A Silver Mt. Zion
A Silver Mt. Zion is a mostly instrumental Montreal chamber rock group of musicians from Godspeed You Black Emperor!, including GYBE! guitarist Efrim (who focuses more on piano in this band), violinist Sophie, bassist Thierry, and guests. Efrim began writing the music in early 1999 and A Silver Mt. Zion played their first show in early March of that year. The group -- along with occasional guests Aidan (drummer, also of Godspeed and Exhaust), Gordon Krieger (clarinetist in Exhaust), and guitarist Sam Shalabi -- began recording {$A Silv...[more]
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The dreamy debut album from the trio of GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR's EFRIM, THIERRY and SOPHIE. An eight-part collage of two plaintive, reverb-drenched ensemble pieces composed on piano, and then arranged with contrabass and violin, and interspersed with tapes, drones, loops and an occasional vocal. Dedicated to Efrim's dog Wanda, who is dying of cancer. Packaged in vellum-finish cardstock jackets foil-stamped with red metallic ink.
CD $16.99
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light... and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. The dreamy debut album from the trio of GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR's EFRIM, THIERRY and SOPHIE. An eight-part collage of two plaintive, reverb-drenched ensemble pieces composed on piano, and then arranged with contrabass and violin, and interspersed with tapes, drones, loops and an occasional vocal. [ read more ]
LP $15.99
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This third full-length recording by Mt. Zion finds the band continuing to work as a six-piece, with various guests on drums & a couple dozen folks on choral duty. The core personnel remains Efrim (guitar, piano, tapes, effects, vocals), Thierry (bass), Sophie (violin), Beckie (cello), Ian (guitar), & Jessica (violin). The amateur choir assembled for the 'fasola' sing-along on the opening track sets the tone for an exuberant community-rallying protest music that constitutes the spiritual foundation of the [ read more ]
CD $15.99
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A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding Godspeed You Black Emperor! guitarist Efrim, together with other Godspeed members Sophie and Thierry. For the band's second record, the line-up has been expanded to six players, including Becky, Ian, and Jessica, and the band renamed The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. "Born Into Trouble...," while anchored in an underlying sadness and mourning about this failed world, reveals a decidedly angrier, more urgent face as this phenomenal ensembl [ read more ]
CD $16.99
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Horses in the Sky and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. 180-GRAM VINYL. A Silver Mt. Zion -- on this release known as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band -- recorded some of Horses in the Sky next to a campfire by the river, and the birds even chirped a little there beneath the moonlit trees. The first song's about war and drug addiction, fourth song's [ read more ]
2xLP $19.99
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A Silver Mt. Zion -- on this release known as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band -- recorded some of Horses in the Sky next to a campfire by the river, and the birds even chirped a little there beneath the moonlit trees. The first song's about war and drug addiction, fourth song's about Canada, and the rest of it is all love songs trulytrulytruly. As usual there's more questions than answers here, more complaints than solutions, and at times the group's singing is a little out o [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. A Silver Mt. Zion is led by founding Godspeed You Black Emperor! guitarist Efrim, with help from fellow Godspeed members, Sophie and Thierry. For the band's second record, the line-up has expanded to six players, including Becky, Ian, and Jessica, and re-named as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. "Born Into Trouble...," while remaining anchored in an underlying sadness and mourning over this failed world, reveals a decidedly angrier, more urgent face as this phenomenal [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. This third full-length recording by Mt. Zion finds the band continuing to work as a six-piece, with various guests on drums & a couple dozen folks on choral duty. The core personnel remains Efrim (guitar, piano, tapes, effects, vocals), Thierry (bass), Sophie (violin), Beckie (cello), Ian (guitar), & Jessica (violin). The amateur choir assembled for the 'fasola' sing-along on the opening track sets the tone for an exuberant community-rallying protest music that constitutes the spiritual founda [ read more ]
2xLP $22.99
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The music of the full band (two guitars, two violins, cello, contrebasse and drums) has grown louder, looser, full of spittle and tears. On 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons, riffs are the backbone more than ever. Anchored by new drummer Eric Craven (ex-Hangedup), the band works its slow build and burn with newfound patience, sinuousness and ferocity. Whether methodically framing walls of sound over the four-on-the-floor punk dirge of '1,000,000 Died To Make This Sound' or exploding in sheets of free noise and me [ read more ]
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A Silver Mt. Zion -- on this release known as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band -- recorded some of Horses in the Sky next to a campfire by the river, and the birds even chirped a little there beneath the moonlit trees. The first song's about war and drug addiction, fourth song's about Canada, and the rest of it is all love songs trulytrulytruly. As usual there's more questions than answers here, more complaints than solutions, and at times the group's singing is a little out o [ read more ]
MP3 $8.99
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A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding Godspeed You Black Emperor! guitarist Efrim, together with other Godspeed members Sophie and Thierry. For the band's second record, the line-up has been expanded to six players, including Becky, Ian, and Jessica, and the band renamed The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. "Born Into Trouble...," while anchored in an underlying sadness and mourning about this failed world, reveals a decidedly angrier, more urgent face as this phenomenal ensembl [ read more ]
MP3 $8.99
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The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,, Thee Silver Mountain Reveries The Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band Horses In The Sky
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir
This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, (2003)
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This third full-length recording by Mt. Zion finds the band continuing to work as a six-piece, with various guests on drums & a couple dozen folks on choral duty. The core personnel remains Efrim (guitar, piano, tapes, effects, vocals), Thierry (bass), Sophie (violin), Beckie (cello), Ian (guitar), & Jessica (violin). The amateur choir assembled for the 'fasola' sing-along on the opening track sets the tone for an exuberant community-rallying protest music that constitutes the spiritual foundation of the re [ read more ]
MP3 $8.99
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Thee Silver Mountain Reveries The Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band Horses In The Sky, Explosions In The Sky The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place