M83

I've been listenning to M83's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts record a lot lately and I sure love the production on the recordings. I'm amazed at how they can capture such a huge wall of sound but yet everything is still so crystal clear. I would love to have a glimpse into what the recording process and gear was that captured this record.

From Matt LeMay, May 12th, 2003 (PitchFork) - Sometimes I think it can't be a matter of simple coincidence that sound, when rendered visually, appears as ever-changing green fluctuations stretched over an infinite black void. The power of music to seemingly construct, alter and distort space can be staggering. Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, the second album from French electronic duo M83, nicely epitomizes this: The sound is absolutely huge, its relentless attention to detail eclipsed only by the stunning emotional power it conveys. For fifty-seven glorious minutes, its impossibly intricate tapestry of buzzing techno synthesizers, distorted electric guitars, cheesy drum machines, and subdued vocals generate a sense of bodily movement through a landscape of beauty, disappointment, glory, and decrepitude. Dead Cities not only envelops you, but also affords you room to explore its vast expanse.