Sound Mind Sound Body (2025 Edition)

ポルトガルの音響作家 / 電子音楽家RAFAEL TORALの記念すべき1STアルバムが2025年CDリマスター & ボーナストラックを追加しCDリイシュー!

オリジナルは1994年AnAnAnAからリリース、その後にJIM O'ROURKEのレーベルMOIKAIからも再発された極上ドローン作品。得も言われぬギター・ドローンの旋律は、聴くもの全てを浄化させる美しさ。"LOOPABILITY II"がAnAnAnAのマスターから新たに収録され、"TEXTURA E LINHAS CURVAS"をオミット、更には2018年版に代わって"AER 7E"のニューヴァージョンを収録。これらの変更は『SOUND MIND SOUND BODY』の本質的な魅力、雰囲気を損なうことなくその広大なコンセプトを強化しています。現代の実験音楽 / エクスペリメンタル・ミュージックの潮流においても重要と言える作品が待望のリイシューとなりました。

This Portuguese guitarist exploring sustained drones had his work produced by Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke in the '90s. This CD is a recording of his ambient guitar work. Were it not produced in Portugal in the '90s, this would have been fitting in the '70s on the E.G label. The first piece, "AER 4," recalls Robert Fripp and Eno, and uses a similar tape-looping technique pioneered by that duo. Later, Toral would record a My Bloody Valentine tribute on the album Wave Field, and as a precursor to that work, this album too shows a debt to Kevin Shields' fuzz and feedback wash. More Spartan moments are playful and improvisational, but the majority of this CD is made with the removed precision of scientist, mixing tones in cautious measures to build a sleepy drone field. An interesting document for fans interested to see how this obscure abstractionist came to make such blissful tone clouds on Wave Field and Aeriola Frequency, not to mention guest guitarist on Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts and Flowers. ~ Sylvie Harrison