Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries)

by Glenn Branca

Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Atavistic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:17
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, noisy, repetitive, avant-garde, dissonant, experimental, orchestral, long-form, guitars, wall-of-sound, symphonic, loud

Tracklist

  1. Symphony No. 8: I. The Passion (19:12)
  2. Symphony No. 8: II. Spiritual Anarchy (19:08)
  3. Symphony No. 10: I. The Final Problem (13:22)
  4. Symphony No. 10: II. The Horror (14:34)

Credits

  • Glenn Branca - primary artist, conductor
  • David Reid - bass guitar, guitar [octave guitar]
  • Miriam McDonough - bass, keyboards, conductor [assistant]
  • Virgil Moorefield - drums, arranged by [drums]
  • Carolyn Master - guitar [alto guitar]
  • Steven Antonelli - guitar [alto guitar]
  • Brannon Hungness - guitar [soprano & octave guitars]
  • Ellen Watkins - guitar [soprano & octave guitars]

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