Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 1997-2002 widely recognised as redefining what protest music can be, where longform instrumental rock compositions of immense feeling and power serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistance. 

Godspeed's legendary live performances, featuring multiple 16mm projectors beaming a collage of overlapping analogue film loops and reels, along with the distinctive iconography, imagery and tactility of the band's album artwork, further defines the sui generis aesthetic substance, ethos and mythos of this group.