave." Yauch is better known as MCA of the Music/BeastieBoys.

!!M83 contains examples of the following tropes:

* ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' (2011)

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Anthony sings lead on comparatively few tracks on ''Junk''. Mai Lan is featured on several, while Jordan Lawlor, Susanne Sundfør, and {{Music/Beck}} all get one track each.

The band's career started in 2001 with a SelfTitledAlbum that received [[SoOkayItsAverage little attention or praise]]. Their second album, ''Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts'', was released in 2003; although it was well-received critically, it stalled commercially for its first year, after which the band was picked up by the indie scene picked it up and gained some popularity.

M83 are a French electronic/{{Shoegazing}} band. The main band member is Anthony Gonzalez (composer), and joining him live are Morgan Kibby (who has written and performed on the past two albums), Loïc Maurin (drums), and Jordan Lawlor.

Their career started in 2001 with a SelfTitledAlbum that received [[SoOkayItsAverage little attention or praise.]] They released their second album ''Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts'' in 2003: critically praised but commercially ignored for its first year. Then the indie scene picked it up and they gained some popularity. By 2005's ''Before The Dawn Heals Us'', they had gained a fanbase and critics were drooling in anticipation over the album's release. Though not as critically praised as ''Dead Cities'', it got very positive attention. Then ''Saturdays=Youth'' was released in 2008, once again getting them good sales and positive critical attention. The band's next album, ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'', was issued in 2011 to massive acclaim and its first single, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyonn3mQj8 Midnight City]]" was named the best song of the year by Pitchfork Media (and in 2012, the song became rather popular on alternative rock radio).

Indie kids ''love'' this band. It's very easy to spot why: M83 loves to use experimental sound effects to add to the artistic quality of their albums. Lots of people who aren't indie kids also love this band for the same reasons. Much like how [[Music/DaftPunk another popular French electronic group]] was chosen to score ''Film/TronLegacy'', they were chosen by director Creator/JosephKosinski to score ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.

Anthony's brother, Yann Gonzalez, is also a film director. He directed two films, ''You and the Night'' in 2013 and ''Knife+Heart'' in 2018. M83 provides the original soundtrack for those films.

* ShoutOut: "Steve [=McQueen=]," after [[Creator/SteveMcQueen the actor]].

* {{Homage}}: ''Saturdays = Youth'', from the artwork to the musical style to the music videos, is inspired by 80s Creator/BratPack era Creator/JohnHughes movies.

Indie kids ''love'' this band. It's very easy to spot why: M83 loves to use experimental sound effects to add to the artistic quality of their albums. Lots of people who aren't indie kids also love this band for the same reasons. Much like how [[Music/DaftPunk another popular French electronic group]] was chosen to score ''Film/TronLegacy'', they were chosen by director Joseph Kosinski to score ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.