David Torn @ London Vortex 14.1.08

[duganrushes]

This and "Prezens" bring Trane's "Ascension" to the forefront of my mind.

[metalcore929]

That Tueffel guitar is wild.

[drkam6]

Torn RULES

[rodjesusavantgard]

the best guitarist i ever heard, a mix of all trop players languages, with his own signature.

XXVII century guitar man!!!

[whencanwehaveoursay]

The natural successor to Bob Fripp. Haven't seen Mr Torn in far too long.

[Ollielollie]

This was an amazing night at the Vortex. One of the best I can remember

[safapresley]

Maybe this will catch on in the space age.

[frisell1968]

so far this is torn's best avantgarde band!i just got the record, its pretty amzing ang diff. compared to live performances... love it!

[iffenwhat]

He had a brain tumor that was removed. I think that they took his soul with it.

[rishum]

@iffenwhat Well imho his music got more soulful if anything after the op'

[iffenwhat]

Lawnmower Man!!

[safapresley]

This sounds like jungle music to me.

[rmsolympic1]

i am not a musician. can anyone who is tell me if this would be considered atonal music? it really is absoultely and crazily chaotic, as though he were describing the abyss.

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

microtonal

sort of like sliding towards a note on an enlarged scale. which is why he responds so well with mick karn. and no it wasn't a brain tumor , he had a osrt of virus affecting his hearing, left ear I think. that took his hearing in that ear. sort of like a virus or allergy.Brave man to keep on playing. PS he's rivals with robert fripp.

[rishum]

@ThomasJeromeNewton different league to Fripp - he's up there with Tibbetts

[jeffreycollins]

would love to get one of those guitars, been wanting one for many years.

[LodoGrdzak]

Experimentation means sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss. Maybe this worked better actually being there--not too crazy about the stagnant camera work and unprofessional audio so Im gonna hold off on saying anything I regret. Torn's a great artist and my opinion stays put on that.

[shuffleboil]

well yeah, if it was supposed to be professional it wouldn't be posted to bloody Youtube, would it!

[rubertti]

q som mais xtranho, mesmo pra Jazz

David torn is a very CrazY!!

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

maluco pra brasil mais pra chile muito normais

:D

[rasjvon]

marc ducret burns this guy to a crisp

......science friction anyone?

this is just noize....with the best backup band in the WORLD!!

[freejazzfree]

music is not a competition

[rasjvon]

then why did you feeel the need to 'one up' my comment---cause you think your opinion is valid,right freejazzer?

i bet you never even heard ducret

[freejazzfree]

ducret is one of my fav guitar players.

the comment wasnt a one up attempt.. that would negate the purpose of the comment itself.

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

ummm you haven't heard his entire catalogue so stfu. btw netrage is for the penile deficient.

[rasjvon]

oh..i don't own all of his recordings?

and you are...?

btw...i am huge

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

that's what everyone says

ummm from B.L.u.E to David Sylvian secrets of the beehive tour

Lonely universe

anything else?

should show the entire gap

then there's the entire filmworks compilation, what are you trying to prove, real musician? Get high speed racer if you love <3 competitions-

[rasjvon]

get some toto, wedding singer

then listen to some madonna

microtonal...now that is funny

i bet you wear izod

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

almost, espirit jeans and benetton

speak of french guitarrist who's that nyguen bloke?

[klaboesterbeer]

Even in hip countries like England it's considered indecent to perform with a beaver on your head.

[iznaber0]

nice knobs...

[bigtophalloween]

Two Words!!

[namlook1]

Nice Sax!!

[pjustusxi]

Very cool!

[wooshnie]

Nice Hat!