Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames | |
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Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Post-rock Experimental music |
Years active | 2001 | –2003, 2016
Labels | Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records, P-Vine Records |
Associated acts | Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hiss Tracts, Hangedup, Hrsta, Esmerine, Exhaust, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra |
Website | Set Fire to Flames |
Members | Beckie Foon Bruce Cawdron Christof Migone David Bryant Fluffy Erskine Gen Heistek Gordon Krieger Jean-Sébastien Truchy Mike Moya Roger Tellier-Craig Sophie Trudeau Speedy Weaver Thea Pratt |
Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Quebec.[1] The band was often considered a side project of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as the two groups shared several members.[2]
History[]
Set Fire to Flames was initiated by David Bryant. The group released two albums on Alien8 Recordings and FatCat Records, on their own imprint, , which was set up in 2001.[3] The first album, Sings Reign Rebuilder. was released in October that year.[1]
The ensemble's second album, Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static, followed in 2003.[4] It was recorded in a barn in rural Ontario; the sounds of the creaking doors and other background noises are heard behind the songs.
Both albums contain brooding, eerie music. Many of the tracks are minimalist,[1] filled with ambient noise and various other non-musical sound effects, juxtaposed or combined with instrumental music.[4] Both album cover images display the work of photographer Michael Ackerman.
A third album was recorded in collaboration with the band Jackie-O Motherfucker but never released. In 2009, a composition from the band's first album was included on a compilation album released by 130701.[5] In 2016, a previously unreleased track was issued on 130701's fifteenth-anniversary compilation Eleven Into Fifteen.
Members[]
- Beckie Foon
- Bruce Cawdron
- Christof Migone
- David Bryant
- Fluffy Erskine
- Gen Heistek
- Gordon Krieger
- Jean-Sébastien Truchy
- Mike Moya
- [6]
- Sophie Trudeau
- Speedy Weaver
- Thea Pratt
- Aidan Girt[7]
Discography[]
- Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)
- Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static (2003)
- Floored Memory….Fading Location (2009) includes "Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear"
- Eleven into Fifteen: a 130701 Compilation (2016) includes "Barn Levitate"
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c " Set Fire to Flames Sings Reign Rebuilder Review". BBC, Dan Hill, 2002.
- ^ "Set Fire To Flames Sings Reign Rebuilder". Exclaim!, By Roman Sokal Nov 01, 2001
- ^ "Trackageddon: DiS does Singles is Dead, Insert Coin(s) to Continue" Archived 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Drowned In Sound, by Sean Adams July 16th, 2015
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Hiss Tracts Shortwave Nights" Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Drowned in Sound, Tristan Bath May 7th, 2014
- ^ "Floored Memory...Fading Location" Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Drowned in Sound, Dom Gourlay March 9th, 2009
- ^ "Serendipitous Chance: Resonate Festival Reviewed". The Quietus, Tristan Bath , April 29th, 2015
- ^ Sings Reign Rebuilder Review, Pitchfork.com
External links[]
- Musical groups established in 2001
- Musical groups from Montreal
- Canadian post-rock groups
- Musical collectives
- Alien8 Recordings artists