Glenn Branca

Bio:

Glenn Branca was born on October 6th 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He started to play guitar in his mid-teens, and studied theatre in the early 70's at Emerson College, Boston. In 1975 he co-founded the 'experimental' theatre group 'Bastard Theater', which produced two shows before Branca moved to New York. Here he played in two bands, 'Theoretical Girls' and 'The Static' between 1977 and 1979.

The 80's saw Branca begin to compose works for small guitar ensembles, which led on to his Symphonies, written for guitar orchestras and percussion (as well as making use of several very modified electric guitars). It is probably for these that he is most well known. Members of Swans, Sonic Youth and Helmet are amongst the many who performed with him on these works.

Symphony 7 saw Branca writing for a conventional orchestra, and he has also written choral pieces and a film sountrack. Symphony 13, a work for 100 guitars, has been performed several times, and Symphony 14 has been unleashed on the world by a quartet including Branca and his wife, Regina Bloor.

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Member Since:

June 03, 2007

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Songs `77-79

Lesson #1

The Ascension

Music for the Dance 'Bad Smells'

Symphony No.1 (Tonal Plexus)

Symphony No.2 (The Peak of the Sacred)

Symphony No.3 (Gloria)

Symphony No.5 (Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere)

Symphony No.6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven)

Symphony No.9 (L'eve Future)

Symphonies No.8 & 10 (The Mysteries)

The World Upside Down

The Belly of an Architect (soundtrack)

Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses

Record Label:

Atavistic / New Tone / Point