Thierry Amar

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.

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

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

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.
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