Glenn Branca/Wim Mertens/The London Sinfonietta: The Belly of an Architect: A Peter Greenaway Film (1987)

Glenn Branca/Wim Mertens/The London Sinfonietta: The Belly of an Architect: A Peter Greenaway Film (1987)

Performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Paul Daniel

Tracklisting:

1 Glenn Branca Augustus (1:31)
2 Wim Mertens Birds For The Mind (The Victor Emanuel) (4:42)
3 Wim Mertens The Aural Trick (Foro Italico) (2:37)
4 Wim Mertens Struggle For Pleasure (Stourley Kracklite) (3:51)
5 Wim Mertens 4 Mains (Etienne-Louis Boullée) (3:08)
6 Wim Mertens Close Cover (The Villa Adriana) (3:13)
7 Wim Mertens Time Passing (The Pantheon Meal) (1:33)
8 Wim Mertens Tourtour (The Roman Forum) (2:27)
9 Wim Mertens And With Them (Caspasian) (1:28)
10 Glenn Branca Andrea Doria (0:59)
11 Glenn Branca Galba (1:36)
12 Glenn Branca Caracalla (1:53)
13 Glenn Branca Hadrian (2:57)
14 Glenn Branca Augustus (1:30)

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Glenn Branca: The World Upside Down: A Ballet For Orchestra In 7 Movements (1990)

Performed by The New York Chamber Sinfonia conducted by Glen Cortese.

The World Upside Down is one of Glenn Branca's initial recorded forays into orchestral music -- but don't let the term "orchestral" put you off. Branca knows wells how to make the orchestra sing ethereally, as well as "rock" in the way only he can.

Performed by The New York Chamber Symphonia, The World Upside Down is a masterpiece of bright, organic structures & tones tempered in the eerie darkness typified by Branca's best work. The work was commissioned by the world-reknown Elisa monte dance troupe and is issued as one of the few full-length instrumental works recorded for contemporary dance. Sonically and emotionally boundless, seemingly comprised of interplanetary musics from the nether worlds, The World Upside Down's celstial nature will especailly appeal to fans of Branca's crystalline Symphony No. 3 recording. Beautiful studio recording produced by Wharton Tiers.

Bass - Mark McCormick, Nicole Castleberry , Robert Johnson, Victor Rice
Bassoon - Jean Cortese
Cello - Dorothy Lawson , Matthew Goeke , Michelle Larson , Nancy Ives , Paige Stockley , Xiao Jun Wang
Clarinet - Daniel Spitzer , David Stanton , Denise Hoff
Clarinet [Bass] - Anthony Brackett , Kathleen Holcomb
Conductor - Glen Cortese
Flute - Bradley Garner , Norma Latuchie
Horns - Alan Brown , Lois Ash , Luisa Mazzoni , Sarah Della Posta
Keyboards - Alison Voth , Christopher Vassiliades
Mixed By - Patrick Derivaz
Music By - Glenn Branca
Oboe - Kathryn Engelhardt , Mark Snyder
Orchestra - The New York Chamber Sinfonia
Percussion - Christopher Nappi , Dominic Donato , Frank Cassara
Photography - Joachim Riedl , Michael Moran
Producer [Recording Produced By] - Wharton Tiers
Viola - Amy Leonard , Barry Stern (2) , Carl Johansen (2) , Joseph Nigro , Lea Slusher , Thomas Kluge
Violin - Elizabeth Overweg , Gregor Kitzis , Jephta Bernstein , Karen Noble , Lynn Masciarelli , Nancy Lederer , Ron Hui Chen , Ryo Fukuda , Shirie Gale
Violin, Concertmaster - Byron Tauchi
Violin, Concertmaster [Associate] - Odette Burger

Tracklisting:

1 First Movement (The Temple Of Venus, Part I) (4:43)
2 Second Movement (The Temple Of Venus, Part II) (4:29)
3 Third Movement (6:27)
4 Fourth Movement (8:53)
5 Fifth Movement (7:56)
6 Sixth Movement (Fluid Density) (4:03)
7 Seventh Movement (Polyhymnia) (5:48)

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I completely forgot I had this. Sorry. It happens when you get old. Or drunk. Or high*. Or lack some sleeptime. Or when you're busy humpin' the wife. Or when you do it all at once.

* High through both runner's high from jogging, and sugar rush from holiday food, that is. Music is already enough drug.

