BRANCA, GLENN - Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries)

Format: CD

Label & Cat.Number: Atavistic - ALP12CD

Release Year: 1994

Note: last copies back in stock of this now rare ATAVISTIC release, two symphonies from BRANCA dealing with "Life and Death".. (for 8 guitars, 2 basses, synth, drums, vocals), each one has 2 movements.. * It is a gigantic chant of worlds never before imagined.*

Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00

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"Subtitled "The Mystery" and "The Mystery Pt. 2," these two symphonies concern themselves with the two big questions: Life and Death. They are both scored for eight guitars, two basses, keyboard, drums, vocal and two conductors. Symphony No. 8 has two movements: "The Passion" and "Spiritual Anarchy" that both build upon sustained tones that create a counterpoint by means of delays in scale and other patterns and microtunings. The effect is tremendously intense and beautiful. There are also two movements in Symphony No. 10: "The Final Problem" and "The Horror." These are built in a similar manner to the techiques in No. 8 but the tuning and scales employed are different, creating another sensation yet still as intense and continuous in rhythm as No. 8. Especially successful is the final movement, "The Horror," which employs masses of moving clusters that are very close in tuning and thoroughly convincing in the image they portray. It is a gigantic chant of worlds never before imagined... " [Blue Gene Tyranny]