Glenn Branca
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Glenn Branca – The Spectacular Commodity
Biography
Harrisburg PA, United States (1948 – present)
Branca studied theater at Emerson College in Boston in the early 1970s. While there, he began experimenting with sound as the founder of an experimental theater group called Bastard Theater. He moved to New York in 1976. His first encounter with the NYC music scene was with the N.DoDo Band whom he observed many times at their rehearsal space- Phil Demise’s Gegenschein Vaudeville Placenter. This is where he first met jeffrey lohn who was playing electric violin with the N. Dodo Band. He then formed two bands in the late 1970s, first Theoretical Girls (in 1977 with composer/guitarist Jeffrey Lohn) and later The Static. He also performed in Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars in 1977, an experience that was very important in the development of his compositional voice (Branca 1979).
In the early 1980s, he composed several medium-length compositions for electric guitar ensembles, including The Ascension (1981) and Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses (1981). He soon thereafter began composing symphonies for orchestras of electric guitars and percussion, which blended droning industrial cacophony and microtonality with quasi-mysticism and advanced mathematics. Starting with Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (1983), he began to systematically compose for the harmonic series, which he considered to be the structure underlying not only all music but most human endeavors.
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The Ascension
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Lesson No. 1
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The Ascension: The Sequel
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Songs '77-'79
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sk_maniak
awesome
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lkuann
he's playing in poland next month
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Radioheadhead15
Incredible composer. Lesson No. 1, The Ascension, and the first two symphonies are definitely essentials.
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jorgefuzzo
yeah, he plays guitar
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FakePlasticDick
so he plays guitar while he plays guitar
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Un_Pudu
send links puhleez
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bloodmaw
uh, don't be shit talking Dissonance. that's my favorite track.
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bulletaurbulle
Heres the list of works I recommend: Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), Symphony No. 5 (Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere), The Ascension and Lesson No. 1 (The second composition is quite messed up, but the self titled track and Bad Smells are devastating! The latter is what made me look deeper into Glenn Branca's work)
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gui1995
send a Message pleaseee
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gui1995
anyone have links to the symphonies 1 and 2? please
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ModestFloyd
Funny enough, I just picked up symphony no. 1 a few hours ago. I also listened to symphony 2, which might be my favorite Branca thing yet.
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Inuzini
symphony no 1 (tonal plexus), symphony no 3 (gloria)
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ModestFloyd
I went and picked up Symphonies 8 and 10 the other day - fantastic as well. This is the kind of music I've been needing lately.
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ModestFloyd
So hey, alright, I need some help on where to go next with Glenn Branca. I've listened to Lesson No. 1 and The Ascension, and I prefer Lesson No. 1. I also listened to a bootleg of his symphony #13, which I liked, but wished there was a good recording of it. Any suggestions on which way to go next?
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jazzthieve
Sane96, you've listened to only five Glenn Branca songs, each only once, you're a sixteen year old kid and you have a pretty limited variety in your choice of music. So I would not come here and preach about "song stucture" (whatever that supposed to mean, perhaps you mean time signature, which would be 4/4 for most 'radio music' but for Glenn Branca that certainly is not the case). So please just shut up before you embarass yourself some more with your 'pseudo-knowledge' of music.
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Enokii
@Sane96 cool profile picture but you listen to Dream Theater so i'd suggest you don't have a say about Glenn
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droopybuttbeg
by the way, i miss the montage someone made of an indie british horror short (where has poor mickey gone -if someone knows how to get it, please pm me, i'll love u forever) with structure. and his work with harmonic series are parrfect
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James_Hartley
master troll trifecta: eno, branca @ byrne present: glee — the blood orgy days (now with added back masking)
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pademide
I think he was serious.
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Inuzini
he's sixteen, hopefully he'll grow out of his tool phase and come back when he's ready.
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