Rafael Toral
Experimental
PT
Est. 1984
Rafael Toral is a Portuguese experimental musician born in Lisbon in 1967. He played his first gig as a drummer in 1984 but became known as a guitarist, pioneering guitar-based drone and ambient music in the 1990s with acclaimed albums like Wave Field (Drag City) and Violence of Discovery and Calm...
Press & Reviews
Pitchfork
Album Review
Rafael Toral: Traveling Light
Read Vanessa Ague’s review of the album.
Oct 30, 20258/10
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Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution
Read Matthew Blackwell’s review of the album.
Feb 26, 20248/10
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Rafael Toral: Electric Babyland/Lullabies
Ironico is Portuguese for "ironic." I could almost use it in a sentence to correlate my previous experiences with the ...
Nov 4, 20037/10