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Constellation Records (Canada)
Constellation Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec. It has released albums by many post-rock bands, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band and Do Make Say Think. Label philosophy The package of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album ''Yanqui U.X.O.'' was especially noteworthy, containing an extensive chart which demonstrated the links between four major record labels— AOL Time-Warner, BMG, Sony, Vivendi Universal—and various arms manufacturers. The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate. On 25 February 2010, Constellation Records founders Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the label announced that the artists on its roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with some of the genre's distinguishing characteristics being improvisation (music), improvisational performances, avant-garde influences, odd instrumentation, opaque lyrics (or instrumentals), unorthodox structures and rhythms, and an underlying rejection of commercial aspirations. From its inception, rock music was experimental, but it was not until the late 1960s that rock artists began creating extended and complex compositions through advancements in multitrack recording. In 1967, the genre was as commercially viable as Popular music, pop music, but by 1970, most of its leading players had incapacitated themselves in some form. In Germany, the krautrock subgenre merged elements of improvisation and psychedelic rock with electronic music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1-Speed Bike
Aidan Girt is a Canadian drummer for the Montreal-based post-rock collectives Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Exhaust. He is also a solo electronic artist under the names ''OSB'', ''1-Speed Bike'', and ''Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike'' and continues to record (with others) in Some Became Hollow Tubes. Career In 1994, Girt co-founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor.Colin Larkin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'. Omnibus Press; 27 May 2011. . p. 1439."1-Speed Bike El Gallito" ''Exclaim!''. By Michael Edwards, Mar 01, 2004 Girt, along with Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky, formed the group ; they performed in Montreal for a short time and released a single in 1996. In 1998, the three rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiss Tracts
Hiss Tracts is a Canadian experimental musical duo consisting of guitarist and sound engineer David Bryant and guitarist Kevin Doria. The pair have released one album, ''Shortwave Nights'', by recording and combining instrumental and ambient sounds. History Bryant, of the bands Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Set Fire to Flames, and Doria, of Growing and Total Life, first met and began working together in 2004; Bryant was the recording engineer for three Growing albums released between 2006 and 2008. In 2008, Bryant and Doria worked together to create and record music for the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival. To identify music and experimental sounds recorded at this time and over the next several years, the duo began calling themselves Hiss Tracts. Because both men were busy with other bands and projects, the arranging, mixing and layering of the Hiss Tracts recordings took place over a number of years. The first release under that name did not materialize until ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangedup
Hangedup was an experimental rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion. They combined viola with strong percussion, sometimes using self-made instruments, to create intense experimental Post-rock music. History Heistek and Craven performed with the band Sackville. Heistek was also part of The Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary, Set Fire to Flames, HṚṢṬA, and Land of Kush. Craven was associated with Shortwave, HṚṢṬA, and formerly Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. In 1999 they came together to form Hangedup, and were signed in Montréal by Sackville's label, Constellation Records. Their first album, self-titled, was recorded at Hotel2Tango studios and released in 2001. In 2002, they released ''Kicker in Tow''. ''Clatter for Control'' came out in 2005. In 2012, Constellation released ''Musique Fragile 02'', a limited-edition boxed set of three vinyl LPs: one each from the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glissandro 70
Glissandro 70 was a Canadian Afrobeat band based in Toronto, Ontario. Its members are Craig Dunsmuir ( Kanada 70, Guitarkestra) and Sandro Perri (a.k.a. Polmpo Polpo), who play an blend of dance and experimental rock styles."'Glissandro 70 Glissandro 70" ''Exclaim!'', By Kevin Hainey May 01, 2006 History Dunsmuir and Perri began by creating music for an audio weblog. They continued to collaborate intermittently over a period of three years, beginning in 2004, and released their self-titled five-track debut album on Constellation Records in 2006, to positive reviews. Although the two musicians also play rock music together in another of Perri's b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Sparo
Frankie Sparo was the pseudonym of Chad Jones, a singer/songwriter from Victoria, British Columbia was later based in Montreal, Quebec, where he released two albums and an EP on Constellation Records. Career Jones played in a band called M Blanket in Victoria. By 2000 he had moved to Montreal. That year, under the stage name Frankie Sparo, he released his first album, ''My Red Scare'', accompanying his slow songs and gruff voice with guitar."Frankie Sparo: My Red Scare" ''Pitchfork'', review by Mark Richardson, October 14, 2001 He continued to perform in Montreal, and a second album, ''Arena Hostile'', was released in 2001. After two releases as a solo artist, Jones enlisted singer/pianist Nadia Moss and several other musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Pan Am
