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01. RAFAEL TORAL - Desirée
02. RAFAEL TORAL - Measurement Of Noise
03. RAFAEL TORAL - Quiet Mind
04. RAFAEL TORAL - Maersk Line
05. RAFAEL TORAL - Liberté
06. RAFAEL TORAL - Optical Flow
07. RAFAEL TORAL - Energy Nourish
08. RAFAEL TORAL - Hay Que Trabajo Me Cuesta Quererte Como Te Quiero
09. RAFAEL TORAL - We Are Getting Closer
10. RAFAEL TORAL - Mixed States Uncoded
ARTIST
TITLE
Violence Of Discovery And Calm Of Acceptance
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
TO 048CD TO 048CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/7/2010

2010 reissue. Originally released by Touch in 2001 (and on vinyl via Staubgold). Considered by the Chicago Reader to be "one of the most gifted and innovative guitarists of the decade," Rafael Toral has developed a unique sound world, having been as influenced by Alvin Lucier and Brian Eno as by Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. Using the guitar as part of a complex electronic instrument, Toral has collaborated with Jim O'Rourke, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Rhys Chatham and Phill Niblock and played in many European countries. He's also a member of MIMEO, the electronic orchestra featuring Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Peter Rehberg, Kaffe Matthews, and many others. Violence Of Discovery And Calm Of Acceptance is a collection of ten small pieces crafted by Toral with extreme precision and care through the last 7 years. Using guitars and analog technology, it can be described as Toral's best work, embodying all the directions he explored in his previous critically-acclaimed records, Sound Mind Sound Body, Wave Field and Aeriola Frequency but taking them into new dimensions. The highly evocative, intricate and subtle guitar drones are captured in the beautiful photography of Heitor Alvelos, a Portuguese artist, and in the artwork of Jon Wozencroft. The background noise on track 10 is a recording of silence during a Space Shuttle mission real-time webcast. All other sounds were made by electric guitars. The album was recorded between 1993 and 2000 and mastered at Noise Precision, Lisbon.