Portuguese musician
Rafael Toral
uses a Fender Jaguar and a series of effects to create beautiful, soaring ambient drones, three of which are collected on
Wave Field
: the 30-minute
"Wave Field 5,"
the 16-minute
"Wave Field 6,"
and a three-minute edit of the complete piece. The album's art is a tribute to
My Bloody Valentine
's
Loveless
(a hazy red close-up of a Fender Jaguar's neck), which is somewhat of a reference point for
Toral
's aims -- his soundscapes are thoroughly ambient textures, but with a rock-guitar background that separates them from electronically based ambient projects. ~ Nitsuh Abebe