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Album · 1994

Filed under Nu Jazz
By DAVID TORN

Tracklist

1 Honey Sweating 5:45
2 Palms for Lester 6:44
3 Open Letter to the Heart of Diaphora 4:37
4 Bandaged by Dreams 6:53
5 Warrior Horsemen of the Spirit Thundering Over Hills of Doubt to a Place of Hope 5:01
6 Snail Hair Dune 9:31
7 This Is the Abduction Scene 3:10
8 Red Sleep 4:28
9 Res Majuko 3:42
10 City of the Dead 3:31

Line-up/Musicians

Bass [Fretless], Clarinet [Bass], Other [Dida], Voice [Greek] – Mick Karn
Drums, Percussion, Bodhrán, Drums [Dumbek], Noises [Throaty French Horn Imitation], Piano [12 Notes On The Piano] – Terry Bozzio
Guitar, Loops, Programmed By [Processing], Organ [Hammond B-3], Harmonica, Koto [Kake Koto], Piano [Tiny], Voice – David Torn

About this release

CMP Records – CMP CD 1006 (Germany)

Recorded and mixed by Bruce Calder between June 25 and July 16, 1993 at White Crow Audio, Burlington

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Guitarist David Torn is known by his great collaborative albums with different leading jazz and rock musicians. This album is released by trio with bassist Mick Karn and drummer Terri Bozzio. The trio recorded this only studio album, but what a release it is!

Three very competent musicians play in common almost twenty instruments there on this recording, but main sound accents are repetitive bass constructions and ambient electric guitar screams/noodling.Album atmosphere is dark,liquid,hypnotic and emotionally influential. Possibly some can find this music a bit repetitive, but very diverse drumming,vital guitar and bass pulsation will hardly make you feel bored.

Possibly not the album for everyone's taste, but for those with love to experimental guitar fusion with complex rhythmical constructions and dark ambient atmosphere, this album is first class release.

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