and meditative nature of album provides a much-needed escape from the contemporary hell-scape

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

RAFAEL TORAL - Spectral Evolution LP Ethiopian and meditative nature of albumAfter 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