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Glenn Branca
Harrisburg, United States • 1948-10-06 – 2018-05-13
Glenn Branca is credited on 136 releases across 34 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
136
Pressings credited
34
Albums
6
Decades active
38
In collections
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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Credited work
136 releases · 34 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 181
- Other credits · 52
- Production · 19
- Engineering · 6
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Olympic Studios · Hot Food Studios · Sorcerer Sound · Radio City Music Hall Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
New York Noise (Dance Music From The New York Underground 1978-1982)
2003
Sonic Youth
1982
The Ascension
1981
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
Lesson No. 1
1980
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (Music For The First 127 Intervals Of The Harmonic Series)
1983
Café Del Mar (Volumen Cinco)
1998
Symphony No. 5 (Describing Planes Of An Expanding Hypersphere)
1995
Solo Three
2026
Theoretical Girls
2002
Frequent collaborators
- Branca
- Various
- José Padilla
- Wim Mertens
- Y Pants
- The Static
- Bang On A Can
- Dan Graham
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