Lesson No. 1

by Glenn Branca

Lesson No. 1 cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: July 1980
  • Label: 99
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 19:52
  • Community rating: 4.14/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This seminal avant-garde document bridges the gap between raw downtown punk energy and modern classical minimalism. It features an ensemble utilizing alternate-tuned guitars struck with aggressive repetition, heavily influencing the future development of no wave and noise rock. The rhythmic drive paved the way for subsequent guitar orchestras that defined the composer's storied career.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, instrumental, dissonant, noisy, avant-garde, atonal

Tracklist

  1. Lesson No.1 For Electric Guitar (8:12)
  2. Dissonance (11:40)

Credits

  • F.L. Schr枚der - bass
  • Stephan Wischerth - drums
  • Michael Gross - guitar
  • Anthony Coleman - organ, keyboards
  • Harry Spitz - percussion [sledgehammer]

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