Records Catalog

Space Elements Vol. III

Third volume of the Space Elements series featuring Tatsuya Nakatani, Afonso Simões, Marco Franco, Toshio Kajiwara, César Burago, Victor Gama and Riccardo Dillon Wanke

Space Elements Vol. II

"His sound world is both grounded, burrowed deep into the loam and silt, and filled with flights and flares of satellite sparks, calls from the deep in all directions." (Crow With No Mouth)

Space Elements Vol. I

"This is indeed 'free' music" (Vital)
"The Space Program is not just one man’s notion, but a new and evolving language." (Dusted)

Space Solo 1

"His keen ear for the right amount of experimentation is what holds this disc together. It is both impressively listenable and mind-blowingly experimental." (Boomkat)

Space

Space is the Space Program's fundamental release, "an orchestral environment for electronic instruments".
"In its odd way it really swings." (The Wire)

Harmonic Series 2

"It must be a heady thing to be capable of summoning such beauty. While I give Toral credit for taking the gutsy artistic path of putting his facility aside after he’s perfected it, I’m glad that he left this artifact of his explorations." (Dusted)

Harmonic Series LP

A raw version of Harmonic Series, on transparent blue vinyl (one side only). A piece with computer-generated sinewaves (modulated harmonics) and guitar.
"Truly sublime." (Aquarius)

Electric Babyland / Lullabies

A special project, mostly done with a music box, after my 2002 tour of Germany. Tracks 4 - 6 are a reissue of Lullabies 7" single.
"...this album is a luxury for those willing to dabble in the unknown. Superb." (Babysue)

Engine - Live in Paris

Recorded live at Centre Georges Pompidou, Engine is a piece with twin feedback circuits through guitars, several pedals and a split modular system, motors and more...

Early Works

"Early Works predates the drone aesthetic of Sound Mind Sound Body, while its precision in ambient soundscapes is not far removed from that defining brilliant Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance" (Dusted).

Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance

"His finest recording" (Baltimore City Paper)
"Violence... is a breathtaking glimpse into the unadorned sphere of being." (XLR8R)

Cyclorama Lift 3

"true to Toral's desire to show "the ghost in the machine" his music conveys real emotion and soul." (Fällt)
"an uncharacteristically beautiful, even spiritual, take on the information age." (XLR8R)

Aeriola Frequency

An empty loop constantly nourishing and digesting itself.
"Seductive in the extreme, and, I'd venture, Toral's best work to date" (Motion)
"Un mondo intero che nasce solo per implodere" (BlowUp)

Wave Field

"this features Toral's trademark sound at its finest. Purely radiant and suitable for the ultimate imersion, this is an artifact of sonic genius." (Forced Exposure)

Sound Mind Sound Body

"Rafael Toral's debut declared to the world the advent of a brilliant and original musical talent, but the world hardly took note--who was paying attention to Portuguese avant-garde guitarists in 1994?" (Amazon)