Thierry Amar

Thierry Amar
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Punk rock, avant-garde, experimental, jazz, folk, drone
Occupation(s)	Musician, Engineer, Record producer
Instrument	Bass
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Constellation Kranky

Thierry Amar is a Canadian musician, engineer and producer. He is a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Earthquake Architecture, Molasses, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkestar.

He is co-founder/creator of Hotel2Tango.

Career

Amar joined Godspeed You! Black Emperor around the time of its debut album, F♯ A♯ ∞. He, with Mauro Pezzente, plays the electric bass in the group. When playing with Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band[1] or Black Ox Orkestar,[2] he usually plays double bass. He also played violin on the EP The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P..[3]

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, Efrim Menuck and Radwan Moumneh, Amar owns and operates the Hotel2Tango.[2] Once a living space, it is now a professional recording studio, practice area, and live performance venue.

In 2006, Amar, with Efrim Menuck and Sophie Trudeau, assisted in the recording of Carla Bozulich's first release for Constellation, Evangelista.[4]

Discography

with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• F♯ A♯ ∞ (1998)
• Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (1999)
• Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
• Yanqui U.X.O. (2002)
• 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
• Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (2015)
• Luciferian Towers (2017)
• G_d's Pee at State's End! (2021)
• No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (2024)

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 (2001)
• "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,, (2003)
• The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P. (2004)
• Horses in the Sky (2005)
• 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008)
• Kollaps Tradixionales (2010)
• Hang On to Each Other (2014)

with Black Ox Orkestar

• Ver Tanzt? (2004)
• Nisht Azoy (2006)

with Molasses

• You'll Never Be Well No More (1999)
• Trilogie: Toil & Peaceful Life (2000)
• A Slow Messe (2003)
• Trouble At Jinx Hotel (2004)

References

1. Constellation Records (2006). "A Silver Mt. Zion biography". Bands Index. Constellation Records. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
2. Constellation Records (2006). "Black Ox Orkestar biography". Bands Index. Constellation Records. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
3. Constellation Records (2006). "Thee Silver Mountain Reveries – The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.". Bands index. Constellation Records. Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
4. Constellation Records (2006). "Carla Bozulich – Evangelista". Bands Index. Constellation Records. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-23.

External links

• Constellation Records Official Homepage
• Hotel2Tango Official Homepage