Set Fire to Flames
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Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of 13 musicians from Montreal, Quebec.<ref name=bbc>" Set Fire to Flames Sings Reign Rebuilder Review". BBC, Dan Hill, 2002. </ref> The band was often considered a side project of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as the two groups shared several members.<ref>"Set Fire To Flames Sings Reign Rebuilder". Exclaim!, By Roman Sokal Nov 01, 2001</ref>
HistoryEdit
Set Fire to Flames was initiated by David Bryant. The group released two albums on Alien8 Recordings and FatCat Records, on their own imprint, 130701, which was set up in 2001.<ref>"Trackageddon: DiS does Singles is Dead, Insert Coin(s) to Continue" Template:Webarchive. Drowned In Sound, by Sean Adams July 16th, 2015</ref> The first album, Sings Reign Rebuilder. was released in October that year.<ref name=bbc />
The ensemble's second album, Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static, followed in 2003.<ref name=drowned>"Hiss Tracts Shortwave Nights" Template:Webarchive. Drowned in Sound, Tristan Bath May 7th, 2014</ref> It was recorded in a barn in rural Ontario; the sounds of the creaking doors and other background noises are heard behind the songs.
Both albums contain brooding, eerie music. Many of the tracks are minimalist,<ref name=bbc /> filled with ambient noise and various other non-musical sound effects, juxtaposed or combined with instrumental music.<ref name=drowned /> Both album cover images display the work of photographer Michael Ackerman.
A third album was recorded in collaboration with the band Jackie-O Motherfucker but never released. In 2009, a composition from the band's first album was included on a compilation album released by 130701.<ref>"Floored Memory...Fading Location" Template:Webarchive. Drowned in Sound, Dom Gourlay March 9th, 2009</ref> In 2016, a previously unreleased track was issued on 130701's 15th-anniversary compilation Eleven Into Fifteen.
MembersEdit
DiscographyEdit
- Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)
- Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static (2003)
- Floored Memory….Fading Location (2009) includes "Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear"
- Eleven into Fifteen: a 130701 Compilation (2016) includes "Barn Levitate"