Rafael Toral
Sound Mind Sound Body
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Rafael Toral's music is guitar based, but doesn't seem to involve any of the usual guitar histrionics. Instead he focuses in on the little details, the expansion of the sustained note. Sound Mind Sound Body is indeed a sustained note; the music is not dissimilar to Fripp and Eno's classic extrapolations, to Toral's mentor (and former NYC landlord) Phil Niblock, or to other like-minded drone masters. What is special is its (for lack of a better word) tenderness and hands-off gentleness. For this reissue, Toral has restored some pieces that were edited from the original and remastered the whole bloody thing for maximum drone effect.
Details
Cat. number: M7
Year: 1999
Release notes
Recorded on various locations in Lisbon, 1990-1993. Remastered at Noise Precision in 1999. Images taken from "Flyability" video, by Rafael Toral. Original version released on Ananana, Lisbon, in 1994. Tracks (4) and (5) are different from the original release.
Tracklist
| 1 | A E R 4 (1987) | 16:57 | |
| 2 | Loopability I (1991) | 2:20 | |
| 3 | A E R 7 E (1992) | 25:00 | |
| 4 | Soft Energy I (1990) | 4:00 | |
| 5 | A E 1 (1987) | 14:24 |
Credits
- NOTYPE
- Layout
- Rafael Toral
- Music By, Electric Guitar, Producer, Artwork [Images]
