Aidan Girt is a

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collectives

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also located ...

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. He is also a solo

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artist under the names ''OSB'', ''1-Speed Bike'', and ''Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike'' and continues to record (with others) in Some Became Hollow Tubes.

Career

In 1994, Girt co-founded

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''Exclaim!''. By Michael Edwards, Mar 01, 2004 Girt, along with Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky, formed the group

; they performed in Montreal for a short time and released a single in 1996. In 1998, the three released a self-titled album and, in 2001, a studio album, ''

Enregistreur Exhaust was a Canadian trio from Montreal featuring bass, drums, tape and bass clarinet, active from 1995 to 2012. The members were Aidan Girt (drums), Gordon Krieger (bass/ bass clarinet) and Mike Zabitsky (tape loops).

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as a guest

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on the debut album of A Silver Mt. Zion in 2000. As ''1-Speed Bike'', Girt released a number of solo albums and EPs, including '' El Gallito'' in 2004
The Wire
'. Vol. Issues 257-262. C. Parker; 2005. p. 65. In 2019 Girt began releasing music as a duo with

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

Eric Quach under the name ''Some Became Hollow Tubes''.

Discography

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Exhaust

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'' 7" cassette (self-released, 1996) *''

'' ( Constellation Records, 1998) *''

'' ( Constellation Records, 2002) *''Grenadilla Splinters'' (self-released, 2011)

A Silver Mt. Zion

*'' He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...'' ( Constellation Records, 2000)

1-Speed Bike

*'' Droopy Butt Begone!'' ( Constellation Records, 2000) *''I'm a Pretzel on a Stealth Mission to Kill the President'' (Broklyn Beats, 2002) *''Limp Penis'' (self-released, 2003) *'' El Gallito'' (Broklyn Beats, 2004) *''Klootzak Keizer'' (Broklyn Beats, 2005) *''Someone Told Me Life Gets Easier in Your 50s'' (Broklyn Beats, 2005) *''A Swimmer in the Ocean Is Not Afraid of the Rain'' (Bully Records, 2006) *''Pashto Translator Needed'' (self-released, 2010) *''This Country is Torture'' (Bad Panda Records, 2011) *''Robbery'' (self-released, 2013)

Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike

*''Untitled 12"'' (Toolbox, 2002) *''Looks Like Velvet, Smells Like Pee'' (Broklyn Beats, 2002)

Some Became Hollow Tubes

*''In 1988 I Thought This Shit Would Never Change'' (self-released, 2019) *''Keep it in the Ground'' (Gizeh Records, 2019)

References

External links

1-Speed Bike
on MySpace
1-Speed Bike
on

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1-Speed Bike
on Constellation Records
Some Became Hollow Tubes
on

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