Prezens Explained

Prezens
Type:	Album
Artist:	David Torn
Cover:	Prezens.jpg
Released:	2007
Recorded:	March 2005
Studio:	Clubhouse Studios Rhinebeck, New York
Genre:	Jazz, Experimental
Length:	72:38
Label:	ECM
Producer:	David Torn
Chronology:	David Torn
Prev Title:	Pandora's Toolbox
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Only Sky
Next Year:	2014

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]

Track listing

All compositions by David Torn except as indicated

1. "AK" (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, David Torn) – 9:19
2. "Rest & Unrest" – 3:45
3. "Structural Functions of Prezens" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 10:58
4. "Bulbs" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 6:21
5. "Them Buried Standing" – 2:43
6. "Sink" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:16
7. "Neck-Deep in the Harrow..." (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 12:33
8. "Ever More Other" – 4:13
9. "Ring for Endless Travel" – 2:24
10. "Miss Place, The Mist..." (Matt Chamberlain, Torn) – 5:46
11. "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

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1800/1877.php ECM discography
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011