Thierry Amar

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Thierry Amar
BornMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Punk rock, avant-garde, experimental, jazz, folk, drone
Occupation(s) Musician, Engineer, Record producer
InstrumentsBass
Years active1990–present
Labels Constellation
Kranky
Associated acts Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Black Ox Orkestar
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Vic Chesnutt

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, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkestar.

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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

with A Silver Mt. Zion

with Black Ox Orkestar

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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. 1 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.