Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 1
Written by Mark Saleski
Published June 26, 2003
Published June 26, 2003
At this very moment I'm listening to the second movement (7:56) of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus).
This is some scary crap.
It sounds like a gamelan orchestra...whose member are all insane.
There are weird electric guitar clanks, spouting horns and martial percussion bits. Phew! This is "world gone crazy" music.
Turn it up very loud, pour yourself and nice Lagavulin, and pretend that the bomb has just dropped.
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. On his best day, he hopes to channel the ghosts of Lester Bangs and Jack Kerouac. He spends the hours of 9:32PM to 1:37AM carving out music reviews and essays for Jazz.com, Blogcritics.org and other publications.Keep reading for information and comments on this article, and add some feedback of your own!
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I bought this cd on Friday and it has been played at least 6 times, the music is just so intense.I prefer to listen with a glass or two of Springbank.
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I love Branca, though in smallish doses - two of my friends have played with him.