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Guitarist David Torn, bassist Mick Karn, and drummer Terry Bozio play a total of over 20 instruments in this far-reaching musical experiment, released in 1994 on avant- fusion label CMP Records. Led by Torn's scattered almost-melodies, these ten tracks present a tribal jazz ambiance and near-constant guitar and bass noodling that fans of Torn and Karn's prior work will enjoy. Bozio's expressive percussion stylings are up to the drummer's world-class standard, and carry Polytown beyond the new age oblivion similar records inhabit. Despite the virtuoso, heavily-nuanced performances, however, this challenging collection still might not posses the cohesion necessary to interest listeners unfamiliar with so much obsessive compulsive instrumentalism. There is an uncredited nugget of prose inside the CD case that says it best; "Rivers of warm sand like snakes coil around Polytown often flooding into larger reptiles." Impossibly meaningless, but odd and beautiful -- that's the dichotomy of Polytown.
© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo
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Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, Composer, MainArtist - Mick Karn, Composer, MainArtist - DAVID TORN, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, Composer, MainArtist - Mick Karn, Composer, MainArtist - DAVID TORN, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Terry Bozzio, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mick Karn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID TORN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Albumbeschreibung
Guitarist David Torn, bassist Mick Karn, and drummer Terry Bozio play a total of over 20 instruments in this far-reaching musical experiment, released in 1994 on avant- fusion label CMP Records. Led by Torn's scattered almost-melodies, these ten tracks present a tribal jazz ambiance and near-constant guitar and bass noodling that fans of Torn and Karn's prior work will enjoy. Bozio's expressive percussion stylings are up to the drummer's world-class standard, and carry Polytown beyond the new age oblivion similar records inhabit. Despite the virtuoso, heavily-nuanced performances, however, this challenging collection still might not posses the cohesion necessary to interest listeners unfamiliar with so much obsessive compulsive instrumentalism. There is an uncredited nugget of prose inside the CD case that says it best; "Rivers of warm sand like snakes coil around Polytown often flooding into larger reptiles." Impossibly meaningless, but odd and beautiful -- that's the dichotomy of Polytown.
© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:14
- Main artists: David Torn Mick Karn Terry Bozzio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Silva Screen Records Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1990 Silva Screen Records Ltd. ℗ 1990 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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