"BIBLES FOR THE BLESSED"
THE ASCENSION GLENN BRANCA (1981) A1: LESSON NO.2 (4:59); A2: THE SPECTACULAR COMMODITY (12:41); A3: STRUCTURE (3:00). B1: LIGHTFIELD (IN CONSONANCE) (8:17); B2: THE ASCENSION (13:10). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL | DURATION: 43 MINUTES Associated with New York’s No Wave but way beyond it conceptually, Glenn Branca…
METAL MACHINE MUSIC LOU REED (1975) A1: METAL MACHINE MUSIC A-1 (16:01). B1: METAL MACHINE MUSIC A-2 (16:01). C1: METAL MACHINE MUSIC A-3 (16:01). D1: METAL MACHINE MUSIC A-4 (16:01). CATEGORY: NOISE | DURATION: 64 MINUTES After a succession of below-average solo albums, former Velvet…
THE METAL INDEX BRIAN ENO, ROBERT FRIPP (1975) A1: AN INDEX OF METALS (28:36). B1: DISCREET MUSIC (30.35). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL | DURATION: 59 MINUTES In 1975 Brian Eno created no less than three cutting-edge albums, two of which – Discreet Music and Evening Star, the latter…
IRRLICHT KLAUS SCHULZE (1972) A1: 1. SATZ: EBENE (23:22); A2: 2. SATZ: GEWITTER (5:38). B1: 3. SATZ: EXIL SILS MARIA (21:27). CATEGORY: ELECTRONIC | DURATION: 50 MINUTES Recorded a month before Tangerine Dream’s Zeit, the first album from ex-Dream percussionist Schulze is a self-described symphony…
NO HARM FAUST (1972) A1: IT’S A RAINY DAY SUNSHINE GIRL (7:34); A2: NO HARM (10:20); A3: MAMIE IS BLUE (6:15). B1: FROM THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE (26:21). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL ROCK | DURATION: 51 MINUTES Although Faust never made an album to match their first, their subsequent recordings included a number of exceptional tracks, mostly…