The Sight Below

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The Sight Below
shoegazing, electronic
Occupation(s)Producer, composer, musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, laptop
Years active2008–present
LabelsGhostly International
Websitehttp://www.myspace.com/thesightbelow

The Sight Below is an American

post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri
.

Sam Valenti IV signed The Sight Below to his

demo tape. A promotional EP No Place for Us was soon released by the label as a free MP3 download on August 26, 2008.[1]

The Sight Below debuted its live set at Seattle's

Lisbon, Portugal, S.O.Y. Festival in Nantes, France and TimeZones Festival in Bari, Italy.[5]

The Sight Below's debut album

Dead Air Space.[6]

Murmur EP followed in 2009, including remixes by Biosphere, Eluvium and Simon Scott (of Slowdive
).

The Sight Below's second full-length,

Pitchfork Media called it "A beautifully bleak cloud of sound" while XLR8R
magazine gave it a 9/10 ranking and praised it as "an astounding range of visceral sonic possibilities…a hurricane passing over an ocean, gathering heat and force while simultaneously cooling the waters below."

Live performances

The Sight Below has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe. During the multimedia live performances, the artist creates his own visuals, manipulating images and footage until they are only recognizable as slow moving shapes, providing a counterpoint to the heavily treated wall of guitar textures.

Soon after the Glider release a US tour followed in February 2009 with labelmate

Montreal, Quebec
, Canada) would continue showcasing The Sight Below's brand of immersive guitar music and visual art integration.

In June 2009, The Sight Below performed at

Sacred Trinity Church in Manchester, London's The Luminaire club, and a notoriously loud performance during Ghostly's 10-Year Anniversary party at Berlin's infamous Berghain
nightclub on June 26, 2009.

On tour with Pantha Du Prince in Vancouver, September 21, 2010

Collaborations

In the studio, The Sight Below has worked extensively with the aforementioned Scott and Tiny Vipers, plus

Pantha Du Prince
.

Irisarri has also collaborated with renowned Austrian guitarist Fennesz, performing live at Decibel Festival in Seattle and Interferenze Festival in Italy.[8]

In January 2011, Irisarri collaborated with Benoît Pioulard on a tribute to Broadcast's

The Noise Made By People.[9][10]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Glider (2008)
  • It All Falls Apart (2010)
  • Glider (Expanded Edition) (2011)
  • Glider 10 (2018 Remaster) (2018)
  • Glider 10: Reworks (2018)

EPs

Remixes

Videos

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "KEXP 90.3 FM - Live performance by The Sight Below on 9/20/2008". Kexp.org. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ^ [2] Archived February 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Decibel: The Sight Below, Audion, Carl Craig". Lineout.thestranger.com. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "RA News: The Sight Below releases debut, tours". Resident Advisor. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "RADIOHEAD". RADIOHEAD.COM - DEAD AIR SPACE. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "RA: Sonar 2009 in review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  8. ^ "Stream two live collaborations between Fennesz and The Sight Below". Factmag.com. January 4, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  9. ^ "Benoît Pioulard". Pitchfork. January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Patric Fallon (January 21, 2011). "Benoit Pioulard & Rafael Anton Irisarri". XLR8R. Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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