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Moon Field

by Rafael Toral

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On Moon Field, Rafael Toral breaks new ground, it is his first edition that moves outward, beyond the Space Program series. This collection of three extended and interlocking works, marks the beginning of a transitional period into a new phase of work.
Building on the explorations of his almost decade and a half of work with the Space Program, Moon Field seeks a more open sensibility and integrates a range of new elements and new directions. These ele- ments radically reposition the potential interplays of his chosen musical elements.
“Moon Field was originally written for live performance by a configuration of the Space Collective 3,” Toral explains, “It was with Ricardo Webbens on modular synths, Riccardo Dillon Wanke on electric piano and myself on electronic instruments. While working on it, the piece revealed a strange hovering quality, a kind of stasis. It's alive and awake, like all the recent Space Program music, but doesn't seem to want to go anywhere. The music wanted to be something very peculiar and I changed it a lot in response to that. It also revealed what I find a kind of nocturnal mood, as if we were listening to alien signals with satellites crossing the sky under the moonlight.”
Moon Field’s middle section, "The Horizon", sees Toral entering a broader acoustic field. The piece weaves a fresh examination of the ambient music he worked on between 1987 and 2003 with the fabric of post- free jazz-inspired phrasing with electronic instruments. The results extend the free roaming aspects of the Space Program and mark out a distinctive and deeply personal approach to sonic atmospherics. This is the first step into a much larger, richer universe.

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released October 6, 2017

Performed by SPACE COLLECTIVE 3
Riccardo Dillon Wanke: Hohner pianet with electronics.
Ricardo Webbens: modular synthesizer, analog network synthesizer and Nord mini.
Rafael Toral: radio with electromagnetic interference, coil spring, modified MT-10 and MS-2 amplifiers, modular feedback circuit, direction.

Recorded live at CIAJG, Guimarães and Noise Precision Regada (Portugal), February 2016.
Drawings by Rui Toscano: Pequena Nebulosa #8 and #9 (ink on paper, 40 x 45 cm), courtesy of the artist and Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art.

Mixed and mastered at Noise Precision Regada.

© 2017 Rafael Toral

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