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David Torn (26 May 1953 - )

Male Person - United States guitarist/composer aka SPLaTTeRCeLL

 Also known as (1)

Releases (8)

Official

Album

  1. Cloud About Mercury 1987
  2. Door X 1990
  3. Tripping Over God 1995
  4. Prezens 2007
  5. only sky 04 Apr 2015
  6. What Means Solid, Traveller?

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Lars and the Real Girl: Music From the Motion Picture 2007
  2. That Awkward Moment 28 Jan 2014

Relationships (5)

Performs As

  1. SPLaTTeRCeLL

Supporting Artists

  1. Doug Lunn

Member Of

  1. Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (1998 - 2000) original
  2. Everyman Band
  3. Gongzilla

Recordings by (90)

  1. Suyafhu Skin... Snapping the Hollow Reed 8:21 (1987)
  2. The Mercury Grid 6:34 (1987)
  3. 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment 7:10 (1987)
  4. Previous Man 7:55 (1987)
  5. The Network of Sparks - a. The Delicate Code 4:52 (1987)
  6. b. Egg Learns to Walk ...Suyafhu Seal 10:25 (1987)
  7. Suyafhu Skin... 1:11 (1987)
  8. Snapping the Hollow Reed 7:04 (1987)
  9. The Network of Sparks: A. The Delicate Code / B. Egg Learns to Walk /... Suyafhu Seal 15:12 (1987)
  10. Time Bomb 5:02 (1990)
  11. Lion of Boaz 5:09 (1990)
  12. Voodoo Chile 5:36 (1990)
  13. The Others 5:00 (1990)
  14. Diamond Mansions 4:45 (1990)
  15. Good Morning, Mr Wonderful 3:36 (1990)
  16. Brave Light of Sun 4:45 (1990)
  17. Promise 4:39 (1990)
  18. Taste of Roses 4:39 (1990)
  19. Door X 5:44 (1990)
  20. Sunday on the Violet Sea 6:51 (1991)
  21. Sending Religion to Bed Without Its Supper 8:57 (1991)
  22. Pasha 9:40 (1995)
  23. Seven Door #3 5:43 (1995)
  24. The Entire Wish Spent Timing 4:23 (1995)
  25. Trip Over God 6:46 (1995)
  26. Dr. 8, the Bird You Sang 3:09 (1995)
  27. Acosay Phodei Mojo 2:14 (1995)
  28. Bust my Ass For Thinking 4:36 (1995)
  29. Shofar 2:41 (1995)
  30. Rollin' and Tumblin' 6:39 (1995)
  31. How Could I 4:08 (1995)
  32. What Was Once... 6:15 (1995)
  33. Thought of Many Georges 3:24 (1995)
  34. And Well I Found No Bottom 3:02 (1995)
  35. Pewterbird's Mob 7:00 (1995)
  36. Spell Breaks with the Weather 5:49 (Jun 1996)
  37. Do You Ever Feel Cursed 3:23 (12 Oct 2004)
  38. AK 9:20 (2007)
  39. Rest & Unrest 3:44 (2007)
  40. Structural Functions of Prezens 10:57 (2007)
  41. Bulbs 6:19 (2007)
  42. Them Buried Standing 2:44 (2007)
  43. Sink 7:14 (2007)
  44. Neck-Deep in the Harrow... 12:32 (2007)
  45. Ever More Other 4:13 (2007)
  46. Ring for Endless Travel 2:23 (2007)
  47. Miss Place, The Mist... 5:45 (2007)
  48. Transmit Regardless 7:20 (2007)
  49. At the Mall 2:22 (2007)
  50. In the Forest 1:17 (2007)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The Mummy Club 6:43 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  2. Japan Smiles 4:39 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  3. Lonely Streets 10:40 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  4. Fatt Blatt 5:27 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  5. Nuclear Suite 8:09 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  6. On the Spot 4:50 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  7. Morals in the Mud 2:39 Everyman Band (06 Sep 1982) guitar
  8. One Day in March I Go Down to the Sea and Listen 5:33 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  9. It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice 4:42 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar, synthesizer
  10. I'm the Knife-thrower's Partner 0:54 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  11. Mission: To Be Where I Am 8:11 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  12. The Crossing Place 9:11 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  13. Eva’s Decision, Part 2 1:53 Carsten Bohn’s Bandstand (1984) electric guitar
  14. Function Proof 1:45 Carsten Bohn’s Bandstand (1984) electric guitar
  15. It's OK to Phone the Island That Is a Mirage 5:49 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  16. White Noise of Forgetfulness 8:23 Jan Garbarek Group (1984) guitar
  17. Talking With Himself 9:16 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  18. Patterns Which Connect 5:26 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  19. Huh What He Say 4:54 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  20. Al Ur 8:35 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  21. Multibluetonic Blues 6:46 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  22. Trick of the Wool 4:12 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  23. Celebration 7 6:08 Everyman Band (1985) guitar
  24. Maria 2:50 David Sylvian (1987) guitar
  25. Suyafhu Skin... Snapping the Hollow Reed 8:21 David Torn (1987) guitar
  26. The Boy With the Gun 5:18 David Sylvian (1987) guitar, electric guitar
  27. Mother and Child 3:15 David Sylvian (1987) guitar, acoustic guitar
  28. 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment 7:10 David Torn (1987) guitar
  29. The Mercury Grid 6:34 David Torn (1987) guitar
  30. Previous Man 7:55 David Torn (1987) guitar
  31. b. Egg Learns to Walk ...Suyafhu Seal 10:25 David Torn (1987) guitar
  32. The Network of Sparks - a. The Delicate Code 4:52 David Torn (1987) guitar
  33. Tales From the Maidan 6:37 Mark Isham (1988) electric guitar
  34. In the Warmth of Your Night 9:19 Mark Isham (1988) electric guitar
  35. A Dream of Three Acrobats 8:01 Mark Isham (1988) electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  36. My Wife With Champagne Shoulders 5:31 Mark Isham (1988) electric guitar
  37. The Grand Parade 5:52 Mark Isham (1988) lap steel guitar
  38. Searching for a Heart 4:09 Warren Zevon (1990) electronic instruments
  39. Marionette 5:56 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  40. Turkish Delight 6:45 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  41. Songs of the Flying Fish 4:38 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  42. Ashes and Diamonds 3:12 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  43. Toward the Infinite White 5:20 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  44. An Eye on the World 3:56 Mark Isham (1990) guitar
  45. You Don't Know What Love Is 2:30 Anne Archer (1990) guitar
  46. Honeymoon Nights 5:22 Mark Isham (1990) guitar

