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David Torn (born 26 May 1953) is an American composer and guitarist . He is known for the organic blending/manipulation of electronic and acoustic instruments and performance techniques that have an atmospheric or Texture (music)|textural quality and effect, along with a particular harmonic richness. He is particularly well known among guitarists for his use and technological influence upon the development of Music loop|looping effects.
Biography
David Torn is married to a Brechtwho|date=November 2011, is the son of L.J. and R. Torn, the father of both Elijah B Torn and Cody Torn, the brother of M. Torn, and he is a cousin of Rip Torn , Angelica Torn , Geraldine Page , Sissy Spacek and Ina Garten , AKA The Barefoot Contessa .
Torn studied with Leonard Bernstein (within the "Music for Young Composers" series), as well as with guitarists John Abercrombie (guitarist)|John Abercrombie , Pat Martino , Paul Weiss and Arthur Basile.
Torn was born in Amityville, New York , and began his career with the Ithaca-based jam band Zobo Funn Band in the 1970s, and rose to prominence as a member of The Everyman Band and Jan Garbarek 's quartet in the mid-1980s. He has recorded six albums as a leader for the ECM (record label)|ECM , Windham Hill , CMP, and 75 Ark record labels. He has also recorded a series of CD-ROMs with looping and other ambient music and "integrated noise" materials that can be used as Sampling (music)|samples by other artists. Torn has contributed to recordings by artists including David Bowie , kd lang , John Legend , Tori Amos , Bill Bruford , Tony Levin , Mick Karn , David Sylvian , Chocolate Genius , Michael Shrieve , Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach , Patrick O'Hearn , Andy Rinehart , Matt Chamberlain , Meshell Ndegeocello and Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry .
In 1992 he was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma ; in his case, a life-threatening form of brain tumor. The surgery that followed left him deaf in the right ear, but didn't rob him of the ability to compose, record and play. Torn even mixes many widely available recordings himself, although according to him this requires sitting sideways to the studio speakers and "visualising the stereo aspects of sound" in his head rather than experimenting with them by ear. He has, in fact, produced a Grammy -winning recording for Jeff Beck , as well as many recordings for Tim Berne , Drew Gress, Dave Douglas (trumpeter)|Dave Douglas (another Grammy nominee), Douglas September as well as many others.
Torn's contributions have been featured in a number of films, including Velvet Goldmine , Adaptation (film)|Adaptation , The Big Lebowski , The Departed , Fur (film)|Fur , The Hoax , Kalifornia , Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic , Reversal of Fortune , Tibet , Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings , Everything Must Go (film)|Everything Must Go , and so on. In 2006, Torn's film-score for Believe in Me (2006 film)|Believe in Me won the Best Score-award at the Jackson Hole Film Festival ; in 2005, he composed an evocative score to Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights , and in 2003, his score for the film The Order (2003 film)|The Order was nominated for a Grammy Award .
He works out of his personal studios, known as Cell Labs ; occasionally, he uses the pseudonym "splattercell".
In 2010, Torn released an EP under the name Chute. It's a five-track electronica collaboration with singer Donna Lewis. Currently, it is available exclusively on iTunes.
Discography
Best Laid Plans (David Torn album)|Best Laid Plans (ECM, 1985)
Cloud About Mercury (ECM, 1987)
Door X (1990)
Mick Karn|Karn , Terry Bozzio|Bozzio , Torn — Polytown (1994)
Earthbeat (1995) — with Bebo Baldan
Tripping Over God (1995)
What Means Solid, Traveller? (1996)
Vernon Reid , Elliott Sharp , David Torn — GTR OBLQ (1998)
splattercell: Textures for Electronica and Film Music (2000)
splattercell: OAH (2001)
splattercell: AH (2001)
tonal textures
pandora's toolbox
Prezens (2007)
Chute EP (2010)
Soundtracks
The Order (2003 film)|The Order — soundtrack (2003)
Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights — soundtrack (2004)
Lars and the Real Girl — soundtrack (2007)
Saint John of Las Vegas — soundtrack (2009)
Everything Must Go (soundtrack)|Everything Must Go — soundtrack (2010)
With The Everyman Band
Everyman Band (album)|Everyman Band (1982)
Without Warning (Everyman Band album)|Without Warning (ECM, 1985)
http://www.jazzchicago.net/reviews/davtorn.html Review of prezens at JazzChicago.net
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chute-ep/id370100489 Chute EP on iTunes
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