Digital Shades Vol. 1

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Digital Shades Vol. 1
M83 - Digital Shades.jpg
Studio album by
M83
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Ambient
Length35:36
Label Mute
Producer
  • Anthony Gonzalez
  • Antoine Gaillet
M83 chronology
Before the Dawn Heals Us
(2005)
Digital Shades Vol. 1
(2007)
Saturdays = Youth
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [2]
Stylus Magazine C− [3]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Digital Shades Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by French electronic group M83. The album was released on September 3, 2007, and features only founding member Anthony Gonzalez. The album consists of tracks that are more of an ambient texture and quality; some songs have light vocals while the album is mostly instrumental. Some tracks even dip into drone music as well which differs vastly from Gonzalez's earlier explorations of dream pop and shoegaze guitar-influenced song structures.

Contents

A sequel to the album was released on September 20, 2019, titled DSVII .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anthony Gonzalez.

No.TitleLength
1."Waves, Waves, Waves"2:32
2."Coloring the Void"3:29
3."Sister (Part I)"2:16
4."Strong and Wasted"1:58
5."My Own Strange Path"3:49
6."Dancing Mountains"5:07
7."Sister (Part II)"2:23
8."By the Kiss"4:03
9."Space Fertilizer"2:00
10."The Highest Journey"8:16
Digital-only bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Bruits de Train"2:35

Personnel

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