Polytown

by David Torn, Mick Karn & Terry Bozzio

Polytown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 June 1994
  • Label: CMP
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:21
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This instrumental supergroup unites three highly innovative musicians for a singular, rhythmically complex project. 'Polytown' weaves David Torn's looping guitar textures, Mick Karn's distinctive fretless bass lines, and Terry Bozzio's polyrhythmic drumming into an atmospheric fusion of avant-prog and jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: ritualistic, atmospheric, instrumental, experimental, progressive, dissonant, improvisation, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Honey Sweating (5:45)
  2. Palms for Lester (6:44)
  3. Open Letter To The Heart Of Diaphora (4:37)
  4. Bandaged by Dreams (6:52)
  5. Warrior Horsemen of the Spirit Thundering Over Hills of Doubt to a Place of Hope (5:01)
  6. Snail Hair Dune (9:30)
  7. This is the Abduction Scene (3:10)
  8. Red Sleep (4:28)
  9. Res Majuko (3:41)
  10. City of the Dead (3:30)

Credits

  • David Torn - primary artist, composed by, performer [performed by], guitar [guitars], loops, programmed by [processing], electric organ [hammond b-3], harmonica, koto [fake koto], piano [tiny], voice
  • Mick Karn - primary artist, composed by, performer [performed by], fretless bass, bass clarinet, suona [dida], voice [greek]
  • Terry Bozzio - primary artist, composed by, performer [performed by], drums, percussion, bodhr谩n, voice [throaty french horn imitation], piano [12 notes on the piano], tombak [dumbek]

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