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A Silver Mt. Zion

A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding guitarist , together with other Godspeed members and . 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 , and , and the band re-named as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. 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 .