Aidan Girt Explained

Aidan Girt is a Canadian drummer for the Montreal-based post-rock collectives Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Exhaust. He is also a solo electronic artist under the names OSB, 1-Speed Bike, and Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike and continues to record (with others) in Some Became Hollow Tubes.^[1]

Career

In 1994, Girt co-founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor.^{[2] [3]} Girt, along with Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky, formed the group Exhaust; they performed in Montreal for a short time and released a single in 1996. In 1998, the three released a self-titled album and, in 2001, a studio album, Enregistreur.^{[4] [5]}

Girt played drums as a guest musician on the debut album of A Silver Mt. Zion in 2000.

As 1-Speed Bike, Girt released a number of solo albums and EPs, including El Gallito in 2004^[6]

In 2019 Girt began releasing music as a duo with guitarist Eric Quach under the name Some Became Hollow Tubes.

Discography

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

• F♯A♯∞ (Constellation Records, 1997)
• Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (Constellation Records, 1999)
• Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Constellation Records, 2000)
• Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation Records, 2002)
• 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation Records, 2012)
• Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellation Records, 2015)
• Luciferian Towers (Constellation Records, 2017)
• G_d's Pee at State's End! (Constellation Records, 2021)
• No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation Records, 2024)

Exhaust

• 230596 7" cassette (self-released, 1996)
• Exhaust (Constellation Records, 1998)
• Enregistreur (Constellation Records, 2002)
• Grenadilla Splinters (self-released, 2011)

A Silver Mt. Zion

• He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... (Constellation Records, 2000)

1-Speed Bike

• Droopy Butt Begone! (Constellation Records, 2000)
• I'm a Pretzel on a Stealth Mission to Kill the President (Broklyn Beats, 2002)
• Limp Penis (self-released, 2003)
• El Gallito (Broklyn Beats, 2004)
• Klootzak Keizer (Broklyn Beats, 2005)
• Someone Told Me Life Gets Easier in Your 50s (Broklyn Beats, 2005)
• A Swimmer in the Ocean Is Not Afraid of the Rain (Bully Records, 2006)
• Pashto Translator Needed (self-released, 2010)
• This Country is Torture (Bad Panda Records, 2011)
• Robbery (self-released, 2013)

Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike

• Untitled 12" (Toolbox, 2002)
• Looks Like Velvet, Smells Like Pee (Broklyn Beats, 2002)

Some Became Hollow Tubes

• In 1988 I Thought This Shit Would Never Change (self-released, 2019)
• Keep it in the Ground (Gizeh Records, 2019)

External links

• 1-Speed Bike on MySpace
• 1-Speed Bike on Bandcamp
• 1-Speed Bike on Constellation Records
• Some Became Hollow Tubes on Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music - Some Became Hollow Tubes . somebecamehollowtubes.bandcamp.com . Some Became Hollow Tubes . 2021-10-18.
2. Colin Larkin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press; 27 May 2011. . p. 1439.
3. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/1-speed_bike-el_gallito "1-Speed Bike El Gallito"
4. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/exhaust-mn0000159307/biography "Exhaust"
5. https://www.popmatters.com/188257-last-ex-last-ex-2495583848.html "Last Ex: Last Ex"
6. The Wire. Vol. Issues 257-262. C. Parker; 2005. p. 65.