Glenn Branca

jackhammer · 12-10-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 4ZZZ

Thanks. I am listening for the first time as I type. I see that this was released in 1981. If I had heard it then I would have considered it like nothing that I had heard before. It is easy to see how Sonic Youth, for example, where influenced by this style of experimental and guitar. I always find my self harking back to the minimalist movement with this style of music. Though appealing to rock fans there is something that leads to it being composition in structure as opposed to just a written song if that makes sense.

Rhys Chatham is a name I am not familiar with but will be exploring.

I only have A Crimson Grail: For 400 Electric Guitars by Rhys Chatham which came out last year but it is an astonishing piece of work. Anybody who plays guitar should listen to it at least once.

TomHughesUK · 06-17-2010, 11:03 AM

I managed to get hold of a limited edition, white vinyl copy of Glenn Branca's 1981 album "Ascension"... now I just need a record player!

clutnuckle · 06-17-2010, 12:06 PM

Ascension is pretty great. The composition is air-tight.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I only have A Crimson Grail: For 400 Electric Guitars by Rhys Chatham which came out last year but it is an astonishing piece of work. Anybody who plays guitar should listen to it at least once.

This sounds cool. Going to look into it.

clutnuckle · 09-19-2010, 09:45 PM

I've been expanding my knowledge of this guy's work and it just seems to get more and more intriguing. Albeit nothing has toppled The Ascension for me, but nothing has sounded atypical yet. Then again, I've just been streaming and haven't heard full albums, but I'm getting on that soon enough. With Sonic Youth as one of my towering bands, it's only natural that I'd gravitate towards this guy someday.

Also, I must back up the recommendation of A Crimson Grail; I did check it out and its massive droning proportions can only be understood at threateningly high decibels through quality speakers. I may have lost 30% of my natural hearing from it, but I don't care! For those who'd like a more compositionally up-front Stars of the Lid with more focus on the guitar than SOTL ever did, I'd recommend it.

TockTockTock · 04-30-2011, 10:28 AM

I thought this was a bit interesting. It's John Cage talking about Branca's music.

06-17-2010, 11:03 AM	#22 (permalink)
TomHughesUK Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 12	Glenn Branca I managed to get hold of a limited edition, white vinyl copy of Glenn Branca's 1981 album "Ascension"... now I just need a record player!

09-19-2010, 09:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	I've been expanding my knowledge of this guy's work and it just seems to get more and more intriguing. Albeit nothing has toppled The Ascension for me, but nothing has sounded atypical yet. Then again, I've just been streaming and haven't heard full albums, but I'm getting on that soon enough. With Sonic Youth as one of my towering bands, it's only natural that I'd gravitate towards this guy someday. Also, I must back up the recommendation of A Crimson Grail; I did check it out and its massive droning proportions can only be understood at threateningly high decibels through quality speakers. I may have lost 30% of my natural hearing from it, but I don't care! For those who'd like a more compositionally up-front Stars of the Lid with more focus on the guitar than SOTL ever did, I'd recommend it.

04-30-2011, 10:28 AM	#25 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	I thought this was a bit interesting. It's John Cage talking about Branca's music.