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Godspeed You! Black Emperor is tagged as: post-rock, instrumental, experimental, ambient, post rock

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor! and abbreviated to GY!BE, GYBE, or just Godspeed) are 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.
GY!BE, although formed around 1994 with three members, had as many as fifteen...
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Top 10 Godspeed You! Black Emperor Songs
The Dead Flag Blues
East Hastings
Storm
Moya
Providence
Static
Sleep
Antennas to Heaven
Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III
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F#A#oo
Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Yanqui U.X.O.
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (disc 1)
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (disc 2)
Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada [EP]
Tiny Silver Hammers
Yanqui U.X.O
2003-03-04: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA (disc 2)
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