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Barbara Ess
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Y Pants
The Static
Radio/Guitar
The Sheer Frost Orchestra
Disband
ex
Glenn Branca Ensemble
American musician and photographer. In the late 1970s and ’80s, she was known for her fanzine [l72072] and was a member of early No Wave bands Static, Theoretical Girls and Y Pants. She died on March 4, 2021 due to an aggressive brain tumor.
ALBUMS
Ess*
Phobia
2019, Cass, Ltd, Not On Label
Peggy Ahwesh / Barbara Ess
Radio Guitar
2001, CD, Album, Ecstatic Peace!
Various
Noise Fest
1981, Cass, Comp, C90, ZG Music,
,
Post-Punk/No Wave/Noise/Experimental
Y Pants
Y Pants
2017,
,
Art Rock/No Wave/Punk
Radio/Guitar
Thrum
2004, 12", S/Sided, Gre, Table Of The Elements
Y Pants
Y Pants
1998,
,
New Wave/Punk/Art Rock
Y Pants
Beat It Down
1982,
,
No Wave
Y Pants
Little Music
1980, 7", EP, 99 Records (2),
,
Art Rock/No Wave
The Static
Theoretical Record
1979,
,
Art Rock/No Wave
APPEARANCES +
Branca*
Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses
2006, CD, Album, Atavistic
Marina Rosenfeld : The Sheer Frost Orchestra
Drop, Hop, Drone, Scratch, Slide & A For Anything
2002, CD, Charhizma
Branca*
Selections From The Symphonies (For Electric Guitars)
1997, CD, Comp, Atavistic
Ultra Vulva
Twist In Bed
1995, 7", Drum Core
Glenn Branca
Symphony No. 9 (L'Eve Future)
1995, CD,
,
Contemporary
Branca*
Songs '77-'79
1995
Onward
In A Different Place
1993,
,
Hardcore
Branca* Featuring Z'ev
Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred)
1992,
,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Tellus #21 - Anthology Of Audio By Visual Artists
1988, Cassette,
,
Avantgarde/Poetry/Experimental/Spoken Word
Various
Tellus #12 - Tellus Dance
1986, Cass, Comp, Tellus
Z'EV
My Favorite Things
1985
Various
Tellus, The Audio Cassette Magazine #5 & #6: Special Double Audio Visual Issue
1984, Cass, Comp, Tellus,
,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Spoken Word
Various
Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake
1983, Cass, Les Disques Du Crépuscule,
,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal/Avantgarde
Various
Volume 6 Numbers 2 & 3
1983, 2xCass, Comp, C10, Audio Arts, Audio Arts
Arleen Schloss
How She Sees It
1983, Cass, C36, New Wilderness Audiographics,
,
Spoken Word/Contemporary/Field Recording/Sound Collage/Experimental
Glenn Branca
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus)
1983
Branca*
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (Music For The First 127 Intervals Of The Harmonic Series)
1983
Various
Live To Air (Artists' Sound Works)
1982,
,
Abstract/Spoken Word/Experimental/Poetry/Post-Punk/New Wave/Avantgarde/Sound Art
Various
Just Another Asshole
1981,
,
Alternative Rock/Minimal/Chanson/Spoken Word/Field Recording/Avantgarde/Art Rock/No Wave/Speech/Noise/Free Improvisation/Modern Classical/Lo-Fi/Experimental
Dan Graham, The Static
At Riverside Studios London
1979
Z'EV
The Invisible Man / The Old Sweat
LP, Coercion
Various
Tellus #1
1983, Cass, Album, Comp, Tellus
Various
Audio By Visual Artists
1988, Cassette,
,
Avantgarde/Poetry/Experimental/Spoken Word
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