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| name = Jessica Moss
| name = Jessica Moss
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| image = Vic Chesnutt, a.jpg
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| caption = Moss backing [[Vic Chesnutt]] in 2008
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| alt = Chesnutt singing in front of Moss
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| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| birth_place =[[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Canada]]
| birth_date =
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| genre = [[Post-rock]]
| genre = [[Post-rock]]
| occupation = [[Musician]]
| occupation = [[Musician]]
| years_active = 1995 &ndash; present
| years_active = 1995–present
| label = [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation]]
| label = [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation]]
| associated_acts = [[Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band]]<br />[[Black Ox Orkestar]]<br />[[Geraldine Fibbers]]
| associated_acts = [[Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band]]<br />[[Black Ox Orkestar]]<br />[[Geraldine Fibbers]]
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'''Jessica Moss''' is best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[post-rock]] band [[Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band]] since 2001, and is a founding member of [[Black Ox Orkestar]].
'''Jessica Moss''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] musician best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the [[post-rock]] band [[Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band]] since 2001. She is a founding member of [[Black Ox Orkestar]].


In addition, Moss has also been a guest player on many albums produced in [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]], including albums by [[Frankie Sparo]], [[Arcade Fire]], and [[Broken Social Scene]].
In addition, Moss has also been a guest player on many albums produced in [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]], including albums by [[Frankie Sparo]], [[Arcade Fire]], and [[Broken Social Scene]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Moss' earliest known project was playing in Nerdy Girl with [[Cecil Castelucci]]. She then played violin in the Montreal alt-rock band Fidget, which she joined in 1995 and left in 1997.<ref name="fidget">{{Cite web|url=http://radio3.cbc.ca/nmc/artist.aspx?name=FIDGET&readmore=true|title=Fidget|accessdate=2007-03-29|publisher=CBC Radio 3|author=CBC Radio 3}}</ref> She plays regularly in local Arabic and Balkan music ensembles. In addition, she has toured with the [[Geraldine Fibbers]], and was production coordinator for the Montreal film collective [[Automatic Vaudeville Studios|Automatic Vaudeville]], to which she also contributed music and acting to numerous productions.
Moss' earliest known project was playing in Nerdy Girl with [[Cecil Castelucci]]. She then played violin in the Montreal alt-rock band Fidget, which she joined in 1995 and left in 1997.<ref name="fidget">{{Cite web|url=http://radio3.cbc.ca/nmc/artist.aspx?name=FIDGET&readmore=true|title=Fidget|accessdate=2007-03-29|publisher=[[CBC Radio 3]]|author=CBC Radio 3|author-link=CBC Radio 3}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She plays regularly in local Arabic and Balkan music ensembles. In addition, she has toured with the [[Geraldine Fibbers]], and was production coordinator for the Montreal film collective [[Automatic Vaudeville Studios|Automatic Vaudeville]], to which she also contributed music and acting to numerous productions.


She began playing the violin when she was five. She is also known to create [[lightbox|illuminated boxes]], metal flowers and figurines, wristbands, and soundtracks for film.<ref name="biography1">{{Cite web|url=http://cstrecords.com/bands_blackox.html|title=Black Ox Orkestar bio|accessdate=2007-03-29|publisher=Constellation Records|author=Constellation Records|work=Bands Index}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
She began playing the violin when she was five. She is also known to create [[lightbox|illuminated boxes]], metal flowers and figurines, wristbands, and soundtracks for film.<ref name="biography1">{{Cite web|url=http://cstrecords.com/blackoxorkestar/|title=Black Ox Orkestar bio|accessdate=2013-01-23|publisher=Constellation Records|author=Constellation Records|archive-date=2013-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120201748/http://cstrecords.com/blackoxorkestar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Moss is part owner of Local 23, a vintage clothing and curiosities shop in the [[Mile End (Montreal)|Mile End]] district.
Moss is part owner of Local 23, a vintage clothing and curiosities shop in the [[Mile End (Montreal)|Mile End]] district.


