Album Review
Branca, Glenn – “Symphonies Nos. 8 & 10 ” – [Blast First]
Daryl Licht 10/27/2007 A Library, CD
For the recording of “Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) ” Branca assembled an orchestra consisting of a drummer, a bassist/keyboardist, and 8 guitarists. Together they create the trademark dense, yet still dynamic, wall of evolving riffs, drones, feedback, and tones (all propelled forward in many segments by simple, but relentless, percussion) on which Branca has built his reputation. It seems as though each movement gets more harsh and jarring as the album progresses and, personally, my favorite track was the sublime Second Movement of Symphony Number 8, which strikes the best balance between droning, shimmering walls of beautiful sound and raw power.
If you???re not yet aware of Branca, this CD might very well be a good place to begin your explorations, as these seminal recordings are among his best and most ???accessible??? (if such a term can really be accurately applied to any of Branca???s work) compositions and, for better or worse, clearly influenced the development the ???post-rock??? movement made so popular in recent years by bands such as Godspeed You Black Emperor and Mono. DL
you heard it 12 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1756 days ago, Droll played The Final Problem (10)
- 2213 days ago, Mance played Spiritual Anarchy (8)
- 3557 days ago, Theta Thales played Spiritual Anarchy (8)
- 5151 days ago, Ophelia Necro played The Horror (10)
- 7565 days ago, Reject Girl played The Horror (10)
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