Mike Moya

Mike Moya
Background information
Genres	Experimental rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, piano, organ, tapes
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Kranky, Constellation
Associated acts	Godspeed You! Black Emperor Set Fire to Flames Molasses HṚṢṬA

Mike Moya is a Canadian rock musician, who is one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. He left the band in 1998 to concentrate on his other bands Molasses, Set Fire to Flames and HṚṢṬA., but rejoined the band during their reunion in 2010. He was part of the live band of labelmate Elizabeth Anka Vajagic.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Together with Efrim Menuck and Mauro Pezzente, Moya formed Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the early 1990s. He contributed guitar to the band's 1997 debut album F♯A♯∞ and their follow-up EP Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada, but left the group in 1998, before the EP was released. Additionally, his vocals can be heard in the opening moments of the song "Antennas to Heaven," from the group's 2000 release Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. Moya has been participating in the band's reunion.

Other projects

After leaving Godspeed, Moya performed with a variety of other ensembles, including Molasses and Set Fire to Flames. He currently fronts the group HṚṢṬA.

Discography

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling demo (1994)
• F♯ A♯ ∞ (1997, Constellation Records)
• aMAZEzine! 7" (1998, aMAZEzine!)
• Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada EP (1999, Constellation)
• 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012, Constellation)
• Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (2015, Constellation)

Molasses

• You'll Never Be Well No More (1999)
• Trilogie: Toil & Peaceful Life (2000)
• A Slow Messe (2003)
• Trouble at Jinx Hotel (2004)

Set Fire to Flames

• Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)
• Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static (2003)

Esmerine

• Aurora (2005)

HṚṢṬA

• L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable (Album, 2001)
• Stem Stem in Electro (Album, 2005)
• Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes (Album, 2007)

Angela Desveaux

• If I Ever Loved (2009)

External links

• HṚṢṬA homepage
• HṚṢṬA's page on Constellation Records website