On August 5, 2009, Moss gave birth to her and Silver Mt. Zion bandmate [[Efrim Menuck]]'s baby boy, Ezra Steamtrain Moss Menuck.<ref>http://www.tra-la-la-band.com/178/</ref>
On August 5, 2009, Moss gave birth to her and Silver Mt. Zion bandmate [[Efrim Menuck]]'s baby, Ezra Steamtrain Moss Menuck.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tra-la-la-band.com/178/ |title=…heralding the birth of mr. EZRA STEAMTRAIN MOSS MENUCK+++ &#124; "Torch'd Circular!" |access-date=2009-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231024218/http://www.tra-la-la-band.com/178/ |archive-date=2009-12-31 }}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==

===As Jessica Moss===
*''Under Plastic Island'' (2015)
*''Pools of Light'' (2017)
*''Entanglement'' (2018)
*''Phosphenes'' (2021)
*''Galaxy Heart'' (2022)

===With Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band===
===With Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band===
*''[[Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward]]'' (2001)
*''[[Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward]]'' (2001)
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*''[[13 Blues for Thirteen Moons]]'' (2008)
*''[[13 Blues for Thirteen Moons]]'' (2008)
*''[[Kollaps Tradixionales]]'' (2010)
*''[[Kollaps Tradixionales]]'' (2010)
*''The West Will Rise Again'' (EP, 2012)
*''[[Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything]]'' (2014)
*''[[Hang On to Each Other|Hang On To Each Other]]'' (EP, 2014)


===With Black Ox Orkestar===
===With Black Ox Orkestar===
*''[[Ver Tanzt?]]'' (2004)
*''[[Ver Tanzt?]]'' (2004)
*''[[Nisht Azoy]]'' (2006)
*''[[Nisht Azoy]]'' (2006)
*''Everything Returns'' (2022)


===With Others===
===With Others===
*[[Sackville (band)|Sackville]] - ''[[The Principles of Science]]'' (1999): vocals on track 2
*Radio One – ''...Transit Radio, Observed'' (1995): violin on track 3
*[[Frankie Sparo]] - ''[[My Red Scare]]'' (2000)
*Paper Angee – ''Observing Miss Spent'' (1996)
*[[Broken Social Scene]] - ''[[Feel Good Lost]]'' (2001): tracks 1 and 9
*[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] – ''[[F♯ A♯ ∞]]'' (1997)
*[[Broken Social Scene]] - ''[[You Forgot It In People]]'' (2002): tracks 2, 7, and 13
*[[Sackville (band)|Sackville]] – ''The Principles of Science'' (1999): vocals on track 2
*[[K.C. Accidental]] - ''[[Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills]]'' (2001)
*[[Frankie Sparo]] – ''My Red Scare'' (2000)
*Hannah Marcus - ''Desert Farmers'' (2004): horns on track 8, violin on tracks 4, 6, 7, and 9
*[[Broken Social Scene]] – ''[[Feel Good Lost]]'' (2001): tracks 1 and 9
*[[Arcade Fire]] - ''[[Funeral (album)|Funeral]]'' (2004): track 7
*[[Frankie Sparo]] – ''Arena Hostile'' (2001)
*[[K.C. Accidental]] – ''[[Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills]]'' (2001)
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*Reminder - ''Continuum'' (2006)
*[[Broken Social Scene]] – ''[[You Forgot It In People]]'' (2002): tracks 2, 7, and 13
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*Eric Chenaux - ''Dull Lights'' (2006)
*[[Frankie Sparo]] – ''Welcome Crummy Mystics'' (2003)
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*[[Carla Bozulich]] - ''Evangelista'' (2006): tracks 1, 3, 6, and 7
*Hannah Marcus – ''Desert Farmers'' (2004): horns on track 8, violin on tracks 4, 6, 7, and 9
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*[[Vic Chesnutt]] -[[North Star Deserter]] (2007)
*[[Vic Chesnutt]] - [[At the Cut]] (2009)
*[[Arcade Fire]] – ''[[Funeral (Arcade Fire album)|Funeral]]'' (2004): track 7
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*Reminder – ''Continuum'' (2006)
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*Eric Chenaux – ''Dull Lights'' (2006)
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*[[Carla Bozulich]] – ''Evangelista'' (2006): tracks 1, 3, 6, and 7
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*[[Vic Chesnutt]] – [[North Star Deserter]] (2007)
*[[Tiago Bettencourt]] & Mantha – ''O Jardim'' (2007)
*[[Because of Ghosts|Because Of Ghosts]] – ''This Culture Of Background Noise'' (2008)
*[[Carla Bozulich|Evangelista]] – ''Hello, Voyager'' (2008)
*[[Grant Hart]] – [[Hot Wax (album)|''Hot Wax'']] (2009): violin on track 2
*[[The Wooden Sky]] – ''[[If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone]]'' (2009): violin on tracks 4 and 8
*[[Vitamin String Quartet]] – Per_Versions (2009): arrangement on track 2
*Elfin Saddle – ''Ringing For The Begin Again'' (2009)
*[[Vic Chesnutt]] – ''[[At the Cut]]'' (2009)
*[[Basia Bulat]] – ''[[Heart of My Own|Heart Of My Own]]'' (2010)
*[[Efrim Menuck|Efrim Manuel Menuck]] – ''[[Plays "High Gospel"]]'' (2011)
*[[Carla Bozulich|Evangelista]] – ''In Animal Tongue'' (2011)
*[[Shalabi Effect|Anthony von Seck]] – ''My Best Friend in Exile'' (2011)
*Rebecca Gates And The Consortium – ''The Float'' (2012)
*Jung People – ''Gold Bristle!'' (2013): violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, and 6
*[[Katie Moore (singer-songwriter)|Katie Moore]] – ''Fooled By The Fun'' (2015)
*BIG|BRAVE – ''Au De La'' (2015)
*[[Plants and Animals|Plants And Animals]] – [[Waltzed in from the Rumbling|''Waltzed In From The Rumbling'']] (2016)
*[[Blue Hawaii (band)|Blue Hawaii]] – [[Tenderness (Blue Hawaii album)|Tenderness]] (2017)
*[[Zu (band)|Zu]] – ''Jhator'' (2017)
*BIG|BRAVE – ''Ardor'' (2017)
*[[Sarah Davachi]] – ''All My Circles Run'' (2017)
*[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] – ''[[Luciferian Towers]]'' (2017): photo
*Technical Kidman – ''Bend Everything'' (2017): violin on track 8
*[[Sarah Davachi]] – ''Gave In Rest'' (2018)
*Hipelaye – ''Unfinished Business'' (2018): violin on track 6
*Oiseaux-Tempête – ''From Somewhere Invisible'' (2019)
*[[Matana Roberts]] – ''[[Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis]]'' (2019)
*[[Daniel O'Sullivan (musician)|Daniel O'Sullivan]] – ''Folly'' (2019)
*[[Roy Montgomery]] – ''Last Year's Man / After Vermeer'' (EP, 2019): violin on track 2
*Oiseaux-Tempête – ''What On Earth (Que Diable)'' (2022)


