Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal.

It was formed in 1999 by multi-instrumentalist Richard Parry and violinist Sarah Neufeld.

They were joined in Bell Orchestre by Michael Feuerstack (steel guitar), Stefan Schneider (drums/percussion), Pietro Amato (French horn/electronics), and Kaveh Nabatian (trumpet/melodica).

Arcade Fire's popularity quickly grew, they went on tour, and the Bell Orchestre album release was put on hold.

On the same day they announced that they had signed to the British indie record label Erased Tapes.