In 1995, Mauro Pezzente moved into a loft with his then-girlfriend in the Mile End of Montreal. Pezzente used the flat as a performance venue, dubbing it the Gallery Quiva. Around 1996, fumes from the mechanic's garage below the loft forced them to vacate it. Shortly after their departure, Efrim Menuck moved into the space and established Hotel2Tango, serving both as a recording studio and practice space. There, in 1997, the original recording of F♯ A♯ ∞ took place. By this time, the band had reached an unwieldy 15 members. In preparation of the album, they trimmed their numbers to ten.
The culmination of material spanning back to 1993 resulted in two lengthy songs, each about 20 minutes in length. After the record's release, the band became interested in touring the United States. In order to make headway, they sent a copy of their album to the Chicago-based record label Kranky. Impressed by the recording, Kranky offered to re-release the album on compact disc. The band quickly returned to the studio and re-recorded the album, which was released in June 1998. Changes to the album included the addition, subtraction and reorganization of material, resulting in three tracks and slightly over an hour of music.
All of the tracks feature a number of field recordings and sampled sounds, once referred to by David Keenan of The Wire as "eschatological tape loops." Therefore, the overall theme of the album is often pinned as apocalyptic. Indeed, English director Danny Boyle was heavily inspired by the album during the making of 28 Days Later. During an interview with The Guardian, he explained, "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head."
Co-founder and bassist Mauro Pezzente performing with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in London, England in November 2000.
The opening track, "The Dead Flag Blues", begins with an ominous introduction which originates from an unfinished screenplay by guitarist Efrim Menuck. Backed by a string melody, the speaker describes a derelict city, where the government is corrupt and the inhabitants are drunks. The introduction is followed by the sounds of a train and high-volume suspended noise. This eventually develops into a Western-themed melody, and is capped off by an upbeat section which includes glockenspiel, violin, and slide guitar.
The second track, "East Hastings", is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside. It begins with bagpipes reprising the theme of "The Dead Flag Blues" and backing the shouts of a street preacher. The sermon slowly quiets, and is replaced with the movement "The Sad Mafioso...", an edited version of which appeared in the film 28 Days Later. The movement also contains a brief portion where the band quietly sings in a rare occurrence of vocals.[α] The track concludes with a series of electronic noises and buzzing until throbbing bass takes over.
The final track, "Providence", is considerably longer than the first two, coming in around 30 minutes in length. James Oldham of NME described it as "part The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and part Spiritualized drone freakout."The introduction features a vox pop interviewee who references "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.[β] The speaker is quickly replaced with a cello piece accompanied by glockenspiel, violin, and horn. Percussion is added to the melody which peaks, and is continued by a distorted singing woman performing Hazel Dickens' Gathering Storm. A quasi-military tune follows and is eventually taken over by the sung phrase "Where are you going? Where are you going?" The voice is sampled from the song "By My Side," from the 1970 musical Godspell. A collage of sounds and drones then round off the track. After a period of silence, a brief coda named for the American musician John Lee Hooker is performed.

Sigur Rós play their biggest U.S. show to date at Madison Square Garden on Monday and will also appear on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" tonight (March 22), playing a new song. All ticketholders on their current U.S. tour get a free digital EP containing three new songs.

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track Found Only on the USA and European LP Version.

'U.X.O. is unexploded ordnance is landmines is cluster bombs. Yanqui is post-colonial imperialism is international police state is multinational corporate oligarchy. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is complicit is guilty is resisting. The new album is just music.' Recorded by Steve Albini at electrical audio in Chicago. Mixed by Howard Bilerman and Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Hotel2tango in Montreal. Stubborn tiny lights vs. clustering darkness forever ok? Gatefold sleeve. Constellation Records. 2002.

'U.X.O. is unexploded ordnance is landmines is cluster bombs. Yanqui is post-colonial imperialism is international police state is multinational corporate oligarchy. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is complicit is guilty is resisting. The new album is just music.' Recorded by Steve Albini at electrical audio in Chicago. Mixed by Howard Bilerman and Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Hotel2tango in Montreal. Stubborn tiny lights vs. clustering darkness forever ok? Gatefold sleeve. Constellation Records. 2002.

'U.X.O. is unexploded ordnance is landmines is cluster bombs. Yanqui is post-colonial imperialism is international police state is multinational corporate oligarchy. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is complicit is guilty is resisting. The new album is just music.' Recorded by Steve Albini at electrical audio in Chicago. Mixed by Howard Bilerman and Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Hotel2tango in Montreal. Stubborn tiny lights vs. clustering darkness forever ok? Gatefold sleeve. Constellation Records. 2002.

