M83

French musician M83 often gets lumped in with fellow countrymen Air, but M83's sentimentality veers off stylistically into a more epic dimension. Anthony Gonzalez, the remaining core member of M83, has built up quite a portfolio of '80s and shoegaze influenced electronic music, and Saturdays = Youth continues the tradition wholeheartedly. "You Appearing" features the only male (falsetto, natch) vocals to make it onto the list, as Gonzalez delivers a haunting quaver over a piano and synth buildup that spirals open to embrace the listener with an unabashedly open heart.

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