Electro-pop master M83: ‘We’re losing the mystery in music’
AFP
Anthony Gonzalez, the man behind M83, the group that helped define electro-pop, fears for a music industry that increasingly wants artists to be influencers.
M83 has had a string of global hits and critically lauded albums, with the 2011 song “Midnight City” clocking up more than 800 million listens on Spotify.
In the words of music site Pitchfork, the group’s mix of dreamy electronica and emotive rock has “become the base stock of most popular indie acts”.
M83’s new album, “Fantasy”, is another ecstatic slice of electronica that mixes futuristic sounds with nostalgic emotion.
It’s about “escaping the daily routine, the macabre news environment, and leaving some place for the imagination and dreaming,” Gonzalez told AFP.