David Bryant (musician)

David Bryant
David Bryant playing guitar for Godspeed You Black Emperor! in 2000
Background information
Genres	Post-rock, drone music, film scores
Occupation(s)	Musician, recording engineer, film maker
Instruments	Guitar, tape loops
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Constellation, Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records
Associated acts	Godspeed You! Black Emperor Set Fire to Flames Hiss Tracts

David Bryant is a Canadian musician, recording engineer, and film maker best known for being a member of Montreal-based bands Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set Fire to Flames, and Hiss Tracts. In 2015 he co-directed the film Quiet Zone and has written music for other films.

David Bryant joined Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 1997 as a third guitarist, later also doing recording, mixing, and photography for the band.

In 2001 David Bryant set up the experimental music project Set Fire to Flames combining post-rock with background noise and various other non-musical sound effects, creating a brooding, eerie, and minimalist sound.

During the 2003–2010 Godspeed hiatus Bryant met Kevin Doria, of the bands Growing and Total Life, forming the band Hiss Tracts – named after a Set Fire to Flames song – in 2008. Bryant was also the recording engineer for the three Growing albums released between 2006 and 2008.

In 2015, together with bandmate Karl Lemieux, Bryant directed the experimental documentary short film Quiet Zone. Together with Kevin Doria and Thierry Amar he has also written the score for Lemieux's 2016 feature film Shambles.