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ScratchingTheSurface* :: AlexandreFarto

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Album :: M83

Play - I Guess I'm Foating

Though Before the Dawn Heals Us is a few years old, I've been listening to it quite frequently since my stay at Miss G's place over Labor Day weekend. She had an awesome chill-out music set on her iPod that I fell in love with. M83 creates meandering and layered synth pieces that are great for doing work, reading in bed or well just staring at the ceiling. They have a tendency to drift into Boards of Canada territory or mimic the electronic, minor key sounds of Air. Some songs are super upbeat and integrate indie electronic sounds that break through the lulls of the album:

Play - Don't Save Us from the Flames

The Q&A: David LaChapelle

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"David LaChapelle, one of the most well-known (and controversial) photographers working today, recently retired from a career in publishing spanning more than 20 years to focus full time on his personal fine art. His much-anticipated new work, The Rape of Africa, a year-long labor of passion and persistence, casts a regal Naomi Campbell in the role of Venus from the Botticelli masterpiece Venus and Mars, in a monumental tableaux that seduces viewers with sexy bling, only to shock them with the environmental devastation and violent conflicts that pervade African mining..."

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