Aidan Girt is a

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for the

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock collective that originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation, an in ...

, and

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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, ''

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''. Girt played

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as a guest

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on the debut album of

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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

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

Discography

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

*'' F♯A♯∞'' ( Constellation Records, 1997) *''

Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada ''Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada'' (stylised as ''Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada'') is the only EP and second release by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was released on the Montreal-based record label Constellation Records in 1999, and was re-rel ...

'' (Constellation Records, 1999) *'' Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven'' (Constellation Records, 2000) *''

Yanqui U.X.O. '' U.X.O.'' is the third studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on November 4, 2002 by Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation. It was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago in late 20 ...

'' (Constellation Records, 2002) *''

'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! ''Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'' (sometimes stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released by Constellation Records. It was their first album since 2002's '' Yanqui U.X.O.''. A ...

'' (Constellation Records, 2012) *''

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress ''Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 31 March 2015 by Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation Records. The album was recorded with Electrical A ...

'' (Constellation Records, 2015) *''

Luciferian Towers ''Luciferian Towers'' (sometimes stylized with quotation marks) is the sixth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 22 September 2017 by Constellation Records. Background According to the Constellation ...

'' (Constellation Records, 2017) *''

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'' (Constellation Records, 2021) *'' No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead'' (Constellation Records, 2024)

Exhaust

*'' 230596'' 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! ''Droopy Butt Begone!'' is the debut album of solo electronic artist 1-Speed Bike. The third track on this album is a remix of a Fly Pan Am song from their Sédatifs En Fréquences Et Sillons EP. Track listing # "The Day That Mauro Ran over El ...

'' ( 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

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