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little_tippler · 09-07-2008, 01:50 PM

I went out to a bar this weekend and the DJ played this song, that I loved.

I liked it so much that I had to ask who the band was.

She told me it was M83.

I had never heard of them but have since heard a few of their songs and am pleasantly surprised. The band is of French origin and started in 2001.

The music is electronica with a heavy use of effects (sometimes called computer pop) and apparently it falls into the genre "shoegaze" music. It's an unfortunate label because it comes from the fact that these kinds of bands, originating in the UK, often have a motionless performing style, and gaze at their shoes. The music uses a lot of synthesizers and '80's style sounds but in a contemporary way I'd say.

Even so, I like their sound and thought I'd share. If you know any other interesting bands in this style, please share with us too.

Here it is, the specific song I heard was Skin of the Night, by M83:

Edit - lyrics as an afterthought, because they are like poetry:

Like a moth she moves to the red light
Her blood warms and boils there
She skims the sweat like a new milk
And pops the buttons off her wet blouse

Oh Queen of the Night!
Well she is deep inside!
She is haunting me!
(All of her soft parts call to me
She could be mine)

She digs her nails into her naked chest
Miles of veins fan out like a road map
She pulls back the skin to show her ribs
That twinkle like shooting stars.

09-07-2008, 01:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	M83 - Electronica - 'shoegaze' music I went out to a bar this weekend and the DJ played this song, that I loved. I liked it so much that I had to ask who the band was. She told me it was M83. I had never heard of them but have since heard a few of their songs and am pleasantly surprised. The band is of French origin and started in 2001. The music is electronica with a heavy use of effects (sometimes called computer pop) and apparently it falls into the genre "shoegaze" music. It's an unfortunate label because it comes from the fact that these kinds of bands, originating in the UK, often have a motionless performing style, and gaze at their shoes. The music uses a lot of synthesizers and '80's style sounds but in a contemporary way I'd say. Even so, I like their sound and thought I'd share. If you know any other interesting bands in this style, please share with us too. Here it is, the specific song I heard was Skin of the Night, by M83: Edit - lyrics as an afterthought, because they are like poetry: Like a moth she moves to the red light Her blood warms and boils there She skims the sweat like a new milk And pops the buttons off her wet blouse Oh Queen of the Night! Well she is deep inside! She is haunting me! (All of her soft parts call to me She could be mine) She digs her nails into her naked chest Miles of veins fan out like a road map She pulls back the skin to show her ribs That twinkle like shooting stars. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918 Last edited by little_tippler; 09-07-2008 at 02:40 PM..