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This is unreal — Toral, stepped fully out of his Loveless phase, hauls off and invents this new style of electronic structured improv that’s so close to the sound, textures, and phrasing of Euro free jazz, you’d almost imagine there’d have to be five bald old men on a stage somewhere, twittering away to the sounds of their own heads. But no, Toral maintains some really choice, dignified, and inspired moments all throughout Space, a five-part crawl from oblique and haunted Bill Dixon-esque passages, to round-toned chill-out sessions, to sputtering outbursts worthy of electric Miles or Don Ellis, all strung together in a pace that engrosses even passive listening experience. Unlike anything I’ve heard in years, and essential to check out.

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