Apr 5, 2024
On today's episode, I talk to musician Rafael Toral. Born in
Lisbon in 1967, Rafael has been intrigued by the potential of sound
and the functions of music since he was a teenager. Working with
electric guitar and electronics, in the 1990’s he pioneered a blend
of Ambient and Rock and recorded acclaimed albums like Wave Field
or Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance. In 2004, he began
the ambitious 15-year project entitled Space Program, which used
experimental instruments to explore an approach to electronic music
based on silence. Rafael has performed and recorded with everyone
from Jim O’Rourke to Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Sonic Youth and
so many more, and his latest album, Spectral Evolution, a synthesis
of everything he's explored over the course of his career, was just
released in February on Drag City.
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