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Rafael Toral

Space elements vol.2

Label: Taiga Records

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Experimental

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'Space elements  Vol. II is the fourth release in Rafael Toral's ongoing project, the Space Program. Following the first elements release, this volume features a new set of collaborators: Evan Parker (soprano sax), Manuel Mota (guitar), Afonso Simões (drums), Stefano Tedesco (vibraphone), João Paulo Feliciano (rhodes piano), and Ruben Costa (digital synthesizer), as well as returning guests Sei Miguel (trumpet), César Burago (percussion), Fala Mariam (trombone), and Rute Praça (cello). Space  elements Vol. II displays a melodic quality that, along with a refined management of silence, marks a new area and consolidates the Space Program's complex network. Its spaciousness is explained in Toral's liner notes: 'While finding ways to make decisions on sound emission, it became evident to me that such sounds should have a reason to exist, they should be essential and necessary.' Dan Warburton's writing in the Wire about Space fits Space  elements Vol. II perfectly: The melodic logic that drives certain instruments within Space  also recalls birdsong, with dense, convoluted runs of twittering melody ending in single piping notes, as spontaneous as Messiaen's birdsong transcriptions were painstaking and meticulous. Toral's music is a jazz-inspired reevaluation of live electronics: Despite working in a sound world that is cosmetically closer to R2D2's vocabulary than Louis Armstrong's or John Coltrane's, Toral has claimed a kinship to jazz because it models instant music making within a disciplined framework (Bill Meyer, Dusted); Toral is looking for nothing less than a totally fresh language to work in (The Wire). Space  elements Vol. II was mastered direct to metal from 24-bit files and pressed on clear 200 gram virgin-vinyl. With design by Helder Luis at NOTYPE, the LP features a collage by João Paulo Feliciano. Presented in a limited edition of 500. CD Version available on Staubgold.' label info
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Cat. number: taiga 10
Year: 2010
Notes:
LTD 400