French producer M83 has announced his new record Fantasy will be released on Friday, 17th March. It’ll be Anthony Gonzalez’s ninth studio album, following on from DSVII, which dropped in 2019.
Gonzalez has also shared the first track from the record, titled ‘Oceans Niagara’, which comes with a video directed by his brother and longtime collaborator, Yann Gonzalez.
M83: ‘Oceans Niagara’
“I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” Gonzalez said in a statement. The French writer and producer wanted to make something akin to M83’s third album, 2005’s Before The Dawn Heals Us. “The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones,” he said
Gonzalez described Fantasy as a more “personal” listen than his last few albums. “I wanted to be more present lyrically and vocally even if that was daunting at first,” he said.
M83 has also announced a North American tour for April and May 2023, followed by a number of dates in Europe. Details here.
Gonzalez formed M83 with Nicolas Fromageau at the turn of the century. After going solo, Gonzalez scored massive commercial success with M83’s 2011 single ‘Midnight City’, which appeared on the project’s sixth album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. They haven’t quite scaled those heights since, but have released solid records in 2016’s Junk and 2019’s DSVII.
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