Thierry Amar
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Thierry Amar | |
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| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Punk rock, avant-garde, experimental, jazz, folk, drone |
| Occupations | Musician, Engineer, Record producer |
| Instrument | Bass |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Constellation Kranky |
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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, Molasses, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkestar.
He is co-founder/creator of Hotel2Tango.
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, along with double bass. When playing with Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra[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]
