hypnotic polyrhythms and pulsing synthesizers propel the listener across the record’s expanse

This is an album where the band has really found their sound

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This approach also directly defines the central theme running like a common thread through all the songs: change

an artist whose contribution to the music world can not be overstated

RAFAEL TORAL - Spectral Evolution LP Ethiopian hypnotic polyrhythms and pulsing synthesizersAfter a two decade interlude, Jim O"Rourke"s Moikai returns with Spectral Evolution, a major new work by Rafael Toral. Making his name in the mid 1990s with influential guitar drone platters like Sound Mind Sound Body and Wave Field (both reissued by Drag City in recent years), Toral has never been one to rest on his laurels repeating his past glories. In the early years of the 21st century, Toral laid the guitar aside, along with the focus on