''Prezens'' is an album by guitarist

David Torn David M. Torn (born May 26, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining electronic and acoustic instruments and for his use of looping. Background Torn has contributed to recordings by artists as diverse ...

recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
accessed November 15, 2011

Reception

The

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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".Jurek, T
Allmusic Review
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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 :''Recorded at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, New York in March 2005''

Personnel

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s, live-sampling and manipulation *

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

Craig Taborn Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was ...

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

Hammond B3 Hammond may refer to: People * Hammond Innes (1913–1998), English novelist * Hammond (surname) * Justice Hammond (disambiguation) Places Antarctica * Hammond Glacier, Antarctica Australia *Hammond, South Australia, a small settlement in South ...

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

, bent circuits *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

(track 10),

Tom Rainey Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Career After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, T ...

(tracks 1-9 & 11) -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums David Torn albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher 2007 albums