Prezens
2007 studio album by David Torn
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Studio album by David Torn | ||||
Released | 2007 | |||
Recorded | March 2005 | |||
Studio | Clubhouse Studios Rhinebeck, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz, Experimental | |||
Length | 72:38 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 1877 | |||
Producer | David Torn | |||
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Prezens is an album by guitarist David Torn recorded in March 2005 and released on ECM in 2007.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prezens is one of those recordings where free improvisation and composition find an uneasy but cooperative working relationship making for one compelling listen after another."[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
- "AK" (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, David Torn) – 9:19
- "Rest & Unrest" – 3:45
- "Structural Functions of Prezens" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 10:58
- "Bulbs" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 6:21
- "Them Buried Standing" – 2:43
- "Sink" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:16
- "Neck-Deep in the Harrow..." (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 12:33
- "Ever More Other" – 4:13
- "Ring for Endless Travel" – 2:24
- "Miss Place, The Mist..." (Matt Chamberlain, Torn) – 5:46
- "Transmit Regardless" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:20
Personnel
- David Torn – guitars, live-sampling and manipulation
- Tim Berne – alto saxophone
- Craig Taborn – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, mellotron, bent circuits
- Matt Chamberlain (track 10), Tom Rainey (tracks 1-9 & 11) – drums
References
- ^ ECM discography accessed November 15, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Best Laid Plans (1984)
- Cloud About Mercury (1986)
- What Means Solid, Traveller? (1995)
- Prezens (2005)
- Only Sky (2014)
- GTR OBLQ (1998)