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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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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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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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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