A Silver Mt. Zion

A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding Godspeed You Black Emperor! guitarist [a343914], together with other Godspeed members Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. To some extent, A Silver Mt. Zion was born out of a desire on the part of the Godspeed players to work in a smaller musical ensemble; in effect, to escape some of the constraints that often accompany writing and arranging music democratically with nine musicians. As well, Efrim simply wanted a vehicle to realize some of his own musical ideas that would not necessarily work well within the context of Godspeed. For the band's second and third records, the line-up expanded to six players, including Rebecca Foon, [a439157] and Jessica Moss, and the band re-named as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. Scott Levine Gilmore joined the band for , and now there were seven. In 2010, the band was reduced to a quintet : Efrim, Thierry, Jessica, Sophie and new member David Payant.