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from Open Space by Rafael Toral

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Like a suite, this long and complex track has a lot into it. Opening into a tapestry of cello tracks played by Praça, its centerpiece is a double-layered trade (a form of alternating solos), with Sei Miguel (pocket trumpet) and Fala Mariam (alto trombone) playing the main layer. At a different pace, i played another layer, with the MS2 amplifier feedback and the modular feedback.
The arrangement came together really well. There's a lot going on, but lots of space for it all to unfold, unencumbered. My old friend João Paulo Feliciano surrounds the center with chord progressions on the Rhodes piano, Ruben Costa added sparse tones on a digital synth-like device and César Burago, brilliant as always, puts the rainstick to great use and his talent for drawing time roadmaps with claves is well present here. I love the full-bodied guiro twin take towards the end and the bell with near-infinite sustain.
Appears on "Space Elements Vol. II" (2010)

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from Open Space, released May 29, 2020
César Burago: rainstick, bell, guiro, maracas, clave.
Rute Praça: violoncello.
João Paulo Feliciano: rhodes piano.
Ruben Costa: digital synthesizer.
Sei Miguel: pocket trumpet.
Fala Mariam: alto trombone.
Rafael Toral: modified MS-2 portable amplifier feedback; delayed feedback resonance empty circuit.

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Rafael Toral Coja, Portugal

Rafael Toral, born in Lisbon, has been intrigued by the potential of sound and the functions of music since he was a teenager. As producer, composer and performer he has been involved with Rock, Ambient, Contemporary, Electronic and Free Jazz music in different periods of his life. ... more

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