David Torn appreciation thread

[Dave (in MA)]

Tim Berne says that there will be a new Sun of Goldfinger release up by Bandcamp Friday:

Howdy Folks,
Got some news for upcoming Bandcamp friday.
We managed to get a multi-track recording of the Sunny Four (sun of gold plus Aurora Nealand)gig in Philadelphia at Solar Myth.
David mixed it last week while i napped intermittently and it came out great!
If you don't believe me here's what Aurora had to say about it:
"The Sunny Four is the result of a series of amalgamated and misconstrued life decisions of Tim Berne, David Torn, Ches Smith & Aurora Nealand, resulting in their simultaneous convergence in a backroom bar where they attempt(ed) to make sonic order and subsequent disarray stemming from the systemic question, “If not me, whom? If not Now, why would everyone be staring at me?”
(The Sunny Four would especially like to Thank the Frequencies between 27.5 - 400 Hertz." )
Anyway,this will be available late thursday night or early friday and is well worth the cost of a cheap lager.

[wideopenears]

That is some great prose, right there. LOL

[walt]

New from a trio of David Torn and Tim Motzer on guitars, looping,electronics and Jeremy Carlstedt on drums.Bandcamp link provided.

https://1krecordings.bandcamp.com/al...e-flowering-am

[Kcrimso]

I wrote a review of guitarist David Torn's second solo album Cloud About Mercury.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-da...-mercury-1987/

[Nashorn]

There are two albums with Torn on Michael Shrieve's Bandcamp, both are very much worth listening to!:
https://michaelshrieve.bandcamp.com/...d-terje-gevelt
https://michaelshrieve.bandcamp.com/...e-leaving-time

[Dave (in MA)]

The Leaving Time went OOP pretty quickly after it was released. I remember buying it as an inexpensive cutout, and then when I found a few more copies, buying them to send to other Torn fans who I'd met online, in the pre-WWW days. There was a Door X e-mail group at one point, and another one for Fusion fans, and I think it was probably via one of those groups.

[Dave (in MA)]

New from a trio of David Torn and Tim Motzer on guitars, looping,electronics and Jeremy Carlstedt on drums.Bandcamp link provided.

https://1krecordings.bandcamp.com/al...e-flowering-am

Thanks.
I bought that on BCFriday but neglected to mention it in here.

[Dave (in MA)]

Sunny Five
Tim Berne: Alto Saxophone
Marc Ducret: Vendramini Guitars and Table Guitar
Devin Hoff: Electric Bass
Ches Smith: Drums, Electronics
David Torn: Electric Guitar and Live Multi-Looping

https://screwgunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/candid

Highly recommended if you're a fan of Prezens, Sun of Goldfinger, etc.

100% improv.

[Dave (in MA)]

It they'd put this out a week earlier, it would have made a nice Bandcamp Friday item where they'd keep all the proceeds.

https://screwgunrecords.bandcamp.com...ns-low-ready-2
DISCO TENT​/​RAVENS LOW & READY 2
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DISCO TENT/RAVENS LOW & READY 2 53:14

RECORDED LIVE AT LOWLANDS BAR JANUARY 18TH BY MISTER MXYZPTLK

*HEY WE DID THIS GIG LAST MONTH AND IT WAS FUCKING CRAZY......SINCE WE CAN'T TOUR HERE'S THE NEXT BEST THING.
ENJOY!
credits
released February 8, 2024

TREVOR DUNN ELECTRIC BASS
DAVID TORN GUITAR AND LIVE MULTI LOOPING
TIM BERNE ALTO SAXOPHONE
TOM RAINEY DRUMS
MASTERED BY TORN
COVER ART BY WHOWANTSTOKNOW
THANKS JOHN!

[JKL2000]

^ Thanks, I'll check this out, looks like a great lineup!

Last night I listened to the live Belew Levin Upper Extremeties album. Torn is on that, and he's excellent. It really sounded at times like the band had someone playing keyboard synths.

And now I'm listening to Sonar - Live at Moods, which is also with David Torn, and his playing is very good on it as well.

[Kcrimso]

^ Thanks, I'll check this out, looks like a great lineup!

Last night I listened to the live Belew Levin Upper Extremeties album. Torn is on that, and he's excellent. It really sounded at times like the band had someone playing keyboard synths.

Bruford Levin Upper Extremeties

[Dave (in MA)]

There are no preview clips, so let me just say if Sun of Goldfinger's output or the more recent Sunny Five are more out-there than you find enjoyable, this is in that same category.

[polmico]

It they'd put this out a week earlier, it would have made a nice Bandcamp Friday item where they'd keep all the proceeds.

https://screwgunrecords.bandcamp.com...ns-low-ready-2
DISCO TENT​/​RAVENS LOW & READY 2
.
DISCO TENT/RAVENS LOW & READY 2 53:14

RECORDED LIVE AT LOWLANDS BAR JANUARY 18TH BY MISTER MXYZPTLK

*HEY WE DID THIS GIG LAST MONTH AND IT WAS FUCKING CRAZY......SINCE WE CAN'T TOUR HERE'S THE NEXT BEST THING.
ENJOY!
credits
released February 8, 2024

TREVOR DUNN ELECTRIC BASS
DAVID TORN GUITAR AND LIVE MULTI LOOPING
TIM BERNE ALTO SAXOPHONE
TOM RAINEY DRUMS
MASTERED BY TORN
COVER ART BY WHOWANTSTOKNOW
THANKS JOHN!

Oh man. I’m in.

Dunn and King Buzzo are doing some touring late summer.

[Dave (in MA)]

I guess it was a last minute decision to release it.

[JKL2000]

Bruford Levin Upper Extremeties

Thanks!! I was distracted by politics last night!

[Dave (in MA)]

Screwgun (Berne) announced to their Bandcamp followers that they'll be recording these shows.

Hello Hello
If any of you live in New Orleans we're doing this residency in April and recording it live.
Yes,I'm certifiable for doing but fuck it...you only live twice.

[interbellum]

I bought the first couple of CD's of singer Sarah Fimm up to the moment she went "digital only". Still, it's nice to see she keeps on to work with fine musicians. On the track What Are You Thinking (2023) David Torn plays some lovely cloud-guitar, including a solo. The woman featured in the youtube-clip on Bandcamp is Donna Lewis with whom Torn worked too.

https://sarahfimm.bandcamp.com/track...eat-david-torn

This is the music-only clip:

[Dave (in MA)]

A new one was just released:

https://davidmtorn.bandcamp.com/albu...o-fell-to-feel

No liner notes or preview clips, $7, downloading now...