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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: Horses In The Sky

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On March 7, 2005, “Constellation” label released “Horses in the Sky”, album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (the fourth Silver Mt. Zion album overall). It was recorded in 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Howard Bilerman.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – voice, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Ian Ilavsky – voice, guitar, harmonium, mixing
  • Jessica Moss – voice, violin, piano, glasses, mixing
  • Thierry Amar – voice, contrabass, glasses, harmonica, mixing
  • Scott Levine Gilmore – voice, drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, mixing
  • Sophie Trudeau – voice, violin, trumpet, glasses, mixing
  • Beckie Foon – voice, cello, mixing
  • Howard Bilerman – recording, mixing
  • J. F. Chicoine – mastering
  • Luc Paradis – drawings
  • Nadia Moss – side 4 etching
  • Silver Mt. Zion – other collages and scribblings

Track listing:

All tracks by Efrim Menuck, Ian Ilavsky, Jessica Moss, Thierry Amar, Scott Levine Gilmore, Sophie Trudeau and Beckie Foon.

  1. God Bless Our Dead Marines
  2. Mountains Made of Steam
  3. Horses in the Sky
  4. Teddy Roosevelt’s Guns
  5. Hang on to Each Other
  6. Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)

A Silver Mt. Zion: He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…

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On March 13, 2000, “Constellation” label released “He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…”, the debut A Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in November 1999, at the Hotel2Tango, and was produced by Thierry Amar and Efrim Menuck.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, piano, guitar, organ, radio
  • Thierry Amar – double bass, bass guitar
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin
  • Sam Shalabi – guitar
  • Aidan Girt – drums, tapes
  • Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down
  2. The World Is SickSICK; (So Kiss Me Quick)!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee at State’s End!

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On April 2, 2021, “Constellation Records” label released “G_d’s Pee at State’s End!”, the seventh Godspeed You! Black Emperor studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • David Bryant – electric guitars, MG-1
  • Efrim Manuel Menuck – electric guitars, OP-1, radios
  • Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
  • Michael Moya – electric guitars
  • Sophie Trudeau – violins, organ
  • Thierry Amar – electric bass and upright bass
  • Aidan Girt – sitting drums and standing drums
  • Timothy Herzog – sitting drums and standing drums, glockenspiel
  • Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
  • Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections

Track listing:

  1. A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)
  2. Fire at Static Valley
  3. “Government Came” (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee
  4. Our Side Has to Win (for D.H.)

Wolf Parade: Expo 86

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On June 29, 2010, “Sub Pop” label released “Expo 86”, the third Wolf Parade album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Hotel2Tango”  in Montreal, Quebec.

Personnel:

  • Dan Boeckner– vocals, guitar
  • Spencer Krug– vocals, keyboards
  • Dante DeCaro– guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion
  • Arlen Thompson – drums, engineer, mixing
  • Howard Bilerman- recording, mixing
  • Efrim Menuck- engineer
  • Gabrielle Butler – engineer
  • Harris Newman- mastering
  • Dusty Summers – design
  • Meqo Sam Cecil – photography
  • Nick DeCaro – back cover photography
  • Des Shearing – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Cloud Shadow on the Mountain – Spencer Krug
  2. Palm Road – Dan Boeckner
  3. What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way) – Spencer Krug
  4. Little Golden Age – Dan Boeckner
  5. In the Direction of the Moon – Spencer krug
  6. Ghost Pressure – Dan Boeckner
  7. Pobody’s Nerfect – Dan Boeckner
  8. Two Man in New Tuxedos – Spencer Krug
  9. Oh You, old Thing – Spencer Krug
  10. Yulia – Dan Boeckner
  11. Cave – o – Sapien – Spencer Krug

Arcade Fire: Funeral

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On September 14, 2004, “Merge Records” label released “Funeral”, the debut Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Howard Bilerman. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Funeral” at number 151 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Win Butler– vocals, Jaguar and 12 strings electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass
  • Richard Reed Parry– Rickenbacker guitar, synthesizer, organ, piano, accordion, xylophone, percussion, double bass, engineer, recording
  • Tim Kingsbury– bass, Telecaster guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Régine Chassagne– vocals, drums, synthesizer, piano, accordion, xylophone, recorders, percussion
  • Howard Bilerman– drums, guitar, engineer, recording
  • William Butler– bass, xylophone, synthesizer, percussion
  • Arlen Thompson – drums
  • Pietro Amato– horn
  • Sarah Neufeld– violin, string arrangements
  • Owen Pallett– violin, string arrangements
  • Sophie Trudeau– violin
  • Jessica Moss – violin
  • Gen Heistek – viola
  • Michael Olsen– cello
  • Anita Fust – harp
  • Arcade Fire– string arrangements, engineer, recording
  • Mark Lawson – recording, engineer
  • Thierry Amar- recording assistant
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Tracy Maurice – cover art
  • Hilary Treadwell – photography, insert

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Howard Bilermanre, except where noted.

  1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, John Deu
  2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)
  3. Une année sans lumière
  4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
  5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, John Deu
  6. Crown of Love
  7. Wake Up
  8. Haiti
  9. Rebellion (Lies)
  10. In the Backseat