mu won't stop talking about the new swans album, but i haven't seen this thing mentioned once. swans is literally a branca worship band. not to say that they're bad, but come on, we should at least be crediting the OG where credit is due
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMfvLxdVUo0&list=PL7xTzrmZFqVm7nJ4zsotuOLPndyL_kmIN
b-but pitchforktano didn't review it. lmao i knew you guys were plebs
I've only listened to Lesson No.1 and The Ascension. Both amazing but I haven't tried his later work and I'm not sure if I ever get round to it. Is it particularly good?
>>66114199
yeah. symphony no. 13 was written like 20 years ago, and he's been performing it, but he just never recorded it until now. it's really good if you like newer swans. i definitely recommend it. iirc some of the people from swans and sonic youth, helped perform some of his 100 guitar symphony pieces in new york back in the 80s before their bands had made a name for themselves
>>66114354
I wasn't talking about that one in particular just generally his other less known stuff I also haven't listened to late swans yet.
I usually take my time with these kind of things.
>>66114412
ah ok. well then i can't promise you'll like it, but if you're into his more recognized stuff, you probably will. especially if you like taking your time with things, because this stuff moves at a glacial pace
>>66114446
I am and I do. I guess I'll check his other stuff eventually when I get bored from Lesson No.1 and The Ascension. I also enjoy Rhys Chatham to a lesser extent.
>>66113783
>we should at least be crediting the OG where credit is due
elements of swans sound were already around in the 70s, case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5M148n-nI
lol MUH BRANCA, the war cry of the in-over-his-head helpless rockist
>>66114540
I think Gira said he(swans) was influenced by Branca.
>>66114600
yeah they were ONE of MANY influences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ttQ4dhRgbY
>>66114600
They played together briefly in the eighties. Moore and Ranaldo also learned from Branca. He was major influence on a lot of musicians
>>66114600
sonic youth and blues also bb
>>66114621
Well of course he's not the only influence but I think it's a major one. I think he named him first or second when asked. Obviously a lot of things influenced them but I think the No wave scene was the biggest influence on early Swans.
>plebs will listen to this but not Mozart
>>66114900
>mofart
What's everybody's favorite Branca Symphony?
My vote goes to No.2
>>66115183
Branca is fedora music if anything.
>>66115183
>mofart
i actually laughed
>>66114540
the signature roaring walls of electric guitars that they do in their new stuff may as well have been taken directly from branca. also, branca was one of the biggest names in the NY no wave scene when swans and sonic youth were just starting, so of course they're going to be hugely inspired by him. as one anon said gira has directly cited him as an influence, and he even played in his symphonies in the 80s
>>66113783
>dissonant noise with a drum beat for 20 minutes
Fucking christ, that sucked. No dynamics, no melody, no theme & variation, etc, etc, etc... no creativity.
Shit / 10
>>66115234
haven't listened to many of them. what did you like best about the second?
Does anyone have a link for this?
>>66116284
>No dynamics
>no melody
>no theme
>no variation
>no
it's called no wave for a reason anon
>>66116392
>no wave
should be called no talent
>>66116284
thanks john cage
>>66116708
>>66116708
>no talent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vqy5mIWIU
>>66117011
which album is this from?
>>66116767
fuck off thomas nobody asked you
>>66117251
Lesson No. 1 EP
>>66117364
nice thanks
>>66114354
thurston lee and gira all performed on some of his first pieces
did they make branca or did branca make them?
>we should at least be creding the OG where credit is due
then make a thread about rhys chatham since branca owes his entire career to him
>>66118411
>did they make branca or did branca make them?
i would say neither. only music super nerds like us would even know that branca exists, and they played with him. sonic youth and swans definitely owe much of their sound to branca, but they made a name for themselves
>>66118523
is that true?
How come Branca is million times better.
