Glenn Branca

Glenn Branca

United States · Formed 1948

Glenn Branca was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

Albums10

The Ascension: The Sequel

The Ascension: The Sequel

2010

Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses

Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses

2007

Symphony No. 5: Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere

Symphony No. 5: Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere

1996

Symphony No. 9: L'eve future

Symphony No. 9: L'eve future

1995

Symphony Nos. 8 & 10: The Mysteries

Symphony Nos. 8 & 10: The Mysteries

1994

Symphony No. 6: Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven

Symphony No. 6: Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven

1989

Symphony No. 4 (Physics)

Symphony No. 4 (Physics)

1983

Who You Staring At?

Who You Staring At?

1982

The Ascension

The Ascension

1981

Lesson No. 1

Lesson No. 1

1980

Compilations1

Selections From the Symphonies: For Electric Guitars

Selections From the Symphonies: For Electric Guitars

1997

Live Albums5

The Third Ascension

The Third Ascension

2019

Symphony No. 2: The Peak of the Sacred

Symphony No. 2: The Peak of the Sacred

1992

Symphony No.6 - Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven (live at the QEH 30-1-1988)

Symphony No.6 - Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven (live at the QEH 30-1-1988)

1988

Symphony No. 1: Tonal Plexus

Symphony No. 1: Tonal Plexus

1983

Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) Music for the First 127 Intervals of the Harmonic Series

Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) Music for the First 127 Intervals of the Harmonic Series

1983