99 records. 99-001 / 5 tracks / 1981

RI (CD): acute records. / 2003

His first LP; it's amazing how he builds up guitar soundscapes from simple guitar chords that are getting louder and louder, more intense, noisier, more chaotic, and then finally explode into majestic major chords. Especially the longer tracks are brilliant; milestones of American avantgarde music. This LP is still deeply rooted in the NY underground scene (Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth plays one of the guitars), but as his subsequent records move him closer to the contemporary composer scene, I'll leave it at that. But check out his early symphonies, they're all great. [9]

Die erste richtige LP des New Yorker Krachkünstlers, hier noch mit Lee Ranaldo von Sonic Youth an einer der Gitarren. Monströse instrumentale Lärmskulpturen, die unspektakulär beginnen, dann aber Schicht um Schicht anwachsen, immer chaotischer und krachiger werden und sich dann oft in majestätischen Durakkorden auflösen. Toll. Die folgenden LPs nehme ich nicht mehr auf, aber die frühen Symphonien sind allesamt sehr hörenswert.

Tracks: lesson no.2 / the spectacular commodity / structure // light field (in consonance) / the ascension