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Torn was born in Amityville, New York, [1] He is married to Linda B. Brecht-Torn (b. 1952). David Torn is the son of Lawrence J. Torn (1926-2017) and Rhoda G. Torn (1927-2010); he is the father of electronic musician Elijah B. Torn (b. 1979) and Cody M. Torn (b. 1983). He is the brother of Marsha Torn and Linda Torn, and he was a cousin of ...
About. David Torn (also, aka “splattercell”) is a composer, texturalist, guitarist, producer & whatnot of actual international stature, renowned for his unique musical voice which seems to span & un-define a range of idioms and styles.
David Torn Follow Artist + Innovative, prolific guitarist, electronicist, producer, and sideman whose work blurs the edges between rock, jazz, and avant music.
Jun 4, 2015 · Learn about the life and music of David Torn, a versatile and experimental guitarist who has played with Bowie, Legend, ECM and more. He talks about his new solo record Only Sky, his brain tumor, his influences and his approach to improvisation.
Jun 4, 2015 · David Torn is always in motion. If he’s not doing session work for artists as diverse as David Bowie, k.d. lang, Madonna, or film composer Howard Shore (of Lord of the Rings fame), he’s producing sessions for someone like saxophonist Tim Berne or Kaki King, mixing a big-band album, recording video-game tracks, writing large-form orchestral pieces, or composing his own film scores.
Mar 18, 2024 · David Torn is a texturalist/guitarist (winner of Guitar Player Magazine's Readers' Poll Award, Experimental category: 1994 & 1997), composer, multi-instrumentalist (live looping, oud, saz, kikuyae, kotar, MacOS, samplers, programming, mandolin, optigan, etc.), producer, writer, occasional singer & sporadically vociferous consultant to technological niches within the musical instrument ...
Of course, this is the same David Torn whose serene, ambient, and finely textured soundscapes have gone on to become über-successful mainstays of the sample CD and film music world. Weeks pass and the next time I hear from him, he's been summoned to a New York City studio to record guitar for Tony Visconti [ Tape Op #29 ] and David Bowie, who ...
