Glenn Branca Ensemble - Symphony 8 & 10 - Live at The Kitchen (2004) DVDRip XviD

Avant garde composer/musician Branca emerged from New York's no-wave movement of the 70s. Although several contemporaries experimented with punk and deconstructed jazz, this artist advanced symphonies for guitar, wherein specially developed instruments ("mallet guitars") employed a radical tuning system to accentuate the intervals between "true" notes on a scale. Lesson No.1, issued on the pivotal 99 label, featured repetitive motifs, redolent of Philip Glass, but played with both dissonance and volume. The Ascension followed an equally challenging perspective, but furious bass and drum patterns tightened its rhythms. A collaborative album with poet John Giorno, Who Are You Staring At?, ensued, on which Branca's contribution, "Bad Smells", features music for a dance piece choreographed by Twyla Tharp. Branca was also commissioned to compose the score for Peter Greenaway's film The Belly Of An Architect (1986). However, he and the director quarrelled, and only seven minutes remain in the final soundtrack. During the 80s Branca established the Neutral label, which served as an early outlet for Sonic Youth. This innovative group was formed following the recording of Symphony No. 1, on which two future members, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, participated. This association has continued on further recordings, helping to attract other adventurous rock musicians to the Branca fold. Swans bass player Algis Kizys was one of 10 guitarists guesting on Symphony No. 6, on which booming riffs were punctuated by mesmerizing keyboard fills. The World Turned Upside Down - A Ballet For Orchestra In 7 Movements featured the New York Chamber Sinfonia, exposing a poignant beauty in Branca's compositional technique. Symphony No. 10 For Massed Guitars, which received its world premiere in Britain in February 1994, restated the composer's infatuation with loud music.

Glenn Branca - Branca Ensemble Live At The Kitchen
Label: Atavistic
Catalog#: DR-4378
Format: DVD
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Modern Classical, Noise, Avantgarde
Notes: Recorded at The Kitchen, NYC in 1995.
Live Sound: Wharton Tiers

Symphony No. 8 (The Mystery) was composed in 1992.
Symphony No. 10 (The Mystery, Pt. 2) was composed in 1994.

Tracklisting:
1 Symphony No. 8 (The Mystery) - First Movement (The Passion)
2 Symphony No. 8 (The Mystery) - Second Movement (Spiritual Anarchy)
3 Symphony No. 10 (The Mystery, Pt. 2) - First Movement (The Final Problem)
4 Symphony No. 10 (The Mystery, Pt. 2) - Second Movement (The Horror)

Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 - Live at The Kitchen [2004]

part1 / part2 / part3 / part4
part5 / part6 / part7 / part8

Symphony Nos.8&10 - Live at the Kitchen