Oh, now I remember: It doesn't have the greatest bitrate, but what the hell, have fun either way... If you want great sound quality, buy the CD...

sábado 1 de septiembre de 2007

Rhys Chatham: An Angel Moves Too Fast To See: Selected Works 1971-1989 (2006)

Tracklist CD1:

1. Two Gongs (composed 1971, performed 1989)

Tracklist CD2: It is the same as the Die Donnergötter album (1977-1986)

1. Die Donnergoetter (1985/86) [21:48]
2. Waterloo, No. 2 (1986) [07:57]
3. Drastic Classicism (1982) [07:49]
4. Guitar Trio (1977) [08:11]
5. Massacre on MacDougal Street (1982) [18:42]

Tracklist CD3: An Angel Moves Too Fast To See (1989)

1. Prelude
2. Intro
3. Allegro
4. No Trees Left: Every Blade of Grass is Screaming
5. Adagio

Descarga:

1. CDs 1 and 3 here: part1, part2.
   
2. CD2 here. Is the same link as Die Donnergötter already posted, don't download it again if you already did.

domingo 5 de agosto de 2007

Y Pants: Y Pants (1998)

Tracklisting:

1 Favorite Sweater (2:27)
2 Luego Fuego (4:17)
3 Off The Hook (2:12) Written-By - Richards, Jagger
4 Beautiful Food (2:17)
5 Magnetic Attraction (3:11)
6 Obvious (2:53) Written-by [Words] - Lynne Tillman
7 Barbara's Song (3:36) Written-by [Words] - Berthold Brecht
8 Beat It Down (3:07)
9 We Have Everything (2:36)
10 Lulu (5:30)
11 Love's A Disease (3:10)
12 The Shah Song (2:17)
13 The Fly (2:30) Written-by [Words] - Emily Dickinson
14 The Code Of Life (2:00)
15 What Do You Take Me For? (3:05)
16 That's The Way Boys Are (3:15) Written-By - Raleigh, Barkan
17. Untitled

Credits: Bass, Ukulele, Drums [Thumb Drum], Vocals - Barbara Ess
Drums, Vocals - Verge Piersol
Keyboards, Ukulele, Vocals - Gail Vachon
Producer - Glenn Branca (tracks: 1 to 4) , Wharton Tiers (tracks: 5 to 16)

Tracks 1 to 4 are taken from the "Y Pants" EP, 99 Records 1980. Track 5 is taken from Tellus #21 1982. Tracks 6 to 16 are taken from the "Beat It Down" LP, Neutral Records 1982

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viernes 29 de junio de 2007

Glenn Branca: Symphony No. 9 (L'Eve Future) (1995)

Tracklist:

1. L'Eve Future
2. Freeform

The Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra dirigé par Christian Von Borries, Camerata Silesia Singers Ensemble (chorale), Anna Szostak (lead)

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jueves 28 de junio de 2007

Glenn Branca: Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) (1994)

1. First Movement (The Passion)
2. Second Movement (Spiritual Anarchy)
3. First Movement (The Final Problem)
   
4. Second Movement (The Horror)
   

• Glenn Branca conducting
• Steve Antonelli alto guitar
• Eric Hubel tenor guitar
• Brannon Hungness soprano & octave guitars
• Phil Kline tenor guitar
• Carolyn Master alto guitar
• Miriam McDonough bass, keyboard, & asst.conductor
• Virgil Moorefield drums
• John Myers soprano guitar
• Dave Reid bass & octave guitars
• Ellen Watkins soprano & octave guitars

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Glenn Branca: Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven) (1981/1989)

Tracklist:

1. First Movement
2. Second Movement
3. Third Movement
4. Fourth Movement
5. Fifth Movement
   

• guitars: Jon Bepler, Evans Wohlforth, John Myers, Eric Hubel, Carolyn Master, Phil Kline, Page Hamilton, Ellen Watkins (also keyboard on Fifth Movement), Algis Kizys (also bass).
• drums: Stephan Wischerth

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miércoles 27 de junio de 2007

Glenn Branca: Symphony No. 5 (Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere) (1981/1984)

Tracklist:

1. First Movement
2. Second Movement
3. Third Movement
4. Fourth Movement
5. Fifth Movement (Part I)
6. Fifth Movement (Part II)
7. Fifth Movement (Part III)
8. Sixth Movement

Musicians

• Glenn Branca conductor & harmonics guitar
• Stephan Wischerth drums
• Tim Sommer bass
• Dan Braun bass
• Al Arthur mallet guitar
• Greg Letson keyboard
• Miriam McDonough Keyboard & assistant conductor
• Jonathan Bepler guitar
• Hahn Rowe voilin & guitar
• Evans Wohlforth guitar
• Matthew Munisteri guitar
• Mark Roule guitar

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Glenn Branca featuring Z'ev: Symphony No. 2 (The Peak of the Sacred) (1982/1992)

Tracklist:

1. First Movement - Slow Mass
2. Second Movement - Radioactive Poltergeist Kitchen
3. Third Movement - Melodrama And Nuclear Physics In The Global Theater
4. Fourth Movement - Sacred Field
5. Fifth Movement - In The Late 20th Century The Impossible Becomes Possible

Musicians:

• Glenn Branca - Conductor (and harmonics guitars on tape)
• Craig Bromberg - Mallet guitars
• Al Arthur - Mallet guitars and bass drum
• Barbara Ess - Mallet guitars
• Jeffrey Glenn - Bass
• Sue Hanel - Mallet guitars
• Robert Harrison - Mallet guitars
• David Linton - Mallet guitars and bass drum
• Thurston Moore - Mallet guitars
• Lee Ranaldo - Mallet guitars
• Stephan Wischerth - Drums, percussion
• Z'ev - Concert bass drum and metal

Recorded live at St. Mark's Church, NYC on May 14, 1982

Live 2-track recording produced by Wharton Tiers and Lee Ranaldo

All metal instruments played by Z'ev are his original creations. His performance as well is based entirely on his own unique concepts.

