Thierry Amar is a Canadian musician, engineer and producer. He is a member of

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also locate ...

, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Earthquake Architecture, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkestar. He is co-founder/creator of

Hotel2Tango The Hotel2Tango (sometimes referred to as Thee Mighty Hotel2Tango and abbreviated H2T) is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the Mile End district of Montreal, Quebec. The current facility is the second to bear the name, and was pr ...

Career

Amar joined

around the time of its debut album, ''

F♯ A♯ ∞ ''F♯ A♯ ∞'' (pronounced "F-sharp, A-sharp, Infinity") is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was first released on August 14, 1997 through Constellation Records on a single LP and on June 8 ...

''. He, with Mauro Pezzente, plays the

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

in the group. When playing with Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band or Black Ox Orkestar, he usually plays

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...

. He also played

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

on the EP '' The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.''. Amar is also a singer for Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, which shares vocals with all of its band members. Along with

Howard Bilerman Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

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 a ...

and Radwan Moumneh, Amar owns and operates the

. Once a living space, it is now a professional recording studio, practice area, and live performance venue. In 2006, Amar, with

and Sophie Trudeau, assisted in the recording of

Carla Bozulich Carla Ragin Bozulich (born December 24, 1965) is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers and Evangelista as well as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow and Scarnella. The ...

's first release for Constellation, ''Evangelista''.

Discography

with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

*''

'' (1998) *''

Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada ''Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada'', also stylized as ''Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada'', is the only EP and second release by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was released on the Montreal-based record label Constellation Records in 1999, and was r ...

'' (1999) *''

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven ''Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven'' (often shortened to ''Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven'', ''Lift Your Skinny Fists'', or ''LYSF''), or on the rear of physical releases, is the second studio album by Canadian post ...

'' (2000) *''

Yanqui U.X.O. '' U.X.O.'' is the third studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on November 4, 2002 by Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation. It was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago in late 20 ...

'' (2002) *'' 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'' (2012) *''

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress ''Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 31 March 2015 by Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation Records. The album was recorded with Electrical A ...

'' (2015) *''

Luciferian Towers ''Luciferian Towers'' (sometimes stylized as ''"Luciferian Towers"'') is the sixth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 22 September 2017 by Constellation Records Background According to the Constell ...

'' (2017) *''

G_d's Pee at State's End! ''G_d's Pee at State's End!'' (stylised as ''G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!'') is the seventh studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 2 April 2021 by Constellation Records. Background In August 2019, the ban ...

'' (2021)

with A Silver Mt. Zion

*'' He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...'' (2000) *''

Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward ''Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward'' is the second album by the Canadian band The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. It was released by Constellation Records in October 2001. The title is drawn from the Book of J ...

'' (2001) *'' "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,,'' (2003) *'' The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.'' (2004) *''

Horses in the Sky ''Horses in the Sky'' is the fourth album by the Canadian post-rock band Silver Mt. Zion, this time under the alias Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. This is the first Silver Mt. Zion release to feature lyrics on every t ...

'' (2005) *'' 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons'' (2008) *'' Kollaps Tradixionales'' (2010) *''

Hang On to Each Other ''Hang On to Each Other'' is the third EP by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. The EP was released on April 29, 2014, on Constellation. The EP contains two electronic/dance remixes of "Hang On to Each Other" from ''Horses in the Sky ...

'' (2014)

with Black Ox Orkestar

*'' Ver Tanzt?'' (2004) *'' Nisht Azoy'' (2006)

References

External links

Constellation Records Official HomepageHotel2Tango Official Homepage
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian rock singers Canadian rock bass guitarists 20th-century Canadian bass guitarists 20th-century Canadian male singers Godspeed You! Black Emperor members Thee Silver Mt. Zion members Musicians from Montreal {{bass-guitarist-stub