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A Silver Mt. Zion

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A Silver Mt. Zion Uses A Number Of Different Variations Of The Name On Different Releases With Respect To Line-Up Changes. A Silver Mt. Zion Is A Band Formed In 1999 In Montreal Quebec By Godspeed You! Black Emperor Musicians Efrim Menuck Sophie Trudeau And Thierry Amar. According To An Interview With VPRO Radio In The Netherlands Originally The Project Was For Efrim To Learn How To Score Music But The Idea Was Soon Abandoned As Efrim Decided That He Preferred Music Not To Be Defined By Rules Preferring Simply What Sounds Best. Despite This He Continued The Project Out Of A Desire To Experiment With Ideas That Would Not Work Within The Context Of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The Decision To Record An Album Was Partly Inspired By The Death Of His Dog Wanda Who Had Died While Godspeed You! Black Emperor Was On Tour. He Wanted To Record An Album In Her Memory But Did Not Feel That He Could Effectively Do This Through Godspeed's Collective Consensus Format. Unlike Godspeed You! Black Emperor A Silver Mt. Zion's Music Often Features Vocals. The Last Few Albums They Have Released Contain No Purely Instrumental Tracks. Efrim Confessed That He Was Uncomfortable With This At First Feeling "foolish" And Uncomfortable With The Role Of The Singer In Music Generally. That Is He Did Not Want To Be The Focus Of The Band's Music But Rather Wished To Use Vocals As A Stylistic Tool. Some Fans Were Initially Ambivalent About The Use Of Vocals But Efrim's Poetic Lyrical Style Is Now Well Respected Among Fans. Furthermore A Silver Mt. Zion's Fanbase Has Expanded And They Are No Longer Seen Merely As An Offshoot Of Godspeed You! Black Emperor But As A Unique And Separate Entity. The Addition Of Members Has Moved Their Music From A Well Weighted And Curiously Empty In Terms Of Space Sound To All Encompassing And Complex Arrangements Recently Focusing More On Vocal Layers. Other Than The Main Three Members Various Other People Joined The Band For Recording And Touring Including Beckie Foon Ian Ilavsky Jessica Moss And Scott Levine Gilmore. A Silver Mt. Zion 2000 He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms... The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band 2001 Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir 2003 "This Is Our Punk-Rock " Thee Rusted Satellites Gather Sing Thee Silver Mountain Reveries 2004 Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP Silver Mt. Zion 2004 Song Of The Silent Land - Contributed Track "Iron Bridge To Thunder Bay" Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band 2005 Horses In The Sky
2008 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra 2010 Kollaps Tradixionales
2012 The West Will Rise Again EP 2014 Hang On To Each Other EP 2014 Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything