5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
This 1987 production signifies experimental guitarist David Torn's second effort for Germany-based ECM Records. Here, the artist exhibits a sound, style, and methodology that are clearly his own, amid superb support by Bill Bruford (drums), Tony Levin (Chapman Stick/bass), and Mark Isham (trumpets). Torn generates gobs of excitement via his cunningly articulated phraseology, while also incorporating North African and East Indian modal concepts into these power-packed performances, fabricated upon climactic opuses and steamy crescendos.
PERSONNEL:DAVID TORN, guitars
MARK ISHAM, trumpet
TONY LEVIN, bass
BILL BRUFORD, drums
Recorded March 1986 at Audio International, London.
TRACKS:
01. Suyafhu Skin... Snapping The Hollow Reed
02. The Mercury Grid
03. Minutes Of Pure Entertainment
04. Previous Man
05. Network Of Sparks: The Delicate Code
06. Network Of Sparks: Egg Learns To Walk... Suyafhu Seal