Fly Pan Am, or Le Fly Pan Am, are a

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band formed in

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in 1996. They release their albums through the

-based Constellation Records, producing and collaborating on works with

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

Shalabi Effect Shalabi Effect is a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. Shalabi is an Egyptian-Canadian musician who is also the founder of Swamp Circu ...

About the band

The band was formed in 1996 by

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

ists Jonathan Parant and Roger Tellier-Craig,

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Felix Morel, and

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ist Jean-Sebastien Truchy. Eric Gingras would later on join the band in 2002, contributing guitar and percussion. They additionally shared personnel with

, until guitarist Roger Tellier-Craig left Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 2003 to concentrate full-time on Fly Pan Am. The band is influenced by the

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culture of

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, as well as the burgeoning

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musical scene in

. French is the predominant language used in producing albums and writing lyrics, with English peppered throughout. The track titles on past records, as stated by Roger Tellier-Craig, were written in a way to interpret the song, which Tellier-Craig concedes was "lost on most listeners" due to the French used. Unorthodox use of electronic sounds, occasionally provided by Alexandre St-Onge, serve to intersect and often confuse the listener. The group often recorded their albums at the

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, a

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owned by

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and

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, as well as

Howard Bilerman Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

. As a result of these ties, members of other

-based bands sometimes participated as guest musicians or aided the recording process. An announcement from the band in 2006 spoke of their indefinite hiatus and Parant's part in Feu Thérèse. Tellier-Craig went on to found experimental pop band Pas Chic Chic with Gingras playing bass. Morel currently drums for the psychedelic sludge band, Panopticon Eyelids, and for Les Enfants Sauvages. Gingras has released two albums as Enfant Magique, the first self-released, the second, ''L'art d'enfiler les pearls'', released by independent Montreal label, No Weapon. In September 2018, the band announced on their Facebook page a re-formation after a 14-year hiatus to play a single live show in Montreal, along with new artwork to advertise as such. The band's hiatus officially concluded with the announcement and release of their fourth studio album, ''C'est ça'', in June and September 2019 respectively.

Discography

Albums

* '' Fly Pan Am'' (Constellation Records;

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

) * '' Ceux qui inventent n'ont jamais vécu (?)'' (Constellation Records;

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

) * '' N'écoutez pas'' (Constellation Records;

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) * '' C’est ça'' (Constellation Records;

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

) * ''Frontera'' (Constellation Records;

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

)

EPs and singles

* "aMAZEzine! 7" " single with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, given away free with aMAZEzine! Magazine; (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

). Included "L'espace au sol est redessiné par d'immenses panneaux bleus" * '' Sédatifs en fréquences et sillons'' EP (Constellation Records;

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) * "Mirror Cracks Seeking Interiority"; Part of ''Corona Borealis Longplay Singles'' series (Constellation Records;

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

)

References

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