Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Rafael Toral

Space

(Staubgold, STAUBGOLD 69) (Germany) (CD)

  1. Part I
  2. Part II [a, b, c, d]
  3. Part III

Rafael Toral: modified MS2 pocket amplifier feedback with light-controller filter, amplified coil spring percussion, gloves and theremin-controlled computer sinewaves, theremin-controlled white noise generator, delayed feedback empty circuit with joystick-controlled filter modulation, joystick-controlled sawtooth pulse bass resonance, pure and filtered sawtooth oscillator pulses, random pulse width modulation oscillator
Fala Mariam: alto trombone (3)
Sei Miguel: pocket trumpet (3)

Recording during 2004 and 2005 at Noise Precision Studio and live at Galeria ZDB, Lisbon; Théâtre de l'Usine, Geneva; Odum, Chicago; Teatro Municipal, Guarda; Tonic, New York; and Point Éphèmère, Paris
Brass section recorded at Nascer do Som Studio and at the Pipe workshop Lisbon
Mixed and mastered at Noise Precision
Produced by Rafael Toral
Graphic design by Helder Luís
Typeface by Mário Feliciano
Photo by Daniel Malhão

Released in September 2006