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| | | taiga (usa) #taiga 3 lp rafael toral “space elements vol. i” long playing record - i
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| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "vi" |
| september 2008 relase ; the third title in rafael toral’s contemporary “space program” ...
working here with a full ensemble (margarida garcia, rute praça, david toop, césar burago, and sei miguel), toral’s vocabulary of live-electronic “licks” comes across as much more fully-formed than in previous installments ; his modular-synth eruptions range from swarms of alien squawks to resonance-heavy low-end filter-blobs (listen to the sound-sample) ...
possibly my favorite of the series thusfar !!! |
| | rafael toral "space elements vol. i" lp (taiga 3)
this is the third in rafael toral's space program series of releases -- his long-term research project launched in 2004, through which he has unearthed an innovative approach and a complete re-thinking of how electronic music is conceived and experienced. using custom experimental instruments, toral performs electronic music concerned with "phrasing and swing" and performing strange melodies with physicality, movement and gesture in flux. the result is something you're unlikely to have heard before, a kind of alien electronic jazz.
after the acclaimed, orchestral space and the follow-up space solo 1, this is the first volume of the space elements series, each release being focused on one kind of instrument, on small settings and including collaborations. space elements vol. i features rute praça (cello), margarida garcia (electric double-bass), sei miguel's amazing percussionist césar burago, and david toop (flute), besides a short appearance by sei miguel himself.
from toral's liner notes:
| "having found that jazz is the field of musical knowledge where disciplined decision-making is most developed, this music is more informed by jazz than by any other. the space program emphasizes articulating silence and sound, by structuring musical discourse on experimental instruments with a simple and clear sonic identity. to my surprise, i found no historical precedents to this practice, being that it draws practically no information from electronic music history (which is grounded on different thinking patterns), and it draws very little from jazz history as well, since the instruments i use are inadequate to play any music based on the western system. i regard this approach to jazz (meaning a system of individual decision-making from the standpoint of free-spectrum live electronics) as a new and exciting field of creative possibilities. i called it 'post-free jazz electronic music.'" |
space elements vol. i was mastered direct to metal and pressed on clear 200 gram virgin vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies. the jacket was designed by helder luís at no type and features a collage by contemporary artist joão paulo feliciano. cd version forthcoming on staubgold. |
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