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The guitar DT is now playing is made by Saul Koll/Koll Guitars. DT calls it the Naugahyde Tornado. The amp/head was built by Reinhold Bogner and has been dubbed "Furry" by DT. Was there another head/amp? If so that would have been the Judybox "Splattatone." Koll pics: http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=3235028&uid=1684866 peace, -matt >From: Andre Cholmondeley <projectobject@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >Subject: Torn show >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:07:23 -0500 > > >David Torn (ensemble show) with Andre LaFosse (opening) > > >WHERE: NYC - MAKOR performance space -35 W 67th. > >WHEN: WED JAN 28 - 2004 > >Well well - the snow it sucked royally to park!!.. And that¹s a tough >area to park anyway.. After the show I had to be PUSHED outta the spot I >was >in... Yikes. The snow/NYC parking debacle did make me miss my good >buddy/opening act Andre LaFosse... west coast andre¹ to my east coast >andre¹... As we¹re known here on ye olde loopers e-list. Tho -we may >confuse >the issue and switch coasts next year (?) > >WHO: DAVID TORN/guitar textures, madness and beauty. FIMA EPHRON/ac and el >bass (screaming headless torsos etc), and one of my fave sax players TIM >BERNE, plus BEN PEROWSKY on skins, a couple triggers and real bells. Super >inspiring. > >WHAT: Torn played a new guitar (what was that...?). Axe had a myriad of >cool >swqitches yeilding many diff sounds --there was also a little condenser(?) >mic on the upper horn of the gtr -- for sampling whatever..EDP, Repeater, >Korg Electribe..and many other custom and strange sound makers/tweakers... >all thru Rivera amps and a SECRET new tube head that he is co-designing >with >an amp god... > >HOW: Great show.. What can I say...?? Seemed like a lot of free-form >improv >stuff - the best! I didn¹t really recognize any themes per se... > >DT would somehow capture Tim Berne's sax playing.. And loop it..layer it, >send it back to Tim as a bass line...rhythmic bed..or counterpoint >melodies. >This was f-in great to hear and see - it was truly 'live production and >editing'. If you don't know Berne's work check it out NOW.... What a >quietly >revolutionary player...Very wide dynamic range. The quartet moved from >jazzy >feel to over-the top skronk with nary a seam. Fima is such a great >listener. >He would come in with a funky pattern right when it was really needed. >Never >fell into the bass trap of 'groove-groove-groove-and-never-stop playing' > >BEST PART WAS - everyone onstage LISTENED to the other musicians.... Wow! > >Musically - Super inspiring. Torn's chunk of the universe makes me really >feel at home.. Polyrhythms... African/asia/mid east/beefheartian and other >melodies float in and out.. Mutant-Jazz chords...the soul of HENDRIX... >Loops, textures, building-melting filtered distorto sounds..and gentle >winds >of ambience.... > >SITINGS: A quick pre-show hello with another buddy - violinist Todd >Reynolds... You can hear him with ETHEL, Betty Buckley, Steve Reich and >sooo >many other artists!! Todd and Andre have some kinda looping workshop on >Saturday > >Got to meet Torn sound engineer/Levin Band engineer/recordist/cool dude >Robert Frazza..also met LOU from the loopers-delight group....RICHARD >also... And I'm ashamed to say I forgot a couple other names!! But - the >group was well represented!! > >Got to talk a bit of shop and music with DT - we also talked a bit about >the >excellent soundtracks for TRAFFIC and THREE KINGS - at that point Mr Torn >also recommended his recent soundtrack for THE ORDER... [I wanted to see >that anyway... It¹s (loosely) about the dark secret crap and secret >societies the catholic church gets into behind locked doors....NO - this >isn't a statement on the ENTIRE church..save yer email explanation...] > >SITES: >TORN http://splattercell.com/ >EPHRON http://www.fimamusic.com/fima/bio.html >BERNE http://www.screwgunrecords.com/ >PEROWSKY http://www.perowsky.com/ > _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to choose, serve, and enjoy wine at Wine @ MSN. http://wine.msn.com/