Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style

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ming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar.

Biography

The band formed in 1995 as a recording project for a Canadian youth dramatic production. They rehearsed for the production in an empty elementary school room. The four simple verbs 'Do', 'Make', 'Say' and 'Think' were painted on walls of the room, and the band adopted them as their name. In 1996, the band progressed as they practiced in the rehearsal room in the basement of the University of Toronto radio station CIUT. The song "Chinatown" from 2002's '' & Yet & Yet'' is featured in the movie '' Syriana'', as well as '' The Corporation''. The song "The Landlord is Dead" from '' Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead'' and "Chinatown" from '' & Yet & Yet'' are also featured in the movie '' A Simple Curve''. The band's fifth full-length album, entitled ''

You, You're a History in Rust ''You, You're a History in Rust'' is the fifth album from Do Make Say Think. It was released on February 12, 2007 in Europe and February 26, 2007 in the rest of the world. The album features vocals on two tracks, "A with Living" and "In Mind, ...

'', was released on Constellation Records in February 2007. The band toured North America and Europe to promote the release of the album, and released a tour EP, ''The Whole Story of Glory'', to promote the Japanese leg of their tour. In June 2009 at Luminato, Toronto's annual festival of arts and creativity, the band provided part of the live soundtrack for the outdoor screening (at Yonge-Dundas Square) of the 1919 silent German horror film ''Tales Of The Uncanny'' ('' Unheimliche Geschichten''), alongside Canadian violinist Owen Pallett and

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music artist Robert Lippok from Berlin, Germany. Constellation Records released Do Make Say Think's sixth album, titled ''

Other Truths ''Other Truths'' is the sixth album from Do Make Say Think. It was released on 19 October 2009, in Europe and 20 October 2009, in the rest of the world. Track listing Personnel Do Make Say Think * Ohad Benchetrit – guitar, keyboard, horns * ...

'', in October 2009. Their seventh album, titled ''

Stubborn Persistent Illusions ''Stubborn Persistent Illusions'' is the seventh album from Canadian band Do Make Say Think. It was released on 19 May 2017. Track listing Personnel Do Make Say Think * Ohad Benchetrit – guitar, keyboard, horns * David Mitchell – drums * ...

'', was released on May 19, 2017. The album won the 2018 Juno Awards for Best Instrumental Album, and Best Artwork.* 2017 ''Root Structure'', Ted Quinlan, Larnell Lewis and Robi Botos.

Members

Current members

Ohad Benchetrit Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. He plays guitar, bass, saxophone and flute for the post-rock band Do Make Say Think, and has also contributed to albums by Broken Social Scene, Feist, The Hidden Cameras and Charles Spearin. He colla ...

– guitar, bass guitar, saxophone,

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*David Mitchell –

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– drums *Justin Small – guitar, bass guitar, keyboard * Charles Spearin – bass guitar, guitar, trumpet, cornet * Julie Penner – violin, trumpet *Michael Barth - trumpet *Adam Marvy - trumpet *Judah Rubin - trumpet *Kit Schluter - trumpet *Robinson Jeffers - theremin

Previous members

*Jason Mackenzie – keyboard, effects (departed after '' Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead'') *Jay Baird – saxophone *Brian Cram – trumpet

Side projects

* Justin Small is also involved in a side project called Lullabye Arkestra as a drummer with his partner and bassist Katia Taylor. They have been produced by Benchetrit who, along with Spearin, records and tours with the Toronto group Broken Social Scene. * Spearin, Mitchell, and Benchetrit recorded an album together in 1997 under the moniker Microgroove, which put out a limited number of presses of their synthesizer and acoustic drum and bass beat working of jazz forms. * Benchetrit and Mitchell were also involved in a side project called Sphyr, who released one album, ''A Poem for M'', in 2003. This album is on Fire Records. * Benchetrit's current solo project is called Years and released a self-titled album under that moniker in 2009. * Spearin released ''The Happiness Project'' in 2009, a collection of interviews with his neighbors set to music. The album was long-listed for the Polaris Prize. * Benchetrit and Small scored the soundtrack to the 2018 film '' Braven''.

Discography

LPs

* '' Do Make Say Think'' (1999) * '' Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead'' (2000) * '' & Yet & Yet'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) * ''

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EPs

*'' Besides'' (1999) * ''The Whole Story of Glory'' (2008) (Japan-only)

References

External links

Official Do Make Say Think website

Constellation Records' Do Make Say Think website

Southern Records' Do Make Say Think website

Do Make Say Think collection
at the Internet Archive's live music archive
Coming Out Party: Do Make Say Think Move Beyond Post-Rock
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