Modulated Feedback 1

from Open Space by Rafael Toral

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I find a natural quality in this that reminds me of birdsong. Of course, phrasing is everything. This is one of my favorite "songs" ever recorded on this instrument.
It is played with a modular feedback circuit, with a theremin antenna controlling the amplifier and a joystick controlling the filter (which steers the feedback tone). It has a flute-like sound ("...not unlike the bamboo flute improvisations of Don Cherry" - The Wire) and a remarkable ease to produce melodic material. It works in a way not too different from automatic writing. Sometimes, as in some sections of "Moon Field", there are passages that one could whistle down the street.
Open Space - A Space Program Retrospective.
Appears on "Space Solo 2" (2017)

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from Open Space, released May 29, 2020
Rafael Toral: Delayed feedback empty circuit with theremin-controlled amplifier, modulated by joystick-controlled filter with random low frequency oscillator.

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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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