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. He is an editor and writer for Jazz.com. He also writes reviews for Blogcritics.org and produces the weekly feature The Friday Morning Listen. …
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus)
For Fans Of: Sonic Youth, Swans, Helmet, Rhys Chatham, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Noise Bands, Guitar Driven Heavy Metal. Recorded July 18 & 19, 1981 at The Performing Garage, NYC. ...
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
I love Branca, though in smallish doses - two of my friends have played with him.
2 - Ken Ebe
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.
3 - Dudley
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. (c)