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- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
- Released 2000
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- f#a#infinity
- Released 1998
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- Yanqui U.X.O.
- Released 2002
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- Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
- Released 1999
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The instrumental, multimedia Montreal group Godspeed You Black Emperor! creates extended, repetition-oriented chamber rock. The minimal and patient builds-to-crescendo of the group's compositions result in a meditative and hypnotic listen that becomes almost narrative when combined with found-sound splices and the films of their visual collaborators. GYBE! formed in 1994, and that year self-released a limited-run (33 copies) cassette entitled All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling. The band's next recording, F#A#(Infinity), was initially a limited-run release of 550 LPs on the Canadian label Constellation, but was picked up by Kranky and released onto CD as well. Early 1999 brought the EP Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (released by both labels) and increased recognition for a band intent on retaining anonymity. Nevertheless, interest in GYBE! only continued to grow among new music fans with much positive attention from The Wire magazine, the band's participation in the John Peel-produced Peel Session for the London BBC, and the group's consistently impressive live shows, including their performance at Quebec's 1999 new music festival FIMAV and the tour with Labradford later that year. GYBE! performances generally include at least nine or more musicians and a projectionist. The instrumentation consists of three guitars, two basses, French horn, violin, viola, cello, and percussion. 2000 brought about the release of Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, pushing their diverse orchestral rock sound even further into the universe. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
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- By Aedida
- 8/12/2009 08:11:07
- Really reminded me of Venitian Snares, if more albums like Rossz existed. Found this band via imeem's random playlist. Really great to put on in the background when you're doing other things.
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Finding the Obscure
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- By DarthWahl2001
- 7/29/2009 10:02:48
- I found this band through the use of "East Hastings" in the movie 28 Days Later. The song is not on the soundtrack though, so it proved difficult to find "that one awesome song."
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- By Sevi89
- 2/22/2009 01:16:04
- Yeah sorry to say but the only way I know this band exists is because of "Pineapple Express"
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