M83 live is an entirely different experience to couch listening. There is real energy in the dazzling, haunting, space-age synths, and this is channeled through both Anthony Gonzalez, the man behind the music, and Morgan Kibby, the woman behind the haunting vocals on many of the tracks of Saturdays=Youth.
(Incidentally, Kibby's L.A. band The Romanovs have some cool tracks, albeit slightly different to M83. Instead of fuzzy distortion there are intricate violins, but Kibby's voice is still distinctive:
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While it's possible to listen to Saturdays=Youth passively, the live sound was filled with tension and grandeur impossible to resist. The set ended (too early) with epic extended versions of "Skin of the Night", "A Guitar and a Heart", and "Couleurs" as the encore.
M83 has released a new song and some remixes with his We Own the Sky EP. The remixes are nothing to write home about, but "Je Vous Hais Petites Filles" (I Hate You Little Girls) fits in well with earlier M83.
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