The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)
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The Ascension is the second album
released by Glenn Branca
, it was re-released by Acute Records in 2003 with new artwork, and again in 2010 by Fortissimo Records
on limited edition 180g white vinyl.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca is an American avant-garde composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. In 2008 he was awarded an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.-Beginnings: 1960s and early 1970s:Branca...
, it was re-released by Acute Records in 2003 with new artwork, and again in 2010 by Fortissimo Records
Fortissimo Records
Fortissimo Records is an independent record label and promoting collective from Milton Keynes, England run by Action Beats Don McLean.Taking their name from the Italian musical term for "very loud" , Fortissimo was formed in 2002, arranging gigs at Bletchley Youth Club, in Milton Keynes...
on limited edition 180g white vinyl.
Track listing
- "Lesson No. 2" (5:01)
- "The Spectacular Commodity (For Eiko and Koma)" (12:41)
- "Structure" (3:06)
- "Light Field (In Consonance)" (8:19)
- "The Ascension" (13:10)
Personnel
- Glenn BrancaGlenn BrancaGlenn Branca is an American avant-garde composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. In 2008 he was awarded an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.-Beginnings: 1960s and early 1970s:Branca...
- guitar - Ned SubletteNed SubletteNed Sublette is an American composer, musician, record producer and musicologist. Sublette studied Spanish Classical Guitar with Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico and with Emilio Pujol in Spain. He studied composition with Kenneth Gaburo at the University of California, San Diego...
- guitar - David RosenbloomDavid RosenbloomDavid Rosenbloom is a film and television editor with more than 20 film credits, as well as many television editing and directing credits. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors "Eddie" for The Insider ....
- guitar - Lee RanaldoLee RanaldoLee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth...
- guitar - Jeffrey Glenn - bass
- Stephan Wischerth - drums
- Ed Bahlman - producer
- James Farber - recording & mixing engineer
- Howie WeinbergHowie WeinbergHowie Weinberg is a music mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.- Career :He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977...
- master engineer