{"product_id":"rafael-toral-wave-field","title":"Rafael Toral – Wave Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrag City \/ USA \/ RE 2018\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wave Field\" ends a period in which i was interested in writing music with notes. It became evident that i wanted to work with sound, with modulations and fluctuations impossible to notate. This was a major shift to a different way of thinking, as i found notes to be conceptual abstractions, which are to be later served by sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround that time (1993) i got to see Nirvana in Lisbon and the supporting band was the Buzzcocks. The venue's acoustics were so bad that all i could hear was an amorphous roar. While my attention drifted from this otherwise boring set, i began listening to that unarticulated stream of electric sound and found it extremely interesting and inspiring, a kind of liquid, abstract flux of rock sound. The room's resonance was literally liquefying this rock sound, in a way that plugged directly into my fascination for Alvin Lucier's piece I am Sitting in a Room, turning it into a kind of Rosetta stone, resonance being the common key. I wanted to consolidate these new ideas on distillation of rock and bring them down in a form of ambient music. Nirvana were great and actually sounded good, but when i got out, chatting with friends about the concert, i was already dreaming of Wave Field.\u003cbr\u003e\u2028While i was listening to the final mixes, i was amazed to discover Wave Field became a totally different thing if played at different levels. I was aware it could be ambient (played softly), but when i tried playing it really loud, i discovered a dense, powerfully charged stream of electricity. It's definitely not ambient, but something intensely hypnotizing. One can physically feel the wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently i heard the Wave Field CD and realized it could actually sound deeper and more spacious. This version is the result of a thorough remastering work, and it now sounds quite closer to what i was hearing in my head back in 1993.\u003cbr\u003eRafael Toral, Regada 2017   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3660539318\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/minimal=true\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rafaeltoral-r.bandcamp.com\/album\/wave-field-remastered\"\u003eWave Field - Remastered by Rafael Toral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"ElMuelle1931","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57256578875736,"sku":"dc702","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/4486\/9300\/files\/rafael-toral-wave-field-7015522.jpg?v=1778858717","url":"https:\/\/www.elmuelle1931.com\/products\/rafael-toral-wave-field","provider":"ElMuelle1931","version":"1.0","type":"link"}