Biography
Glenn Branca (October 6, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
New York Noise (Dance Music From The New York Underground 1978-1982)
2003
Sonic Youth
1982
Punk 45: Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young - Underground Punk In The United States Of America, 1973-1980 Vol. 1
2013
The Ascension
1981
Café Del Mar (Volumen Cinco)
1998
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (Music For The First 127 Intervals Of The Harmonic Series)
1983
Theoretical Girls
2002
Credited work
187 releases · 34 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 255
- Other credits · 99
- Production · 30
- Engineering · 8
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Sorcerer Sound · Hot Food Studios · Olympic Studios · Power Station
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Branca
- Y Pants
- Wim Mertens
- Sonic Youth
- Bang On A Can
- José Padilla
- Erik Hall