Nessa segunda (14), a artista Reg Bloor anunciou em sua página no Facebook a morte do compositor e guitarrista de vanguarda Glenn Branca, que faleceu no domingo (13) aos 69 anos. Segundo Bloor, com quem Branca foi casado durante os últimos 18 anos, o guitarrista lutava contra um câncer de garganta.

Branca fez seu nome na cena de no wave e noise rock em Nova York durante os anos 70 e começo dos 80, principalmente com o disco _The Ascension_. Nesse começo de carreira, ele trabalhou com nomes desse mundo que vieram a ser grandes, como [Thurston Moore](https://www.vice.com/pt_br/topic/thurston-moore) e Lee Ranaldo, do [Sonic Youth](https://www.vice.com/pt_br/topic/sonic-youth), e Michael Gira, do [Swans](https://www.vice.com/pt_br/topic/swans). A partir dos anos 80, Branca começou a trabalhar escrevendo sinfonias para guitarras e percussão, o que continuou fazendo até pouco antes de sua morte.

Tracklist

Lesson No.2 4:59
The Spectacular Commodity 12:41
Structure 3:00
Lightfield (In Consonance) 8:17
The Ascension 13:10

Glenn Branca (born October 6, 1948) is an American avant-garde 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.

In 1976 Branca moved to New York City to continue in experimental theater. He encountered the N. Dodo Band and watched their rehearsals in Chelsea, hoping to use the space for a theater production. Branca spent time with one of its members, Jeffrey Lohn, who introduced him to bands such as Suicide. The two began forming a theater group when Branca decided he wanted to form a band, which he called the Static and later Theoretical Girls. Branca put up posters to recruit members, and after seeing one of the posters, Lohn expressed interest.

Lohn's girlfriend Margaret De Wys joined the band as its bassist, and they borrowed drummer Mike Anthol from the N. Dodo Band. Artist Dan Graham booked the band at Franklin Furnace for its first performance. The group reformed in 1977 with Wharton Tiers as its drummer. Branca also recorded Barbara Ess's band Y Pants for their debut release on 99 Records and performed with Rhys Chatham's Guitar Trio in 1977, a noise music experience that was very important in the development of his compositional voice (Branca 1979). In 1982, Branca launched his own record label, Neutral Records, releasing Y Pants' LP and the first few records by New York noise rockers Sonic Youth.

In the early 1980s, he released his first album under his own name, Lesson No. 1. In the same year, he composed several medium-length compositions for electric guitar ensembles, including The Ascension (1981) and Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses (1981). The Ascension appeared on his second same titled solo album in 1981, Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses was released no earlier than 2008 on CD.

Glenn Branca The Ascension 1981 (Full LP)

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Guitarrista e compositor Glenn Branca morre aos 69 anos