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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra is a Canadian band which formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec. They use a number of different variations of the name on different releases, since their inception, the group has undergone almost yearly personnel changes. The band currently has five members following the resignation of three in late 2008, the band has released seven studio albums and one EP, publishing them through the record label Constellation. Their debut album He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms… was released in 2000 and—with the exception of two tracks—is a purely instrumental record. As other records were created, their sound and membership progressively changed from a trio to a quintet, by the release of Horses in the Sky, the group became overwhelmingly vocal in its style. The album Kollaps Tradixionales was released in February 2010 and it consists of seven songs, three of which previously debuted at live performances. Another album Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything was released January 2014, Silver Mt. Zions music has been described as post-rock, though the band members are hesitant to use the term. Singer and guitarist Efrim Menuck identifies with punk rock ethos and aesthetic, according to an interview with VPRO Radio in the Netherlands, Silver Mt. Zion originally began as a project in which Efrim Menuck hoped to learn how to score music. Already a guitarist in the Montreal-based musical collective Godspeed You, Black Emperor, he explained that he hoped to communicate better with his fellow musicians by getting familiar with music theory. This idea was abandoned as Menuck realized that he preferred not knowing precisely what he was doing when writing, opting to fumble instead. The Silver Mt. Zion project, however, continued, menucks decision to record an album was partly inspired by the death of his dog Wanda, who died while he was on tour with Godspeed You. It also served as an outlet, allowing him to experiment with ideas, seeking help in the albums creation, Menuck enlisted violinist Sophie Trudeau and bassist Thierry Amar, two musicians also involved with Godspeed You. The band made their debut on March 6,1999 at Musique Fragile. They released their album, He Has Left Us Alone. A little over a year later on March 27,2000, save two minor exceptions, Godspeed You. Black Emperor features no vocals, instead, they use audio samples produced by Sophie Trudeau, similarly themed samples also appear on Silver Mt. Zions debut album, wherein Menuck sings on two tracks - Movie and Blown-out Joy from Heavens Mercied Hole. Menuck confessed that he was uncomfortable with this at first, feeling foolish, at the time at least, he did not want to be the focus of the bands music but rather wished to use vocals as a stylistic tool. Before the release of their album, the band recruited three more musicians, expanding the group to a sextet
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Hotel2Tango
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The Hotel2Tango is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the Mile End district of Montreal, Quebec. The current facility is the second to bear the name, and was preceded by an operation in the same neighborhood until 2007 when the studio changed locations. Black Emperor, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, member of Jerusalem In My Heart, the Hotel2Tango is often closely associated with Constellation Records, a Montreal-based record label. Before becoming a studio, the original Hotel2Tango acted first as a living space. Black Emperor member Mauro Pezzente and his partner Kiva Stimac first moved into the space later became the Hotel2Tango in 1995. The loft doubled as a space and was dubbed Gallery Quiva. However, after less than a year exhaust fumes and odor from the garage directly below the loft forced Pezzente. Pezzente and Stimac later opened three highly-influential performance spaces on Saint Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, Casa del Popolo, La Sala Rossa, and the now defunct El Salon. By 1998, the Hotel2Tango had become one of the most popular music venues in the city of Montreal. At one point the loft acted as a space for Montreal silk-screeners the Bloodsisters. Black Emperor performed at the Hotel2Tango frequently and used the loft as a practice space along with groups such as Fly Pan Am. Godspeed also recorded the bulk of their first album, F♯A♯∞ in the large main room the previous year. As the bands popularity grew over the several years, so too did the mystery surrounding its secretive members. Many rumours developed about the group and its de facto home base, at one point it was commonly believed by outsiders that all of the band members were squatting illegally in the loft. Eventually word spread about the taking place at the Hotel2Tango. At that time at least two people lived within the walls of the Hotel2Tango, including Godspeed bassist Thierry Amar. Soon after, the three purchased a professional 24-track analogue tape machine, which became the centerpiece of the new Hotel2Tango studio, the studio had a built-in clientele, quickly becoming the studio of choice for most of the Montreal-based artists on the Constellation Records label. In recent years, however, the Hotel2Tango has opened its doors to other bands from Montreal and abroad
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Post-rock
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As such, the term has been the subject of backlash from listeners and artists alike. Although firmly rooted in the indie or underground scene of the 1980s and early 1990s, the term post-rock is believed to have been coined by critic Simon Reynolds in his review of Bark Psychosis album Hex, published in the March 1994 issue of Mojo magazine. Reynolds expanded upon the later in the May 1994 issue of The Wire. He used the term to music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures rather than riffs. He further expounded on the term, Perhaps the really provocative area for development lies. In cyborg rock, not the embrace of Technos methodology. Reynolds, in a July 2005 entry in his blog, claimed he had used the term post-rock before using it in Mojo, the term was used by American journalist James Wolcott in a 1975 article about musician Todd Rundgren, although with a different meaning. It was also used in the Rolling Stone Album Guide to name a style corresponding to avant-rock or out-rock. It also bears similarities to drone music, early post-rock groups also often exhibited strong influence from the krautrock of the 1970s, particularly borrowing elements of motorik, the characteristic krautrock rhythm. Post-rock compositions often use of repetition of musical motifs and subtle changes with an extremely wide range of dynamics. In some respects, this is similar to the music of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Brian Eno, typically, post-rock pieces are lengthy and instrumental, containing repetitive build-ups of timbre, dynamics and texture. Vocals are often omitted from post-rock, however, this not necessarily mean they are absent entirely. When present, post-rock vocals are often soft or droning and are typically infrequent or present in irregular intervals, in lieu of typical rock structures like the verse-chorus form, post-rock groups generally make greater use of soundscapes. Reynolds conclusion defines the sporadic progression from rock, with its field of sound and lyrics to post-rock, wider experimentation and blending of other genres have recently taken hold in the post-rock scene. Cult of Luna, Isis, Russian Circles, Palms, Deftones, the resulting sound has been termed post-metal. More recently, sludge metal has grown and evolved to some elements of post-rock. This second wave of metal has been pioneered by bands such as Giant Squid. This new sound is seen on the label of Neurot Recordings
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Constellation Records (Canada)
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Constellation Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec. It has released albums by many bands, including Godspeed You. Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, the package of the Godspeed You. The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate, audio Interview with Don Wilkie, co-founder of Constellation Records Chart from Yanqui U. X. O. Packaging Archived from the original on 2008-10-22
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P.
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The Pretty Little Lightning Paw E. P. is an EP by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band under the name Thee Silver Mountain Reveries. It was released May 2004 on Constellation Records, the name the band assumed for this EP was temporary, they have since reverted to using Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Many of the members switched instruments for this recording. For example, Sophie Trudeau, who plays violin, plays bass guitar. Ian Ilavsky, usually one of the guitarists, plays drums. When recording was complete, the EP was played on a boombox and rerecorded from that, on the track, Theres a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow, the Hebrew lyric, baruch atta adonai, means bless the Lord. The track Microphones in the Trees is in the signature of 5/4
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