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Digital Shades [vol. I]
Electronic · 2007 · 10 tracks

Digital Shades [vol. I]

M83

A collection of ambient vignettes and synth sketches. Stripped of pop structure, it captures a quiet, liquid world of reverb-soaked nostalgia and stillness.

August 31, 2007 · Mute

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A quiet, shimmering stillness that feels like watching the stars from the bottom of a swimming pool.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Waves, Waves, Waves
2:32
02
Coloring the Void
3:29
03
Sister [part I]
2:16
04
Strong and Wasted
1:59
05
My Own Strange Path
3:49
06
Dancing Mountains
5:08
07
Sister [part II]
2:23
08
By the Kiss
4:03
09
Space Fertilizer
2:01
10
The Highest Journey
8:16
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the choral swells in Coloring the Void feel like light breaking through a thick cloud cover.
The transition between Sister part I and II where the melody seems to dissolve and reform in a different key.
The final eight minutes of The Highest Journey where a single synth pulse slowly expands into a massive, quiet universe.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Digital Shades [vol. I] sound next to the rest of M83's catalogue?

Quiet-3.1σ

It runs markedly cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

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