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Glenn Branca

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Profile:Avant garde composer/musician Branca emerged from New York's no-wave movement of the 70s. Although several contemporaries experimented with punk and deconstructed jazz, this artist advanced symphonies for guitar, wherein specially developed instruments ("mallet guitars") employed a radical tuning system to accentuate the intervals between "true" notes on a scale. Lesson No.1, issued on the pivotal 99 label, featured repetitive motifs, redolent of Philip Glass, but played with both dissonance and volume. The Ascension followed an equally challenging perspective, but furious bass and drum patterns tightened its rhythms. A collaborative album with poet John Giorno, Who Are You Staring At?, ensued, on which Branca's contribution, "Bad Smells", features music for a dance piece choreographed by Twyla Tharp. Branca was also commissioned to compose the score for Peter Greenaway's film The Belly Of An Architect (1986). However, he and the director quarrelled, and only seven minutes remain in the final soundtrack. During the 80s Branca established the Neutral label, which served as an early outlet for Sonic Youth. This innovative group was formed following the recording of Symphony No. 1, on which two future members, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, participated. This association has continued on further recordings, helping to attract other adventurous rock musicians to the Branca fold. Swans bass player Algis Kizys was one of 10 guitarists guesting on Symphony No. 6, on which booming riffs were punctuated by mesmerizing keyboard fills. The World Turned Upside Down - A Ballet For Orchestra In 7 Movements featured the New York Chamber Sinfonia, exposing a poignant beauty in Branca's compositional technique. Symphony No. 10 For Massed Guitars, which received its world premiere in Britain in February 1994, restated the composer's infatuation with loud music.
URLs:http://www.glennbranca.com
In Groups:Static, The, Theoretical Girls
Name Variations: All | Glenn Branca | Branca
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Releases:
Lesson No. 1 (12") 99 Records (US) 1980
The Ascension (LP, Album) 99 Records (US) 1981
Who You Staring At ? (LP) Giorno Poetry Systems 1982
Symphony No.3 (LP) Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1983
Symphony No.3 (Gloria) - Music For The First 127 Intervals Of The Harmonic Series (LP, Album) Neutral (NYC) 1983
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (CD, Album, RM) ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1988
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (LP) Blast First 1989
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (CD) Torso 1989
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (LP) Restless Records 1989
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (LP, Album) Torso 1989
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (CD, Album, RP) Danceteria 1991
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (Vinyl, Album, RP) Danceteria 1991
Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred) (CD) Atavistic 1992
The World Upside Down (CD, Album) Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1992
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (CD) Atavistic 1993
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (CD, Album) Atavistic 1994
Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) (CD, Album) Atavistic 1994
Symphony No.5 (Describing Planes Of An Expanding Hypersphere) (CD) Atavistic 1995
Lesson No. 1 (CD, MiniAlbum, RE) New Tone Records 1996
Songs '77-'79 (CD) Atavistic 1996
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (CD, Album) Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1996
Selections From The Symphonies (For Electric Guitars) (CD) Atavistic 1997
Branca Ensemble Live At The Kitchen (DVD) Atavistic 2003
The Ascension (CD, Album, RM, Enh) Acute Records 2003
Lesson No. 1 (CD, RM, Enh) Acute Records 2004
Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses (CD, Album) Atavistic 2006
Production:
Y Pants (7") 99 Records (US) 1980
Y Pants (CD, Album) Periodic Document 1998
Co-production:
Native Dance (12") Neutral (NYC) 1982
Mix:
Heads & Tales (CD) Avant 1996
Appears On:
Theoretical Record (7", Single) Theoretical Records 1979
Just Another Asshole (LP) Just Another Asshole 1981
Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake (Cass) Excerpt from Symphony ... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1983
The Belly Of An Architect (LP) Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1987
The Belly Of An Architect (LP) Factory 1988
Just Another Asshole #5 (CD) Atavistic 1995
Theoretical Record (7", Sin) My Relationship, Don't... Atavistic 1995
The Mothman Prophecies - Music From The Motion Picture (2xCD) Lakeshore Records 2002
New York Noise (CD, Sli) Lesson No.1 (For Elect... Soul Jazz Records 2003
Tracks Appear On:
Just Another Asshole (LP) Faspeedelaybop Just Another Asshole 1981
Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake (Cass) Excerpt from Symphony ... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1983
The Belly Of An Architect (CD) Augustus, Andrea Doria... Normal, Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1987
The Belly Of An Architect (LP) Augustus, Andrea Doria... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1987
The Belly Of An Architect (LP) Augustus, Andrea Doria... Factory 1988
Devil's Jukebox (10x7" + Box, Ltd) Third Movement Blast First 1989
Cash Cow : The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993. (CD) Bad Smells Giorno Poetry Systems, East Side Digital 1993
Just Another Asshole #5 (CD) Faspeedelaybop Atavistic 1995
Out Of Their Mouths (2xCD) 2nd Movement Atavistic 1996
Open Ends: Musical Exploration In New York - 1960 To 2000 (CD) Don't Let Me Stop You Museum Music 2000
The Mothman Prophecies - Music From The Motion Picture (2xCD) Collage Lakeshore Records 2002
New York Noise (2xLP) Lesson No. 1 Soul Jazz Records 2003
New York Noise (CD, Sli) Lesson No.1 (For Elect... Soul Jazz Records 2003
New York Noise Vol. 2 (2xLP) My Relationship Soul Jazz Records 2005
Festival Voor Nieuwe Muziek > Happy New Ears 2006 (CD, Dig) Symphony #8, First Mov... Gonzo Circus 2006

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