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Rafael Toral

Spectral Evolution

Moikai (M14)

1x Vinyl LP Album Stereo

Release date: Feb 23, 2024, US

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ž๐™ข ๐™Š'๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ ๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ ๐™–๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™™๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™จ, '๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™€๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ' ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™›๐™–๐™š๐™ก ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ก, ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™—๐™ช๐™ข ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก, ๐™Ÿ๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ฏ-๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ก. ๐™๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™-๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™—๐™ž๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™š๐™ก-๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™˜๐™, ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™‚๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ข ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ก๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š.


Toral's been through a number of discrete phases since he emerged in the early '90s with 'Sound Mind Sound Body' and 'Wave Field', injecting rock's vigour and emotionality into often cold, academic electronic music. Since then he's described his musical outlook as "post-free jazz", and spent time developing his โ€˜Space Programโ€™, an ensemble of self-built electronic instruments that helped him evolve his understanding of place and silence. Toral drew a line under that project in 2017 after 13 years of experimentation, and has been working to reconcile his past and present, bringing back the guitar and re-examining the glacial, elongated tonal work he investigated early in his career. 'Spectral Evolution' is his most complete and advanced recording in years, billed as his "quintessential album of guitar music" but inhabiting a unique spot in his catalog.


โ€˜Spectral Evolution' is the kind of album that practically urges you to go in again and again to tunnel through its layers and excavate its myriad references and philosophies. It's Toral's most exceptional, essential album to date - the kind of masterpiece worthy of re-booting Moikai to life, the same label that brought us all-timers like Nuno Canavarro's 'Plux Quba', Pita's 'Get Out' and Fennesz's 'Plays'.


An early marker for AOTY, no doubt.

A1

Intro

A2

Changes

A3

Descending

A4

First Short Space

A5

Take The Train

A6

First Long Space (edit)

B1

Fifths Twice

B2

Second Long Space

B3

Your Goodbye

B4

Second Short Space

B5

Ascending

B6

Changes Reprise

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