Glenn Branca*LP*The Ascension*Mega-RARE*Near Mint*99 Records
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Glenn Branca * LP * "The Ascension" * 99 Records* Original Press * Mega-Rare *
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Many artists have had their music described as a wall of sound, but few have deserved it as much as New York composer/guitarist Glenn Branca. One of the first to realize that a classical-rock fusion need not involve technique-crazed keyboardists soloing away to the accompaniment of rehashed Brahms or Stravinsky, Branca writes music of orchestral richness that retains — intact — all of rock's danger, urgency and impact.
Rock's impact on Branca's music is clear, but the reverse is equally obvious. It's easy to hear the influence of Branca's cacophonous but transcendent electric guitar chorales on bands like Sonic Youth and Helmet (both of whom include alumni of Branca's ensemble) and, by extension, their myriad progeny.
Branca's power-classical makes an art of the phenomenon of overtones, wherein combined frequencies produce phantom tones. Although the effect is much more dramatic live and at concert volume, Branca has also managed to make some thrilling records with the overpowering, monolithic grandeur of a Richard Serra sculpture, as if the crescendo of "A Day in the Life" were extended into full-length symphonies.
The Ascension is the closest he's ever come to an out-and-out rock album. Atop pulverizing bass/drum combinations, Branca and three other guitarists build a thick, layered mass of shifting textures, sometimes all on one chord, sometimes in a dense cacophony of six-string clusters. Suffice to say, it packs quite a wallop.
Some ring-marks on front cover. Vinyl is Near Mint.
Hardly Ever Played.
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