M83 announces details today for what has become one of this autumn’s most anticipated dance-releases.
M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) will release his new double album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming on October 17th, 2011.
Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson (Beck, NIN, The Mars Volta, Goldfrapp) and including contributions from Brad Laner (from 90’s band Medicine) on guitar, Saturdays=Youth vocalist Morgan Kibby, and guest vocalist Zola Jesus, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is a double-album journey.
About awakening, craving, and conquering, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming pushes into new vocal territory for M83.
Here we see Gonzalez test out different ways of singing, ranging from a spectral breathy whisper to a howling scream. “I think it is a reflection of my 30 years of being a human being. It’s a compilation of all my previous music together. It’s a retrospective of myself”, says Gonzalez.
M83 fans have the opportunity to hear and download the first single, “Midnight City”, starting today. The humid, adrenaline-driven dreamlike track is unlike anything we have heard from M83 in the past. “Midnight City” adeptly sweeps you through abandoned concrete streets swimming in broken neon light. To download the track visit M83’s official website or stop by his Soundcloudpage page to stream it.
