Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful ... 

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor! and abbreviated to GY!BE, GYBE or Godspeed) is a Canadian band based in Montreal, Quebec.
Formed in 1994 in Montreal, Canada, the band has been highly influential within the post-rock genre. Working with orchestrated arrangements, the nine-piece group created tracks with wide dynamic ranges, a highly evocative use of instrumentation and sounds and uncompromising long form compositions. Their engrossing use of art and visuals in both album packaging and live performances creates an enigmatic aura.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor took their name from a little known 1976 Japanese black-and-white documentary by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi, which follows the exploits of a Japanese biker gang, the Black Emperors.
They are most commonly classified as post-rock, but are just as well recognized outside any established scene and take influences from a range of styles including progressive rock, post-punk, classical music, soundtrack composition and the avant-garde. Each release usually consists of an entire piece divided into movements, mostly between 15 and 25 minutes, sometimes eponymously specified in the liner notes.
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Montage from: City Walk (1999) & Outerborough (2005) Two Avant-Garde Shorts from Bill Morrison
City Walk (1999) A time-lapse journey up Flatbush Avenue into Manhattan.
Outerborough (2005) explores the narrative power of reframing images from vintage films. Redeploying footage from Across Brooklyn Bridge (1899)
Bill Morrison (born in Chicago, November 17, 1965) is a New York-based filmmaker and artist. He attended Reed College 1983-85, and graduated from Cooper Union School of Art in 1989. His films often combine rare archival material set to contemporary music, and have been screened in theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, and concert halls around the world. billmorrisonfil...
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