Engineered

  1. Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark 4:35 Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (03 Sep 1991) assistant

Produced

  1. Searching for a Heart 4:09 Warren Zevon (1990)
  2. Splashing Out 5:25 Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (03 Sep 1991)
  3. Nerve 6:07 Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (03 Sep 1991)

Credited as (20)

  1. David Torn
  2. David Torn & Geoffrey Gordon
  3. David Torn, Vernon Reid & Elliott Sharp
  4. David Torn / Geoffrey Gordon
  5. David Torn, Mick Karn & Terry Bozzio
  6. Levin Torn White
  7. Chris Massey’s Forever Sharp and Vivid featuring David Torn & David CasT
  8. Chris Massey, David casTiglione, David Torn
  9. Sonar With David Torn
  10. Sonar with David Torn
  11. David Torn, Tim Berne, Ches Smith
  12. Vernon Reid, Elliott Sharp, David Torn
  13. Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, Chris Botti, David Torn
  14. Robert Creeley · Chris Massey · Steve Swallow · David CasT · David Torn
  15. Sonar with David Torn and J. Peter Schwalm
  16. Torn / Karn / Bozzio
  17. Stephan Thelen feat. David Torn & Markus Reuter
  18. Torn / Rainey / Berne / Dunn
  19. Robert Creeley / David Torn / Steve Swallow / Chris Massey / David CasT
  20. Stephan Thelen with David Torn

Works (40)

Arranged

  1. Do You Ever Feel Cursed?

Wrote

  1. The Eggman Cometh
  2. Saday, Maday
  3. What It Feels Like for a Girl
  4. Lo que siente la mujer
  5. No Warning Lights
  6. Sleeping Horse
  7. Ultra Mullet
  8. White Noise
  9. The Hood Fell
  10. Monkey Mind
  11. Cheese It, the Corpse
  12. Convergence
  13. Pillowfull of Dark
  14. Prom Night of the Centipedes
  15. Crunch Time
  16. Brain Tattoo
  17. Lights Out

Composed

  1. Monolith
  2. Lookface!
  3. Suyafhu Skin... Snapping the Hollow Reed
  4. The Mercury Grid
  5. 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment
  6. Previous Man
  7. The Network of Sparks - a. The Delicate Code
  8. b. Egg Learns to Walk ...Suyafhu Seal
  9. Do You Ever Feel Cursed?
  10. Spell Breaks With the Weather
  11. at least there was nothing
  12. spoke with folks
  13. ok, shorty
  14. was a cave, there…
  15. reaching barely, sparely fraught
  16. i could almost see the room
  17. only sky
  18. so much what
  19. a goddamned specific unbalance
  20. Walls of the Vortex
  21. Eve

Lyrics

  1. Spell Breaks With the Weather

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.splattercell.com/
  2. http://davidtorn.net/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011019515
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011019515
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14052756s
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134541154

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/258129

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/96266

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000226228

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868128/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5134790

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966979

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/56484