Searching for guitar ensemble 'From Hell" ???

August 7, 2011 5:04 AM

Music Filter: Trying to find composer and video for guitar ensemble which produced music 'that sounded like it came directly from hell" I'm trying to track down the name of a composer who I read about a few years ago. He crowdsourced guitar players of all skill levels (via open audition calls, and newspaper adverts), and then created a guitar orchestra.

I remember seeing a video of one of the concerts on youtube and the cacophony was almost organic is it's LOUDNESS.

All I can distinctly remember is that one professional reviewer strongly felt that the composer was making music that felt like it came directly from hell.

Might have been a wired.com article, but my google fu and search fu is failing me on archives here and at wired and for google generally.

I'm beginning to fear I imagined it all - so does anyone know what I'm referring too?

posted by Faintdreams to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: I'm guessing Glenn Branca, possibly Rhys Chatham?
posted by spectrevsrector at 5:17 AM on August 7, 2011

Best answer: I'm guessing Glenn Branca, possibly Rhys Chatham?

Those are my two guesses too.
posted by dfan at 5:37 AM on August 7, 2011

Best answer: More specifically: it's probably Chatham's "A Crimson Grail" but it could also be Branca's "Hallucination City."
posted by neroli at 5:55 AM on August 7, 2011

Response by poster: WOW! that was fast and correct ! Even thought I didn't know it until now I was indeed thinking of Glen Branca and the "Hallucination City : Symphony for 100 Guitars." piece.


Thanks to spectrevsrector and dfan and neroli
posted by Faintdreams at 6:52 AM on August 7, 2011