Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries)

by Glenn Branca

Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) cover art

Composed by the downtown New York avant-garde pioneer, these twin symphonies violently subvert traditional classical orchestration by utilizing heavily amplified, custom-built microtonal instruments. The recordings capture overwhelming, sustained walls of dissonance and overtone-rich noise, violently bridging the aesthetics of extreme rock volume and modern classical structure.

Genres

  • Totalism

Tracklist

  1. Symphony No. 8: I. The Passion
  2. Symphony No. 8: II. Spiritual Anarchy
  3. Symphony No. 10: I. The Final Problem
  4. Symphony No. 10: II. The Horror