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Encyclopedia > Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think
Background information
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s) Post-rock
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Constellation
Associated
acts
Lullabye Arkestra
Microgroove
Website domakesaythink.com

Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums and space style electronic effects, distorted guitars and wind instruments as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar. Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to post-rock and its strong anti-capitalist stance. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ... 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. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... Bass drum made from wood rope and cowskin A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion group, technically classified as a membranophone. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ...

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Biography

The band formed in 1995 as a recording project for a Canadian youth dramatic production. They rehearsed for the production in an empty elementary school room. The four simple verbs 'Do', 'Make', 'Say' and 'Think' were painted on walls of the room, and the band adopted them as their name. In 1996, the band progressed as they practiced in the rehearsal room in the basement of the University of Toronto radio station CIUT. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... CIUT is a community radio station which is wholly-owned and operated by the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


The song "Chinatown" from 2002's & Yet & Yet is featured in the movie Syriana starring George Clooney, as well as The Corporation. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... & Yet & Yet was the third album by Do Make Say Think and was released in March 2002 by Constellation Records. ... This article is about the film. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award- and two-time Golden Globe winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star... The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film and book critical of the modern-day corporation and its behavior towards society. ...


The band has recorded a fifth full-length album, entitled You, You're a History in Rust, which was released on Constellation Records on February 12, 2007 in Europe and February 26 in the rest of the world. The band is touring North America and Europe to promote the release of the album. You, Youre a History in Rust is the upcoming studio album by Do Make Say Think. ... Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to post-rock and its strong anti-capitalist stance. ...


Members

Current members

Ohad Benchetrit is a Canadian musician. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... David Mitchell is the name of: David Mitchell (author) (born 1969), author of Ghostwritten, number9dream and Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (actor) (born 23 July 1974), star of UK television show Peep Show and BBC Radio 4s That Mitchell and Webb Sound David Mitchell (admiral) (c1642-1710), British admiral of... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... Justin Small is a Canadian musician, and a founding member of Do Make Say Think. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Charles Spearin is a Canadian musician. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium and tuba. ... Julie Penner (born 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian violinist who has played with The FemBots, Broken Social Scene, and The Weakerthans. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium and tuba. ...

Previous members

  • Jason Mackenzie – keyboards, effects (departed after the first album)

Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

Side projects

Justin Small is also involved in a side project called Lullabye Arkestra as a drummer with his partner and bassist Katia Taylor. They have been produced by Benchetrit who, along with Spearin, records and tours with the Toronto super-group Broken Social Scene. Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock supergroup formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. ...


Do Make Say Think are routinely joined on stage by Brian Cram who, along with James Payment, also performs in the metal band Gesundheit.


Spearin, Mitchell, and Benchetrit recorded an album together in 1997 under the moniker Microgroove, which put out a limited number of presses of their synthesizer and acoustic drum and bass beat working of jazz forms.


Benchetrit was also involved in a side project called Sphyr, who released one album, A Poem for M, in 2003.


Discography

All of them released on the Montreal record label Constellation Records except Besides, which was released on Resonant Records on vinyl only. Do Make Say Think is Do Make Say Thinks self-titled debut album that was released by the band in late 1997. ... Besides is an EP by Do Make Say Think. ... Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead is Do Make Say Thinks second full album. ... & Yet & Yet was the third album by Do Make Say Think and was released in March 2002 by Constellation Records. ... Winter Hymn, Country Hymn, Secret Hymn (the fourth album by Canadian post-rock group Do Make Say Think) is a work of sheer beauty. ... You, Youre a History in Rust is the upcoming studio album by Do Make Say Think. ... Nickname: City of Mary (Ville-Marie) Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2] [3]  - City 365. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to post-rock and its strong anti-capitalist stance. ...


External links

  • Official Do Make Say Think website
  • Constellation Records' Do Make Say Think website
  • Southern Records' Do Make Say Think website
  • Do Make Say Think collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
  • "Coming Out Party: Do Make Say Think Move Beyond Post-Rock" CBC Radio 3 Live Concert Session; text by Nicolas Bragg, photography by Verena Eickhoff

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In the five years since the release of their self-titled debut, Toronto-based Do Make Say Think have become one of the most notable acts on the Constellation label.
That's usually what we do: we keep going back to the same song and laying track after track after track of different ideas and then the mixing process is what actually makes it into the song.
I'd like to be able to say you can't really define us and we're just doing our thing, but the truth of the matter is we don't want to write a post-rock this and we don't want to write a free-jazz that.
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The Do Make Say Think debut album sold well for an indy release, and the response was strong enough to grab the attention from some of the cinematic lords of darkness, godspeedyouflemperor!.
It was at this point where the Do Makes made a quantum leap in their growth as a band that the rays of promise were strong enough to illuminate an entire album.
Do Make Say Think has overcome a great hurdle, to build a strong interdependent relationship as friends and musicians and are able to continue to grow as a unit.
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