Factor X

by Rhys Chatham

Factor X cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Moers Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:43
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The visionary downtown New York composer blends the furious energy of punk rock with the hypnotic repetition of minimalism on 'Factor X'. Utilizing heavily amplified brass and massed electric guitars, the album explores overtone-rich, rhythmic drones. This radical synthesis deeply influenced the burgeoning No Wave and experimental art-punk movements.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, minimalistic, instrumental, repetitive, rhythmic, avant-garde, experimental, synthesizers, atmospheric, lo-fi, progressive, minimal, ambient, spacious, long-form

Tracklist

  1. For Brass (16:33)
  2. Guitar Ring (11:15)
  3. The Out Of Tune Guitar, No. 2 (1:48)
  4. Cadenza (6:07)

Credits

  • Steve Freeman - bass trombone
  • James Lo - drums
  • Craig Kafton - electric guitar
  • Karen Haglof - electric guitar
  • Susan Springfield - electric guitar
  • Tim Schellenbaum - electric guitar
  • Anton Fier - percussion
  • George Lewis - trombone

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