M83

The project of multi-instrumentalist Anthony Gonzalez, M83's lush blend of shoegaze, synth pop, and ambient 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. His willingness to expand his music to epic proportions, as on 2011's Grammy-nominated Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, and to revisit the less fashionable corners of vintage pop culture, as on ...