A Silver Mt. Zion

A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding [a280442] guitarist [a343914], together with other Godspeed members [a284427] and [a359596]. 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 [a367473], [a439157] and [a284430], and the band re-named as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. [a477462] joined the band for [m=8331], and now there were seven. In 2010, the band was reduced to a quintet : Efrim, Thierry, Jessica, Sophie and new member [a1090816].