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Before The Dawn Heals Us (Album) by M83

Artist Biography For M83

M83 Is A French-American Electronic Music Project Formed In Antibes Alpes-Maritimes In 2001 And Currently Based In Los Angeles United States. The Band's Primary Member Is Vocalist Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist And Record Producer Anthony Gonzalez. The Band Was Initially Formed As A Duo Also With Nicolas Fromageau It Has Released Eight Albums And Three Soundtracks Including The Grammy Award-Nominated Hurry Up We're Dreaming. Gonzalez And Fromageau Parted Ways Shortly After Touring Their Second Album Dead Cities Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. Gonzalez Records Primarily On His Own With Other Artists As Guest Musicians. The Band Is Signed To Mute Records And Found International Success In 2011 With The Single "Midnight City". Their Most Recent Album Fantasy Was Released On 17 March 2023. Anthony Gerard Gonzalez Born March 13 1980 Grew Up In Antibes France Together With His Brother Yann. His Family Had A Great Interest In Football And Gonzalez Had Trials With AS Cannes While His Maternal Grandfather Is The French International Laurent Robuschi. At The Age Of 14 He Got Injured And Turned To Music Instead After His Parents Bought Him A Guitar. Gonzalez Developed His Interest In Music And American Culture While At Secondary School. Together With Fromageau He Formed A Post-Rock Outfit Called My Violent Wish. At The Age Of 17 Gonzalez Bought A Synth To Record A Demo Which He Sent To A Number Of French Labels. When The Paris-Based Gooom Records Appeared Interested He Recruited Fromageau To "help Me Because I Didn't Feel Like I Had The Shoulders To Carry The Project On My Own". The Band Is Named After The Galaxy Of The Same Name. The Band's Musical Aesthetic Is Characterized By Extensive Use Of Reverb Effects And Lyrics Spoken Softly Over Loud Instruments. Gonzalez Has Been Inspired By Aspects Of The American Dream And His Songs Have Been Outlined As Themed Around "adult-Scripted Teen Dreams". Inspiration For The 1980s Style Found In Much Of Gonzalez’s Music Includes Bands Such As My Bloody Valentine Pink Floyd And Tangerine Dream. Between Various Electronic Music Properties And Album Artwork M83’s Style Includes A Mix Of Both Contemporary Pop And 1980s Dream Pop.

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Before The Dawn Heals Us Is The Third Studio Album By The French Electronic Group M83 Released In January 2005 With Positive Reviews. The Album Was Released On The Gooom Label In Europe And On The Mute Label In The United States. It Was The First Album From M83 Following The Departure Of Founding Member Nicolas Fromageau. Before The Dawn Heals Us Was Also Chosen As One Of Amazon.Com's Top 100 Editor's Picks Of 2005. The Track "Moon Child" Was Featured In The Television Show Top Gear In Episode 6 Of Series 6 In 2005. The Track "Teen Angst" Was Featured In Trailers For The 2006 Film A Scanner Darkly. The Track "Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun" Was Featured In The 2008 Documentary Britney For The Record And Also Featured As The Backing Track For The Intro Sequence To Lakai’s 2007 Full-Length Skateboarding Film Fully Flared. The Track "I Guess I'm Floating" Was Featured In The Movie Broken English. It Was Also Featured In And On The Soundtrack Of The Movie Like Crazy. The Track "Asterisk" Was Used In A 2011 Red Bull Advertisement Featuring Snowboarder Travis Rice. It Was Also Used In Gabe Morford And Mike Martin's 2006 Urban Track Bike Riding Manifesto MASH SF. The City Skyline Featured On The Album Cover Is Bangkok Thailand. As Of 2005 The Album Has Shipped Over 30 000 Copies To Record Stores In The United States.