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The Ascension
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Length
5 tracks, 42:04
Release Date
29 October 1981
The Ascension is the debut studio album by American no wave musician Glenn Branca, released in 1981 by 99 Records. The album experiments with resonances generated by alternate tunings for multiple electric guitars. It sold 10,000 copies and received acclaim from music critics. Branca wanted to explore the resonances generated when guitar strings tuned to the same note were played at high volumes. He assembled the Ascension Band with four electric guitarists, one bassist, and one drummer. The group included guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who later joined alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Th… read more
The Ascension is the debut studio album by American no wave musician Glenn Branca, released in 1981 by 99 Records. The album experiments with resonan… read more
The Ascension is the debut studio album by American no wave musician Glenn Branca, released in 1981 by 99 Records. The album experiments with resonances generated by alternate tunings fo… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Lesson No. 2
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 4:55 36,757 listeners
2 Play track The Spectacular Commodity
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 12:41 26,693 listeners
3 Play track Structure
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 3:00 31,169 listeners
4 Play track Light Field (In Consonance)
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 8:18 21,597 listeners
5 Play track The Ascension
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Glenn Branca (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1948 - May 13, 2018) was an American composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Branca studied theater at Emerson College in Boston in the early 1970s. While there, he began experimenting with sound as the founder of an experimental theater group called Bastard Theater. He moved to New York in 1976. His first encounter with the NYC music scene was with the N.D… read more
Glenn Branca (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1948 - May 13, 2018) was an American composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetitio… read more
Glenn Branca (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1948 - May 13, 2018) was an American composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. Branca re… read more

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