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コラボ作品として発表されたEP「I KNOW YOU」がレーベル通販Unsupermarketにて取り扱い開始。
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香港MCB杂志评出的欧美百张最具革命性专辑之一，评语为：“慑人澎湃的后摇滚史诗，产生无可比拟的情绪牵动作用。”
来自加拿大的Godspeed You! Black Emperor（好绕口的名字）的代表作，非常优秀的后摇，旋律、节奏、情感都把握得十分出色，专辑中的歌曲都是几十分钟一首的大部头，但听起来丝毫不觉得冗长，浑然一体。
以下引用VC网友“kumo”在MP3资源帖中的介绍：
我明白，Joy Division已被升上神台，所有低调死亡不快，全部都和他们有关。但如果我告诉那位旧同事，以及各位TMF网友，最近我发现了一支竟比Joy Division，甚至和我以往所有听过的低调音乐，还要更低调死亡不快的乐团，自命生活不如意的你，可会重拾点点人生兴趣，找来一听？我所说的，是来自加拿大Montreal的Post-Rock乐团Godspeed You Black Emperor!。
可能是笔者听歌年资尚浅也未定，但我真的从来想不到竟然有一支乐团，可以将我以往聆听过的所有低调、死亡、不快、不安、无助、绝望、悲愤、孤寂的音乐元素全部结集在一起，化为一首首长篇的末世乐章。纵然Godspeed的音乐没有旋律歌词，讯息亦只是透过零碎的街头演说及随意的录音片段来传达。但他们由三位结他手、两个鼓手、两个提琴手等所交织出来的高潮迭起、随时超过20分钟长的后摇滚交响乐曲，却要比很多有曲词唱的音乐，来得更清晰，及更具感染力。正因为Godspeed将一切重归于音乐本身，没有假意矫揉的虚饰，全部皆是发自内心的血肉情感演奏。
具体点来说，Godspeed的长篇乐章往往分为多个段落，你听到的可能是一段不安的街头演说，可能是一片Ambient声效，可能是由提琴发出的哀怨悲鸣，可能是由结他勾出的荒凉意境，却随时渐变为疯狂凌乱的Free Form摇滚弹奏，弹奏速度更是越来越风驰急激，仿似完全冲破了任何规范教条，不顾一切。我开始明白他们为何会采用Godspeed You Black Emperor!，这个源自日本某个黑夜飞车党称号，作为乐团的名字。
试过好几次听Godspeed，特别是最新的一张双CD专辑《Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!》时，每每期待着乐章中那山雨欲来的一发不可收拾气势来临，仿佛将心中所有不快集中在一起，等待一息间全部爆发出来。是的，听Godspeed的音乐虽然很痛苦不安，但亦很美丽释怀，虽然一切只是暂时性的幻像。
其实据Godspeed的成员说，他们的音乐并不只属于低调死亡，正如新专辑的名称，便是希望透过诚实真切的音乐对话，能在末世困局之中找到出路。只是对我而言，却会选择继续紧握拳头，因为我从来也不相信，这个世界会有天堂
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"Les Revenants", which is loosely adapted from the 2004 French zombie film of the same name. Now, the band has shared details of their two different soundtrack releases. A four-song EP of songs from the TV show is out digitally today via Mogwai's own label Rock Action, to coincide with the show's last episode.
The EP will also be released on a limited 10" (only 2,000 will be pressed) on January 28. The full soundtrack is out February 25.

This self-titled 12” vinyl split between Swedish experimental instrumentalists pg.lost and domestic post-rock outfit Wang Wen (罔聞) is definitive proof that China’s musicians have become equal partners in the global creative community.
pg.lost tackles the A-side with a suite of two ten-minute songs—“Desperdicio Parts I & II”—that open with a decidedly doom-influenced Spaghetti Western flair before nestling into more comfortable post-rock ground: crashing rock movements that intoxicate the listener and ferry them through waters of aching, almost heartbreaking emotion stamped with forceful, triumphant and occasionally-violent melodies that recall sweeping windswept vistas.
Wang Wen excels at running emotional relays from melancholy grief to guarded hope—and back again—multiple times within single songs, feats of sonic prowess that make their contributions an ideal soundtrack for these troubled times.
On the B-side, the Chinese quintet counters pg.lost’s fiery, outward-looking tracks with three subdued and inward-looking sketches. The fragile opener, “13th”, is dominated by mellow, intricate guitar interplay overlaid upon warm and reassuring throbbing organ tones before disintegrating into a pedal-induced feedback fuzz.
“Homeland Accent,” a subdued island in which a glockenspiel, Hammond organ, earnest percussion work, soaring lead guitars and a violin all take turns occupying center stage, offers a tranquil respite before the barnstorming closer “Mouse Song,” the aural equivalent to a flash thunderstorm.
The seven-minute jam neatly pivots from languid mandolin and violin-laced guitar wizardry backed by sunny, bubbling synths to a brief midpoint moment of stark lucidity before the band throws themselves into cathartic, film credits territory marred by agitated and fitful guitar squalls.
And then the sky brightens, the string section chirps and all is well again—置若罔聞: turning a deaf ear to the wolf at the door.

417.3 is a post-rock band from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, formed in 2006 and consisting at that moment of two violins, contrabass, guitar and drums. In 2008 the violins were replaced by a cello. In 2010 the band added a second guitar. And in 2012 the band has completely changed their sound, which now is: two guitars, synths, bass guitar and drums. You can check the new sound out on the album "2". less

BIO:
Spurv have since 2010 performed melodic, instrumental post-rock inspired by Godspeed you! Black Emperor, Red Sparowes and Explosions in the Sky. Debut EP "Blader som faller til jorden og blir til nye trær" out now.
MEMBERS:
Gaute: Guitar
Gustav: Guitar
Hans-Jakob: Bass
Herman: Guitar
Inger: Violin
Ragnhild: Cello

专辑类型：Post-Rock/Ambient/Electronic
专辑介绍：
由Tom,Ste,Stewart,Tim及Ben五人组成的后摇团The Shadow Project来自英国东海岸.继04年的"Objects Appear"和"Voices"两张EP后,于07年6月发行他们的首张专辑"A Beauty To Fight For".整张专辑旋律流畅,节奏欢快悦耳,人声部分极为出彩,透出几分感性,如同其美丽封套中所传达出的意境,值得静下来细细品味.
Being described as 'Cooler than Cool', and the receivers of noteworthy praise from Sigur Ros manager John Best, The Shadow Project are reworking the so called 'Post Rock' dynamism into a fabulously malevolent electronically minded noise fest of beauty and melody, a 'Post-pop / ambient / joy wank' of sorts. A five piece from the tractor trodden plains of Suffolk, the band have already become regulars on the London scene, have released two EP's - "Objects Appear" and "Voices" which were both released in 2004.They are secretly planning world domination from a hidden location somewhere in Felixstowe. Make your life more interesting and go see them live.