Trey Gunn
A native Texan who now resides in Seattle, Gunn is known mostly for the unusual touch guitar that he plays. With this instrument under his fingers he has participated in a constant stream of cutting edges projects.
In 1992 he was asked to join David Sylvian and Robert Fripp in a collaborative project that toured throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. The band released "The First Day" and "Damage" – a live recording from the Royal Albert Hall in London. During this period Gunn also recorded his first solo album "One Thousand Years.”
In 1994 he joined King Crimson – a group many contend as the most aggressively, adventurous rock band of all time. Over the next decade he participated in seventeen King Crimson CDs, two DVDs and hundreds of performances. For his role in this group, Gunn helped evolve a new and unique instrument. This 'tapped' instrument, the Warr Guitar, is a 10-string touch guitar with the range of a piano. It can be heard, in depth, on his 15 solo recordings.
In addition to the powerful performances and recordings of The Trey Gunn Band, Gunn has toured and/or recorded with TOOL, John Paul Jones, Maynard J. Keenan’s “Puscifer”, Vernon Reid, Azam Ali, David Hykes of the Harmonic Choir and played on Steven Wilson's Grammy nominated recording “Grace For Drowning.”
Gunn currently runs his own media label (7d Media) while dividing his time between solo work; his projects TU, KTU and Quodia; film/tv scoring and coaching musicians in the creative process.
www.treygunn.com
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Trey Gunn selected discography
Trey Gunn productions/co-productions
Invisible Rays, Morgen Ågren, Henry Kaiser, Trey Gunn, 2012 (7d Media)
I'll Tell What I Saw, Trey Gunn, 2010 (7d Media)
Quiver, KTU, 2009 (7d Media)
The Third Star (re-mastered), Trey Gunn, 2011 (7d Media)
Music for Pictures, Trey Gunn, 2008 (7d Media)
The Arrow, Quodia, 2007 (7d Media)
8 Armed Monkey, KTU, 2005 (Rockadillo)
TU, TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto), 2004 (7d Media)
Untune The Sky (+DVD), Trey Gunn, 2003 (Inside/Out Music)
Official Bootleg, TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto), 2004 (7d Media)
Thunderbird Suite, TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto), 2002 (FWD)
Live Encounter, The Trey Gunn Band, 2001 (FWD)
The Joy Of Molybdenum , The Trey Gunn Band, 2000 (DGM)
The Repercussions Of Angelic Behavior, Bill Rieflin/Robert Fripp/Trey Gunn, 1999 (FWD)
Raw Power , Trey Gunn, 1999 (FWD)
The Third Star, Trey Gunn, 1996 (DGM)
One Thousand Years, Trey Gunn, 1993 (DGM)
with King Crimson
Eyes Wide Open (DVD), King Crimson, 2003 (Sanctuary)
The Power To Believe, King Crimson, 2003 (Sanctuary)
Level Five, King Crimson, 2002 (DGM)
The ConstruKction of Light, King Crimson, 2000 (Virgin)
The Deception of the Thrush, King Crimson, 1999 (DGM)
The ProjeKcts (4CD Box Set), King Crimson, 1999 (DGM)
Deja VROOOM (DVD), King Crimson, 1999 (Virgin)
THRaKaTTaK, King Crimson, 1996 (DGM)
B'Boom (Live in Argentina), King Crimson, 1995 (DGM)
THRAK, King Crimson, 1995 (Virgin)
VROOOM, King Crimson, 1994 (DGM)
with David Sylvian/Robert Fripp
Damage (live), David Sylvian/Robert Fripp, 1994 (Virgin)
Darshana, David Sylvian/Robert Fripp, 1994 (Virgin)
The First Day, David Sylvian/Robert Fripp, 1993 (Virgin)
with Others
Cocoon, Inna Zhelannya 2009 (Inasound)
Down in Shadows, NYX 2009 (Electromantic)
Radiation, UKZ 2008 (Globo)
V is for Vagina, Puscifer, 2007
Elysium for the Brave, Azam Ali, 2006 (Six Degrees)
The Best, Inna and The Farlanders, 2007 (Nikitin)
Matt Chamberlain, Matt Chamberlain, 2005
Birth Of A Giant, Bill Rieflin, 2003 (FWD)
Zooma, John Paul Jones, 1999 (DGM)
The Woman's Boat, Toni Childs, 1994 (Geffen)
Dream, U. Srinivas & Michael Brook, 1994 (Real World)
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SCORING CREDITS
Television/Film:
On The Case with Paula Zahn (theme) [Discovery Channel]
Dhani Tackles the Globe [Travel Channel] Red Line Films
Countdown: 25 Years of ESPN (13 episodes of programming)
Dead Daughters [Russian feature film] Pavel Ruminov, director
Braddock (The Cinderella Man Story) [ESPN] Red Line Films
Timeless [ESPN] Red Line Films
Hawkeye: Iowa's Men of the Mat [ESPN]
Tattoos [ESPN] doc
Spelling Bee [ESPN] doc
The Monster Shark Tournament [ESPN]
Sahara: Footrace Across The Sand [ESPN]
Conde Nast [Glamour]
Whale Sharks [National Geographic]
Fantastic Festivals of the World [Discovery Channel]
Blue Realm [PBS]
Ship Sinkers [Discovery Science]
Games:
Shadowrun -- xBox [Microsoft]
Heist - Streets of San Francisco [Inxile Entertainment]
Dance Productions:
Scheme of Things – Netherlands Dance Theater Company, Tero Saarinen (choreographer) Premier 2009/2011/2013
as Music Supervision:
Lost on the B-Side (feature)
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