F# A# ∞
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Type: Album
- Released: August 14, 1997
- Label: Constellation, Kranky
- Country: Canada
- Length: 38:25
- Community rating: 4.48/5 from 52 ratings
Artists on this release: Thierry Amar, Norsola Johnson, Thea Pratt, Aidan Girt, Christophe Comte, Mauro Pezzente, David Bryant, Efrim Menuck, Mike Moya, Peter Harry Hill, Bruce Cawdron
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's debut 'F# A# ∞' is a landmark of post-rock, defined by long, instrumental compositions that build from quiet, melodic passages into intense crescendos. The album's apocalyptic and cinematic atmosphere is crafted through the use of field recordings, string arrangements, and spoken-word passages depicting societal decay. Initially distributed as a limited, hand-packaged LP with ephemera like a crushed penny, it developed a cult following before an expanded CD version brought its bleak, desolate soundscapes to a wider audience.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, long-form, sprawling, dystopian, experimental, ambient, orchestral, conceptual
Tracklist
Credits
- Aidan Girt - drums
- Bruce Cawdron - percussion
- Christophe Comte - violin
- David Bryant - guitar
- Efrim Menuck - electric guitar
- Peter Harry Hill - bag pipes
- Mauro Pezzente - bass guitar
- Mike Moya - guitar, banjo
- Norsola Johnson - cello
- Thea Pratt - french horn
- Thierry Amar - bass guitar
- Amanda - guest musician
- Colin - guest musician
- D. - guest musician
- Dan O. - guest musician
- Jesse - guest musician
- Peter - guest musician
- Shnaeberg - guest musician
- Steph - guest musician
- Sylvain - guest musician
- Ian Ilavsky - production, mixing
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - production, mixing
- Arthur John Tinholt - locomotive etching
- Don Wilkie - production, mixing