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The group included guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who later joined alternative rock band Sonic Youth. The group's bass player knew the owner and engineers at The Power Station , so they were able to use it at little cost.
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- Ed Bahlman
- November 1981
May 14, 2018 · Glenn Branca — The Ascension (1981) Sporting a title ripped off from both Oliver Messaien and John Coltrane and a tremendous album sleeve featuring a man dragging a dead body, The Ascension is...
So we started to build this really tight relationship and it led to the recording of Glenn’s The Ascension which was really like Glenn’s coming out. It was bigger than a pop group, it wasn’t two guitars any more, it was four guitars and he was on his way towards making these rock symphonies.
New York Noise (soul jazz) and NY No Wave (Ze), but Glenn Branca's 1981 album The Ascension is a cornerstone of the scene, now re-released with criminally nostalgic sleeve notes from eyewitness Lee Ranaldo, of Sonic Youth.
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Featuring David Rosenbloom from downtown group Chinese Puzzle, as well as future Sonic Youth guitar-beating beat Lee Ranaldo, the piece was scored for four guitars, bass, and drums; his sextet...
May 15, 2018 · Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who also played on The Ascension, wrote on Instagram Monday following news of Branca’s death, “The beginning of my time in New York, 1979-1980, would have...
The Ascension, an Album by Glenn Branca. Released in November 1981 on 99 (catalog no. 99-01LP; Vinyl LP). Genres: No Wave, Noise Rock, Totalism, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock. Rated #2 in the best albums of 1981, and #316 of all time album.. Featured peformers: Glenn Branca (guitar, music), Ned Sublette (guitar), David Rosenbloom (guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar), Jeffrey Glenn (bass), Stephan ...
