Prezens
{{Infobox album
| name = Prezens
| type = Album
| artist = David Torn
| cover = Prezens.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2007
| recorded = March 2005
| venue =
| studio = Clubhouse Studios
Rhinebeck, New York
| genre = Jazz, Experimental
| length = 72:38
| label = ECM
{{small|ECM 1877}}
| producer = David Torn
| chronology = David Torn
| prev_title = Pandora's Toolbox
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Only Sky
| next_year = 2014
}}
Prezens is an album by guitarist David Torn recorded in March 2005 and released on ECM in 2007.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1800/1877.php ECM discography] accessed November 15, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prezens is one of those recordings where free improvisation and composition find an uneasy but cooperative working relationship making for one compelling listen after another."Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/prezens-r1040922/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 26, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
Track listing
:All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
- "AK" (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, David Torn) – 9:19
- "Rest & Unrest" – 3:45
- "Structural Functions of Prezens" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 10:58
- "Bulbs" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 6:21
- "Them Buried Standing" – 2:43
- "Sink" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:16
- "Neck-Deep in the Harrow..." (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 12:33
- "Ever More Other" – 4:13
- "Ring for Endless Travel" – 2:24
- "Miss Place, The Mist..." (Matt Chamberlain, Torn) – 5:46
- "Transmit Regardless" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:20
Personnel
- David Torn – guitars, live-sampling and manipulation
- Tim Berne – alto saxophone
- Craig Taborn – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, mellotron, bent circuits
- Matt Chamberlain (track 10), Tom Rainey (tracks 1-9 & 11) – drums