==References==
==References==


{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cstrecords.com Constellation Records Official Homepage]
* [http://www.cstrecords.com Constellation Records Official Homepage]
* [http://www.tra-la-la-band.com A Silver Mt. Zion Official Homepage]


{{A Silver Mt. Zion}}
{{Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra}}
{{Black Ox Orkestar}}

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Latest revision as of 06:14, 9 October 2024

Jessica Moss
Chesnutt singing in front of Moss
Moss backing Vic Chesnutt in 2008
Background information
BornCanada
GenresPost-rock
OccupationMusician
Years active1995–present
LabelsConstellation

Jessica Moss is a Canadian musician best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the post-rock band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band since 2001. She is a founding member of Black Ox Orkestar.

In addition, Moss has also been a guest player on many albums produced in Montreal and Toronto, including albums by Frankie Sparo, Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene.

Biography

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Moss' earliest known project was playing in Nerdy Girl with Cecil Castelucci. She then played violin in the Montreal alt-rock band Fidget, which she joined in 1995 and left in 1997.[1] She plays regularly in local Arabic and Balkan music ensembles. In addition, she has toured with the Geraldine Fibbers, and was production coordinator for the Montreal film collective Automatic Vaudeville, to which she also contributed music and acting to numerous productions.

She began playing the violin when she was five. She is also known to create illuminated boxes, metal flowers and figurines, wristbands, and soundtracks for film.[2]

Moss is part owner of Local 23, a vintage clothing and curiosities shop in the Mile End district.

On August 5, 2009, Moss gave birth to her and Silver Mt. Zion bandmate Efrim Menuck's baby, Ezra Steamtrain Moss Menuck.[3]

Discography

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As Jessica Moss

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  • Under Plastic Island (2015)
  • Pools of Light (2017)
  • Entanglement (2018)
  • Phosphenes (2021)
  • Galaxy Heart (2022)

With Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

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With Black Ox Orkestar

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With Others

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References

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  1. ^ CBC Radio 3. "Fidget". CBC Radio 3. Retrieved 2007-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Constellation Records. "Black Ox Orkestar bio". Constellation Records. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  3. ^ "…heralding the birth of mr. EZRA STEAMTRAIN MOSS MENUCK+++ | "Torch'd Circular!"". Archived from the original on 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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