Space Elements Vol. II
Rafael Toral
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
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| Download Album (mp3) | 8 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 8 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 8 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | from £0.75 | |||
Description
Rafael Toral - Space Elements Vol. II
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."
Reviews
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).
Tracklisting
Download Album (STAUBGOLDDIGITAL5DD)
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Rafael Toral - II.I
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Rafael Toral - II.II
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Rafael Toral - II.III
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Rafael Toral - II.IV
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Rafael Toral - II.V
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Rafael Toral - II.VI
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Rafael Toral - II.VII
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Rafael Toral - II.VIII
mp3 downloads
Downloads
| Track Number | Listen | Track Name | Track Length | Price | Buy |
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| 1 | II.I | 2m 49s | £0.75 | ||
| 2 | II.II | 8m 45s | £0.75 | ||
| 3 | II.III | 6m 10s | £0.75 | ||
| 4 | II.IV | 4m 27s | £0.75 | ||
| 5 | II.V | 10m 23s | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | II.VI | 5m 48s | £0.75 | ||
| 7 | II.VII | 3m 26s | £0.75 | ||
| 8 | II.VIII | 2m 18s | £0.75 | ||
| Entire MP3 Download Album ( 8 tracks) | £5.99 |
- MP3 format technical details
- These mp3 tracks have been encoded with LAME using the '--preset extreme' VBR setting, providing you with a very rich listening experience. No DRM or copy protection is built in to the mp3s.
wav downloads
Downloads
| Track Number | Listen | Track Name | Track Length | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | II.I | 2m 49s | £0.75 | ||
| 2 | II.II | 8m 45s | £0.75 | ||
| 3 | II.III | 6m 10s | £0.75 | ||
| 4 | II.IV | 4m 27s | £0.75 | ||
| 5 | II.V | 10m 23s | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | II.VI | 5m 48s | £0.75 | ||
| 7 | II.VII | 3m 26s | £0.75 | ||
| 8 | II.VIII | 2m 18s | £0.75 | ||
| Entire WAV Download Album ( 8 tracks) | £6.99 |
flac downloads
Downloads
| Track Number | Listen | Track Name | Track Length | Price | Buy |
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| 1 | II.I | 2m 49s | £0.75 | ||
| 2 | II.II | 8m 45s | £0.75 | ||
| 3 | II.III | 6m 10s | £0.75 | ||
| 4 | II.IV | 4m 27s | £0.75 | ||
| 5 | II.V | 10m 23s | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | II.VI | 5m 48s | £0.75 | ||
| 7 | II.VII | 3m 26s | £0.75 | ||
| 8 | II.VIII | 2m 18s | £0.75 | ||
| Entire FLAC Download Album ( 8 tracks) | £6.99 |
- FLAC format technical details:
- These FLAC tracks are superior to MP3 in that they are compressed without any loss in sound quality. For further technical details or player tips, visit the Help section
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