{"product_id":"glenn-branca-lesson-no-1","title":"Glenn Branca - Lesson No.1","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter cutting his teeth in the late ’70s no wave scene with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebands Theoretical Girls and The Static, Glenn Branca \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade his first solo statement, Lesson No. 1, in 1980. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einaugural release on legendary post-punk \/ dance label 99 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecords, Lesson No. 1 unveiled Branca’s visionary guitar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econcepts with two monstrous, side-long compositions that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehelped forge NYC’s downtown art-punk sound and acted as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea massive influence on countless young groups, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSonic Youth and Swans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title track is easily Branca’s most accessible moment; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits driving beat and interlocking patterns resemble German \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epioneers Neu! playing Phillip Glass. Never before (or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esince) has minimalism sounded so euphoric. “Dissonance” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the A-side’s polar opposite. Dark, skittish and unhinged, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBranca leads his band (guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esledgehammer) through block after block of industrial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eterror, leaving listeners drained in the process. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon after the release of Lesson No. 1, Branca began to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ework on ambitious, long-form symphonies. “Bad Smells,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincluded here as a single-sided bonus 12-inch, was commissioned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1982 as a dance piece for choreographer Twyler \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTharp and originally released on a split LP with John \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiorno. Featuring Sonic Youth guitarists Lee Ranaldo and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThurston Moore, “Bad Smells” is a thrilling multi-section \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguitar assault that foretells much of Branca, Ranaldo and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoore’s work for the next decade.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":64322739732857,"sku":null,"price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/glenn-branca-lesson-no1-south-records-ltd_53c19ad6-e9ce-4415-86b7-398a2e3aee63.jpg?v=1787903093","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/glenn-branca-lesson-no-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}