"The Ascension: The Sequel — Branca's first new album in 12 years, and first with a small band since the '80s—is his balls-out rock record. And even as a minimalist prodigy, he's embracing the cliché inherent in the title. 'That was the idea: It's the sequel, it's old-school, and it kicks ass', Branca says of this new work's behemoth crunch, obvious from the opening three-minute ecstatic shred of 'The Tone Row That Ruled the World', the infectiously coiled mind-meld 'Lesson No. 3 (Tribute to Steve Reich)', and the 20-minute cataclysmic trip 'The Blood'" (daqui)
(2010)
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