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| Digital Shades Vol. 1 | 
| Artist: M83
Label: Mute U.S.
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 43327
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 69398
UPC: 724596939826
EAN: 0724596939826
ASIN: B001G5ZNIW
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Waves, Waves, Waves | | • | Coloring the Void | | • | Sister, Pt. 1 | | • | Strong and Wasted | | • | My Own Strange Path | | • | Dancing Mountains | | • | Sister, Pt. 2 | | • | By the Kiss | | • | Space Fertilizer | | • | The Highest Journey |
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Album Description
M83 (named for the spiral galaxy Messier 83) is Electronic artist Anthony Gonzalez. M83 's Gonzalez and former member Nicolas Fromageau founded the group in 2001 in Antibes, France. Key to M83's style are attributes often associated with shoegaze which is the emphasis on tonality, extensive use of effects and often softly-spoken lyrics at times submerged in instrumentation. Whether guitar or synthesizer based, M83's parts typify the tone common both to dream Pop and contemporary Electro. All three of M83's albums were well received, in particular Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, their second album, which allowed them to break through to a larger audience.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 two steps back, one step forward July 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
digital shades was a major disappointment for people who've been fans of M83 since their first self-titled record, and the superb second release of 'dead cities'.
while this newest endeavor embarks backwardly into the harsh/drony/melodic ways of earlier M83 work, i still find it solipsistic and too benign to actually be a worthwhile ambient sort of record. i appreciate how he's going back to the types of sounds and moodscapes that made him popular in the first place, but i feel that with the loss of the 2nd member was too great a folly to recover from. 'before the dawn heals us' was absolutely one of the worst records i have ever heard in my entire life, and i wouldn't even call it an M83 album. so in summation, at least digital shades tries to evoke those feelings of beauty and darkness that we were used to on the first few offerings, but it falls very, very short of being anything anybody who knows about ambient music would fall head over heels for.
 Excellent Ambient July 9, 2008
If Ambient isn't your style you may not like this, though I don't know who wouldn't. If you do like Ambient, this is a classic. A gorgeous, sublime album.
A few listens. March 13, 2008
I picked up M83s new CD expecting something alot like Dont save us, and to my suprise it wasnt like it at all. More like their older work, it is very quite and peaceful. At first I didnt give it the time of day, until one day I was on a plane and decided to listen to it. I went straight to "The Highest Journey" and i played it over and over again for an hour and a half while watching the tops of white clouds go by. If your looking for an up beat electronic dance record, get Dont save us from the flames. If you want ambient, beautiful, emotional(made me cry), relaxing music look no further. This is it and this album has entered M83 into my all time best bands.
Logical Step Missing a Stair December 27, 2007
It's a logical step for M83 to explore soundscapes and environments, as one of the more alluring but haunting tunes on the previous album, "I Guess I'm Floating" is one of the more memorable, almost a nod to Blade Runner sort of thing, if not impacting alongside "Don't Save Us From the Flames". Digital Shades, surprisingly, doesn't capture that same power as that song did in 2 minutes, with only "Sister Part 2" capturing that allure and passion. But what really hurts the album is that M83 only touches upon that epic power, giving fans tidbits of an incomplete symphony. Just as soon as the listener falls into the soundscape, they're kicked out. It's that abruptness that prevents this experiment from being a memorable one.
M83 goes New Age this time around. November 13, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This time around, Anthony Gonzalez (now the sole member of M83) tries his hand at New Age essentially. Casual fans of the band be warned that this album is largely two-track compositions performed on synthesizer. No drums, no guitar. Unless one is a fan of ambient New Age music, then they should pass on the "Digital Shades" series. That said, the music here is an effective exercise in minimalism, both in melody and arrangement. The fact that Gonzales is able to hold our attention with very little effort for 35 minutes is a testimony to his gifts as a composer. While this album does remind one of the early works of New Age giants like Jean-Michel Jarre & Vangelis, it lacks the depth needed to rise above mediocrity. Still, the hushed sweetness of this work is welcome from an artist known more for his abrasive intensity.
Highlights include the voice-synth magic on "Coloring The Void," the pulsating "My Own Strange Path" which sounds like a reprise of Ennio Morricone's "Gabriel's Oboe," the piano/synth-string lead "Dancing Mountains" & the heavenly finale called "The Highest Journey." For newcomers to M83, start with the band's third album "Before The Dawn Heals Us" as it best represents what Gonzalez's music is all about. He has proven himself to be a master of contrasting the light and dark elements of melody into a symphony of grey.
This is an album for the devoted M83 fan, but Post-Rock music hunters should pass on this effort in favor of the band's first three albums. The final verdict for me is "Digital Shades, Vol. 1" is an interesting work of ambient mood music, which further extends the range of this remarkable Dream-Pop band.
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