Jessica Moss

Jessica Moss is best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the Canadian post-rock band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band since 2001, and is a founding member of Black Ox Orkestar.

Jessica Moss
Moss backing Vic Chesnutt in 2008
Background information
Born	Canada
Genres	Post-rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Years active	1995 – present
Labels	Constellation
Associated acts	Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band Black Ox Orkestar Geraldine Fibbers

In addition, Moss has also been a guest player on many albums produced in Montreal and Toronto, including albums by Frankie Sparo, Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene.

Biography

Moss' earliest known project was playing in Nerdy Girl with Cecil Castelucci. She then played violin in the Montreal alt-rock band Fidget, which she joined in 1995 and left in 1997.[1] She plays regularly in local Arabic and Balkan music ensembles. In addition, she has toured with the Geraldine Fibbers, and was production coordinator for the Montreal film collective Automatic Vaudeville, to which she also contributed music and acting to numerous productions.

She began playing the violin when she was five. She is also known to create illuminated boxes, metal flowers and figurines, wristbands, and soundtracks for film.[2]

Moss is part owner of Local 23, a vintage clothing and curiosities shop in the Mile End district.

On August 5, 2009, Moss gave birth to her and Silver Mt. Zion bandmate Efrim Menuck's baby boy, Ezra Steamtrain Moss Menuck.[3]

Discography

As Jessica Moss

• Under Plastic Island (2015)
• Pools of Light (2017)
• Entanglement (2018)

With Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

• 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. (EP, 2004)
• Horses in the Sky (2005)
• 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008)
• Kollaps Tradixionales (2010)
• Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)

With Black Ox Orkestar

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

With Others

• Sackville – The Principles of Science (1999): vocals on track 2
• Frankie Sparo – My Red Scare (2000)
• Broken Social Scene – Feel Good Lost (2001): tracks 1 and 9
• Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People (2002): tracks 2, 7, and 13
• K.C. Accidental – Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills (2001)
• Hannah Marcus – Desert Farmers (2004): horns on track 8, violin on tracks 4, 6, 7, and 9
• Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004): track 7
• Reminder – Continuum (2006)
• Eric Chenaux – Dull Lights (2006)
• Carla Bozulich – Evangelista (2006): tracks 1, 3, 6, and 7
• Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter (2007)
• Vic Chesnutt – At the Cut (2009)

References

1. CBC Radio 3. "Fidget". CBC Radio 3. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
2. Constellation Records. "Black Ox Orkestar bio". Black Ox Orkestar bio. Constellation Records. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Constellation Records Official Homepage
• A Silver Mt. Zion Official Homepage