rafael toral tour 2001

[keenan mcdonald <k@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

transmissions is very excited to announce rafael toral's
2001 tour ::

Rafael Toral is a musician, producer and sound engineer.
Born in Lisbon in 1967, he has been performing live since 
1984. Considered by the Chicago Reader to be "one of the 
most gifted and innovative guitarists of the decade", his 
work focuses mainly on the possibilities of ambient music 
(variable attention listening process), the electric guitar 
as a sound generator and improvisation with higher levels 
of risk (using instruments or systems that behave in 
unpredictable ways) in real time sonic exploration. 
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http://www.rafaeltoral.net


in addition to other dates in the us/canada, rafael toral is 
performing as part of this year's transmissions festival 
pre-series.  

http://63.151.40.112/2001/preseries/preseries_00307_home.cfm

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toral will be performing the following dates : :
  
july 07 : trans oo3.7 :: nyc, ny  : tonic
107 norfolk street
- rafael toral  with lee ranaldo
midnight                               
$4

july 08 :  rochester, ny :  gallery31 
at visual studies workshop
31 prince st : 716.442.8676
- finkbeiner w/ dr. koctopus 
- rafael toral
- chad oliveiri and joe tunis 


july 10 : toronto, canada : the NOW lounge
189 church street : 416.364.1301
- rob wannamaker (amplified objects with signal processing)
- rafael toral

july 14 : trans oo3.7b : chicago, il : 6odum
2116 w.  chicago ave : 9pm
- rafael toral
- ian nagoski
- ian epps 
$7

july 15 : roxbury, ma                       
at the  berwick research Institute 
14 palmer street
- rafael toral
- jason lescalleet 
- howard stelzer and jason talbot
- john henry
show from 7pm to 10pm
$5 donation
http://www.berwickinstitute.org
info: davidwebber@xxxxxxxxxx


july 16 : easthampton, ma : 7pm
flywheel, 2 holyoke st.
413.527.9800
- rafael toral
- thurston moore/chris corsano
- tart (idea fire company with graham lambkin 
of the shadow ring)


this tour will include a us premiere performance
of a recent piece called "Engine".  in its original 
version,  "Engine" utilizes two guitars and a bass, 
a stereo amp and speakers (for feedback with the 
guitars), motors on the strings,  a mixer, an analog 
modular system and a host of effects.

toral has prepared a "portable" version of the piece, 
with electronic feedback instead of electro-acoustic, 
using only the modular system and mixer, with the
motor sounds on minidisc. the majority of the sounds
will be generated by empty circuits oscillating on
their own and modulated by the modular's devices.
it will be played on two independent circuits, akin to 
playing two versions of the piece simultaneously, 
one in the left channel and the other on the right.


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thank you for the support and please let us know 
if you have any questions.

- k


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