Thierry Amar
# Thierry Amar

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, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkestar.

He is co-founder/creator of Hotel2Tango.

## Career

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. When playing with Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band or Black Ox Orkestar, he usually plays double bass. He also played violin on the EP The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P..

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. 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.

## Discography

### with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

* F♯ A♯ ∞ (1998)
* Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (1999)
* Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
* Yanqui U.X.O. (2002)
* 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
* Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (2015)
* Luciferian Towers (2017)
* G_d's Pee at State's End! (2021)

### with A Silver Mt. Zion

* He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... (2000)
* 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. (2004)
* Horses in the Sky (2005)
* 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (2008)
* Kollaps Tradixionales (2010)
* Hang On to Each Other (2014)

### with Black Ox Orkestar

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