The project of multi-instrumentalist Anthony Gonzalez, M83 blends shoegaze, synth pop, and ambient into lush, immersive music that creates a world of its own. Gonzalez’s fascination with memories, melancholy, and dreams helped set early 21st century musical trends, whether with the massive washes of sound of 2003’s Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts or the hazy love letters to ’80s pop of 2008’s Saturdays = Youth.

Gonzalez’s willingness to expand his music to epic proportions, as on 2011’s Grammy-nominated Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, and revisit the less fashionable corners of vintage pop culture, as on 2016’s Junk, set him apart from his contemporaries.

Meanwhile, his mastery of mood made M83 a perfect fit for soundtracks ranging from blockbusters like 2013’s Oblivion to art films such as 2019’s Knife+Heart. With 2023’s aptly named Fantasy, M83 kicked off another decade of vivid musical reveries.

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