Mike Moya
{{short description|Canadian rock musician}}
{{BLP sources |date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mike Moya
| image = File:Mike Moya at 013 Tilburg 2016.jpg
| caption = Mike Moya (2016)
| instrument = Guitar, vocals, piano, organ, tapes
| genre = Experimental rock
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = Kranky, Constellation
| associated_acts = Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Set Fire to Flames
Molasses
HṚṢṬA
| website =
| background = solo_singer
}}
Mike Moya (born December 1, 1969) is a Canadian rock musician, who is one of the founding members{{Cite web|url=http://www.cstrecords.com/bands_godspeedyou.html |title=Godspeed You! Black Emperor biography |accessdate=2006-12-23 |publisher=Constellation Records |year=2006 |author=Constellation Records |work=Bands Index |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216003746/http://www.cstrecords.com/bands_godspeedyou.html |archivedate=December 16, 2006 }} of post-rock band 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. He lives between Berlin and Montreal with his partner Maria Hinze and their family.
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 GY!BE, 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)
- Luciferian Towers (2017, Constellation)
- G_d's Pee at State's End! (2021, 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=
=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
- [http://www.hrsta.org/ HṚṢṬA homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930152512/http://www.cstrecords.com/bands_hrsta.html HṚṢṬA's page] on Constellation Records website
References
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Category:Canadian rock guitarists
Category:Canadian male guitarists
Category:Musicians from Montreal
Category:Godspeed You! Black Emperor members
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