crossing-paths

Side projects, related artists, and scene links around the Godspeed / Constellation / Montreal orbit.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Efrim Menuck, Sophie Trudeau, Thierry Amar and others

The most visible GY!BE-adjacent project: more vocal, more openly wounded, and still built from communal crescendos.

Set Fire to Flames

GY!BE and Montreal collective members

A loose, haunted recording project built from room tone, fragments, and collective improvisation.

Esmerine

Bruce Cawdron and Rebecca Foon

A chamber-oriented project connected to the same Montreal experimental network.

Black Ox Orkestar

Thierry Amar

A project drawing from Yiddish, folk, and chamber traditions within the Constellation orbit.

Hrsta

Mike Moya

Mike Moya's project, moving through experimental rock, drone, and intimate song forms.

Fly Pan Am

Roger Tellier-Craig

An experimental rock group with a sharper, more fragmented rhythmic vocabulary.

Hangedup

Constellation / Montreal experimental network

A viola-and-percussion duo tied to Constellation's heavier chamber-experimental side.

1-Speed Bike

Aidan Girt

Aidan Girt's electronic and percussion-driven solo project.

Sackville

Thierry Amar / Montreal scene

A Montreal folk-rock node from the same 1990s independent music map.

Lhasa de Sela

Montreal scene

A Montreal-based songwriter whose work crossed the same independent music map.

Triple Burner

Eric Craven and Harris Newman

A small acoustic project where folk instrumentation meets minimalist and experimental guitar language.

Saltland

Rebecca Foon / Silver Mt. Zion and Esmerine network

Rebecca Foon's solo project, built from cello, voice, electronics, and ecological grief.

Hiss Tracts

David Bryant

A soundscape-oriented project linked to David Bryant's post-GY!BE work.

Exhaust

Aidan Girt

A raw experimental trio connected through Aidan Girt and the Montreal underground.

Vic Chesnutt

Constellation collaboration context

A songwriter whose late recordings brought Silver Mt. Zion and GY!BE-adjacent musicians into his orbit.

Jerusalem In My Heart

Karl Lemieux / Constellation and Montreal audiovisual network

A multisensory project from the wider Constellation orbit, led by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh.

Clues

Constellation / Montreal indie network

A short-lived Montreal indie-rock group from the wider Constellation map.