Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to post-rock and its strong anti-capitalist stance. It is most famous for releasing the albums of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, and Do Make Say Think Constellation Records logo. ... This article needs cleanup. ... ... The concept of an independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of one of the major record labels, which are generally defined to be the handful of media corporations which have recently dominated the recorded music industry in the West. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Anti-capitalism is any and all opposition to capitalism. ... Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly known as Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is a post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... The cover of He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms. ... Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post rock band from Toronto, Ontario. ...

The label was founded in 1997, operating out of a loft in Montreal's inner city. Its founders had intended to begin by providing a live performance space for the musicians of Montreal's thriving underground music world, with the label to follow, but bureaucratic difficulties put an end to this plan, and the stage was skipped. Instead, the label and the live performance series—entitled Musique fragile—began concurrently. The label later moved to larger quarters in Montreal's Mile End district where it resides as of 2004. Mile End is also a neighborhood in Montreal. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Constellation is fiercely anti-corporate, anti-capitalist, and anti-globalist; its mission, according to its founders, was to "enact a mode of cultural production that critiques the worst tendencies of the music industry, artistic commodification, and perhaps in some tiny way, the world at large." It also hoped to recover and rebuild an independent music ethic that it saw as commodified and corporatized. To this end, Constellation tries to avoid selling its music through large corporate chains such as HMV and Virgin Records, preferring instead to deal directly with small and local businesses. Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ... His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ...

The packaging of Constellation's music also reflects this ethos; they eschew the ubiquitous jewel cases and ship their albums in unique hand-designed cardboard packages, which are made, as far as is possible, by local artists and artisans. The package of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album Yanqui U.X.O. was especially noteworthy, containing an extensive chart which demonstrated the links between four major record labels—AOL Time-Warner, BMG, Sony, Vivendi Universal—and various arms manufacturers. The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate. This chart accompanied a photograph of falling bombs. Contents // Categories: Stub ... Yanqui U.X.O. is an album released by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on Constellation Records in 2002. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. ... The arms industry is a massive global industry. ...

The music on the label is usually categorized as post-rock (a label which Constellation abhors, regarding it as an invention of "hipper-than-now taste-makers"). Artists include: The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...

• 1-Speed Bike
• A Silver Mt. Zion
• Black Ox Orkestar
• Do Make Say Think
• Elizabeth Anka Vajagic
• Exhaust
• Fly Pan Am
• Frankie Sparo
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Hangedup
• Hrsta
• Polmo Polpo
• Re:
• Sackville
• Sofa

Aidan Girt, aka 1-Speed Bike (also a drummer for Montreal-based Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Exhaust) has created his own world out of an eclectic mixture of electronic sounds. ... The cover of He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms. ... The cover of Ver Tanzt? Black Ox Orkestar is a quartet of musicians from Montreal, Canada that formed in 1999. ... Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post rock band from Toronto, Ontario. ... Nostalgia/Pain (CST035) cover Elizabeth Anka Vajagic is a singer and guitarist that was born in Montreal, Canada- She writes raw, uncompromising gothic folk/blues music with modern dissonances and timeless catharses and has been unleashing her devastating voice in chillingly controlled doses around town for a few years now. ... Exhaust is a bass, drum and tape trio from Montreal that started in the mid-90s. ... Fly Pan Am is a Montreal based instrumental group on Constellation Records. ... The cover of Welcome Crummy Mystics Frankie Sparo is a singer/songwriter from Victoria that releases his records on Constellation Records, an independent record label. ... Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly known as Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is a post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... Hangedup are a post rock group from Montreal Canada. ... The cover of Stem Stem In Electro Hrsta (pronounced hursh-tah) is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. ... The cover of Like Hearts Swelling Polmo Polpo is a solo project by musician Sandro Perri. ... Re: is a musical project of Aden Evens and Ian Ilavsky (also members of Sackville), who have been working together since 1996. ... Sackville is a Montreal-based project that plays what has been classified as country and pop, although their very original style resembles more folk, rock and avantguard. ... Sofa was a Montreal-based band that was active from 1993 to 1997. ...

Releases

• CST001/SIS001: Sofa, New Era Building 7", 1997
• CST002: Sofa, Grey, 1997
• CST003: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, f#a#∞ [1995-1997], 1997
• CST004: Exhaust, Exhaust, 1998 (CD: 2000)
• CST005: Do Make Say Think, Do Make Say Think, 1998
• CST006: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada E.P., 1999
• CST007: Sackville, The Principles of Science 10", 1999
• CST008: Fly Pan Am, Fly Pan Am, 1999
• CST009: A Silver Mt. Zion, He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms..., 2000
• CST010: Do Make Say Think, Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead, 2000
• CST011: Fly Pan Am, Sédatifs en fréquences et sillons, 2000
• CST012: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven, 2000
• CST013: Frankie Sparo, My Red Scare, 2000
• CST014: 1-Speed Bike, Droopy Butt Begone!, 2000
• CST015: re:, mnant, 2001
• CST016: Hangedup, Hangedup, 2001
• CST017: Frankie Sparo, Arena Hostile, 2001
• CST018: A Silver Mt. Zion (as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band), Born Into trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward, 2001
• CST019: Fly Pan Am, Ceux qui inventent n'ont jamais vécu (?), 2002
• CST020: Do Make Say Think, & yet & yet, 2002
• CST021: Exhaust, Enregistreur, 2002
• CST022: Hangedup, Kicker in Tow, 2002
• CST023: Frankie Sparo, Welcome Crummy Mystics, 2003
• CST024: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Yanqui U.X.O., 2002
• CST025: Do Make Say Think, winter hymn country hymn secret hymn, 2003
• CST026, Polmo Polpo, Like Hearts Swelling, 2003
• CST027: A Silver Mt. Zion (as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir), "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather +Sing, 2003
• CST028: Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Stand with the Stillness of this Day, 2004
• CST029: Black Ox Orkestar, Ver Tanzt?, 2004
• CST030, A Silver Mt. Zion (as Thee Silver Mountain Reveries), The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" E.P., 2004
• CST031, Fly Pan Am, N'Écoutez Pas, 2004
• CST032: re:, alms, 2004
• CST033: A Silver Mt. Zion (as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band); Horses in the Sky, 2004
• CST034: Hangedup, Clatter for Control, 2005
• CST035: Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Nostalgia/Pain EP, 2005
• CST036: Hrsta, Stem Stem in Electro, 2005
• CST1COMP: A Silver Mt. Zion, Frankie Sparo, Re:, Exhaust, Hangedup, Sofa, Fly Pan Am, 1-Speed Bike, Sackville, Do Make Say Think, Music Until Now, 2002
• CST2COMP: Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Do Make Say Think, Exhaust, Hangedup, Black Ox Orkestar, Sackville, Silver Mt Zion, Sofa, Polmo Polpo, Re:, Fly Pan Am, 1-Speed Bike, Frankie Sparo, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Song of the silent land, 2004

Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada is an EP released by Godspeed You Black Emperor! in 1999. ... Yanqui U.X.O. is an album released by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on Constellation Records in 2002. ...

See also

• List of record labels
• List of independent record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... This is a list of record labels that are independent from the Big four record labels and typically specialize in different forms of indie rock, punk rock, and styles of alternative rock, electronica and hip-hop. ...

External links

• Official site (http://www.cstrecords.com)
• Interview with Constellation's founder (http://www.deepfrybonanza.com/access_content.php?pa=showpage&pid=64)
• Chart from Yanqui U.X.O. packaging (http://www.cstrecords.com/html/uxo.html)