Fly Pan Am, or Le Fly Pan Am, are a Canadian experimental rock band formed in Montreal in 1996. They release their albums through the Montreal-based Constellation Records, producing and collaborating on works with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Shalabi Effect. About the band The band was formed in 1996 by guitarists Jonathan Parant and Roger Tellier-Craig, drummer Felix Morel, and bassist Jean-Sebastien Truchy. Eric Gingras would later on join the band in 2002, contributing guitar and percussion. They additionally shared personnel with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, until guitarist Roger Tellier-Craig left Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 2003 to concentrate full-time on Fly Pan Am. The band is influenced by the French Canadian culture of Quebec, as well as the burgeoning avant-garde musical scene in Montreal. French is the predominant language used in producing albums and writing lyrics, with English peppered throughout. The track titles on past records, as stated by Roger Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhaust (band)
Exhaust was a Canadian trio from Montreal featuring bass, drums, tape and bass clarinet, active from 1995 to 2012. The members were Aidan Girt Aidan Girt is a Canadian drummer for the Montreal-based post-rock collectives Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Exhaust. He is also a solo electronic artist under the names ''OSB'', ''1-Speed Bike'', and ''Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike'' and continues ... (drums), Gordon Krieger (bass/ bass clarinet) and Mike Zabitsky (tape loops)."Art is Political" . ''Dusted Reviews'', Sep. 5, 2002 , Andy Urban. History Exhaust's first release was the limited release cassette ''230596''. Their debut LP ''Exhaust'', (later reissued on CD) was one of the first releases on the then-fledgling[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmerine
Esmerine is a Canadian modern chamber music group that incorporates genres such as post rock, drone music, post punk, and Turkish folk. Founded in Montreal in 2000 by Bruce Cawdron (drums) and Beckie Foon (cello), current members also include percussionist Jamie Thompson and multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson. The band has released six albums. ''Dalmak'', was awarded Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014. Their 2015 album ''Lost Voices'' is nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016. History 2000-02: Founding The chamber rock group Esmerine was formed in 2000, and was initially a duo consisting of percussionist Bruce Cawdron and cellist Beckie Foon. The two had recently met in Montreal while both were recording the debut album of Canadian post-rock band Set Fire To Flames. Cawdron and Foon had independently contributed to other Montreal-based groups as well, notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic is a singer and guitarist who was born in Montreal, Quebec, currently signed to noted independent label Constellation Records. She has worked with members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Hangedup, and has been praised among independent press publications for her dark, ethereal recordings. Discography *''Elizabeth Anka'' (EP) (2000, Editorial Avenue) *''Stand With the Stillness of This Day'' (2004, Constellation Records) *''Nostalgia / Pain'' (EP) (2005, Constellation Records) Appears on *'' Song of the Silent Land'' (compilation) (2004, Constellation Records) References External links Elizabeth Anka Vajagic at Constellation RecordsElizabeth Anka Vajagic collectionat the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...'s live musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efrim Menuck
Efrim Manuel Menuck (; born November 4, 1970) is a Canadian musician involved with a number of Montreal-based bands, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Menuck is also a frequent record producer and engineer, working with musicians from Montreal and abroad. Biography Menuck was born in Montreal but grew up primarily in Toronto. He moved back to Montreal when he was in his early 20s. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. He attended Hebrew day school from first to ninth grade. After dropping out of high school in 11th grade, Menuck was homeless and jobless and had a nervous breakdown at age 20. Menuck has mentioned that as a teenager he once lived in a flooded basement with "two other lost kids" and "a litter of feral kittens, and that all were unfed". In 1994, Mauro Pezzente, Mike Moya, and Menuck founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor, an influential instrumental rock ensemble. Their first album, ''All Lights Fucked on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In addition to saxophone, he plays clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, flute, and cornet. Stetson has released various solo releases, including his debut and subsequent albums ''New History Warfare Vol. 1, 2, & 3,'' a collaborative studio album with violinist Sarah Neufeld entitled '' Never Were the Way She Was'' (2015),'' SORROW'': A Reimagining of Henryk Górecki's 3rd Symphony (2016), and '' All This I Do for Glory'' (2017). Since 2013, Stetson has contributed the scores to several films and television series. Background Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently based in Montreal, Quebec Stetson started taking lessons at age 15. He attended the University of Michigan School of Music with a full scholarship, where he joined Transmission Trio. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
