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From: "Sam Smith" <sam@estreet.com>

> So, those of you who know more about French pop - where does M83 fit 
> into all this? It's not the same style, but are there some 
> intersections I don't know about?

Not that I know of.  He's roughly the same age and perhaps shares some 
general influences, but M83 is from way the hell and gone on the 
Mediterranean coast while the Air/Daft Punk/Phoenix axis is from 
Versailles/Paris and Tahiti 80 and Fugu are based in Rouen, which is 
up in Normandy, near the English Channel, so he's not from the same 
scene as any of the other bands.  I did really like both DEAD 
CITIES... and SATURDAYS=YOUTH, though.

S