Hrsta (stylized as HṚṢṬA) (; , , ) is a

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post-rock Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock that emphasizes Texture (music), texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional rock techniques. Post-rock artists often combine rock instrumentation and rock stylings wit ...

band currently signed to Constellation Records. The band's leader,

Mike Moya Mike Moya (born December 1, 1969) is a Canadians, Canadian rock music, rock musician, who is one of the founding members of post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. He left the band in 1998 to concentrate on his other bands Molasses, Set Fir ...

(guitar and vocals), was one of the founding members of

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 ...

. Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of

, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and

Set Fire to Flames Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of 13 musicians from Montreal, Quebec.

, owing to Mike Moya's contributions to each. Hrsta, however, differs from these previous projects in that it features Moya as a vocalist. The other members of the band are Brooke Crouser,

Harris Newman Harris Newman is a mastering engineer working out of Grey Market Mastering in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His studio shares a building with the Hotel2Tango recording studio, as well as Constellation Records. Newman has mastered hundreds of album ...

, and Eric Craven. Lisa Gamble joined in 2007 and Nick Kuepfer in 2009. Their latest album, ''Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes'', was released in the fall of 2007.

Discography

* ''

L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable ''L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable'' is the first album by the Canadian post-rock Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock that emphasizes Texture (music), texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional roc ...

'' (Album,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

) * ''

Stem Stem in Electro ''Stem Stem in Electro'' is the second album by Canadian band Hrsta. It was recorded in the Hotel2Tango, Montreal, by Howard Bilerman, who co-owns the studio with Efrim Menuck and Thierry Amar of Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! ...

'' (Album,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) * '' Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes'' (Album,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

)

Participation in other projects

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- Mike Moya and Lisa Gamble * Elizabeth Anka Vajagic's live band - Mike Moya * Lonesome Hanks - Mike Moya *

Set Fire to Flames Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of 13 musicians from Montreal, Quebec.

- Mike Moya and Brooke Crouser *

- Harris Newman, solo project * Sackville - Harris Newman, Eric Craven and Geneviève Heistek * Hangedup - Eric Craven and Geneviève Heistek * Shortwave - Eric Craven *

Jackie-O Motherfucker Jackie-O Motherfucker is an American experimental music group that formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. Biography Jackie-O Motherfucker began as a duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Tom Greenwood and saxophonist Nester Bucket. The group i ...

- Brooke Crouser * Swords Project - Brooke Crouser * Gambletron -

Lisa Gamble Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA" * Lisa, stagename of Japanese singer Lisa Komine (born 1978) * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980) * Lisa (Japanese musician, ...

* Evangelista - Lisa Gamble * Clues - Lisa Gamble

References

External links

Hrsta homepage

Constellation Records

Alien8 Recordings
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