The mallet guitars were designed by Glenn Branca and built specifically for Symphony No.2.

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Glenn Branca: Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus): Music in Four Movements for Multiple Guitars, Keyboards, Brass & Percussion (1981/1983)

Tracklist:

1. First Movement
2. Second Movement
3. Third Movement
4. Fourth Movement

Musicians:

• Glenn Branca - Soprano & steel-wire guitars
• Craig Bromberg - Tenor, soprano, bowed & octave guitar
• Dave Buk - Trumpet, baritone horn
• Ann Demarinis - Keyboards, percussion
• Barbara Ess - Baritone & bass guitars, percussion
• Robert Harrison - Soprano, tenor & bowed guitars
• Thurston Moore - Tenor, soprano & bowed guitars
• Lee Renaldo - Soprano & steel-wire guitars
• David Rosenbloom - Baritone & steel-wire guitars
• Richard Edson - Trumpet
• Ned Sublette - Soprano, tenor & steel-wire guitars
• Wharton Tiers - Keyboard, soprano & steel-wire guitars, percussion
• Gail Vachon - Keyboard
• Fritz Van Orden - Tenor saxophone
• Stephan Wischerth - Drums, percussion
• Margot Zvaleko - French horn

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Glenn Branca: Symphony No. 3 (Gloria): Music for the First 127 Intervals of the Harmonic Scale (1983)

Tracklist:

1. First Movement
2. Second Movement
3. Third Movement

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martes 26 de junio de 2007

Glenn Branca: The Ascension (1981)

Tracklist:

1. Lesson No. 2
2. The Spectacular Commodity
3. Structure
4. Light Field (In Consonance)
5. The Ascension

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Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 1 (1979)

Tracklist:

1. Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
2. Dissonance
3. Bad Smells

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Glenn Branca: Songs '77-'79: The Static & Theoretical Girls (1996)

Tracklist:

1. The Static: Don't Let Me Stop You
   
2. The Static: My Relationship
   
3. Theoretical Girls: You Got Me
   
4. Theoretical Girls: Jill
   
5. Theoretical Girls: Fuck Yourself
   
6. Theoretical Girls: TV Song
   
7. Theoretical Girls: You
   
8. Theoretical Girls: Glazened Idols
   

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lunes 25 de junio de 2007

Theoretical Girls: Theoretical Record 1978-1981

Tracklist:

1. Theoretical Girls - (live)
2. Lovin In The Red
3. Computer Dating
4. Europe Man
5. Contrary Motion
6. Mom & Dad
7. U.S. Millie
8. No More Sex
9. Keyboard Etude
10. Nato
11. Electronic Angie - (Short Version)
12. Chicita Bonita
13. Polytonal
14. Parlez-Vous Francais
15. Theoretical Girls - (Studio)
16. Chicita Bonita - (Second Version)
17. Lovin In The Red - (Second Version)
18. Electronic Angie - (Second Version)
19. Computer Dating - (Second Version)

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sábado 16 de junio de 2007

New York Noise Vol. 2: Music from the New York Underground 1977-1984

Tracklist:

1. Pulsallama - Ungawa Pt. 2
2. Mofungo - Hunter Gatherer
3. Red Transistor - Not Bite
4. Vortex O S T - Black Box Disco
   
5. Certain General - Back Downtown
   
6. Sonic Youth - I Dreamed I Dream
7. Rhys Chatham - Drastic Classicism
8. Clandestine Featuring Ned Sublette - Radio Rhythm (Dub Mix)
9. Glorious Strangers - Move It Time
10. Felix (A K A Arthur Russell & Nicky Siano) - Tiger Stripes
11. The Del Byzanteens (Featuring Jim Jarmusch) - My Hands Are Yellow From The Job That I Do
12. Don King - Tanajura
13. Jill Kroesen - Im Not Seeing That You Are Here
14. Ut - Sham Shack
15. The Static (featuring Glenn Branca) - My Relationship
16. Y Pants - Favorite Sweater

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jueves 14 de junio de 2007

New York Noise: Dance Music from the New York Underground 1978-1982

Tracklist:

1. Liquid Liquid: Optimo
   
2. Konk: Baby Dee
   
3. The Dance: Do Dada
   
4. Material: Reduction
   
5. Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Wa Wa
   
6. DNA: 5:30
   
7. Rammelzee vs. K. Rob: Beat Bop
   
8. James Chance and The Contortions: Contort Yourself
9. Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 1
   
10. The Bloods: Button Up
    
11. Dinosaur L: Clean On Your Bean No. 1
    
12. Theoretical Girls: You Got Me
    
13. Bush Tetras: Can't Be Funky
    
14. Mars: Helen Forsdale
    
15. ESG: You Make No Sense
    
16. defunkt: defunkt

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