Recorded over two years, A Fragile Geography bares the marks of difficult terrains – personal, political, social and cultural. It tips its hat to the complex and unpredictable dynamics of the contemporary world, correlating concerns both macro and micro. Compositionally the music mirrors the tensions of contemporary America, contrasting passages of great beauty and calm with harrowing waves of density and pressure. A Fragile Geography also charts Rafael Anton Irisarri's personal journey of transience and tumult. His entire studio, audio archives, and possessions were stolen wh… read more
Recorded over two years, A Fragile Geography bares the marks of difficult terrains – personal, political, social and cultural. It tips its hat to the… read more
Recorded over two years, A Fragile Geography bares the marks of difficult terrains – personal, political, social and cultural. It tips its hat to the complex and unpredictable dynamics o… read more
Originally based in Seattle, Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American artist who composes ambient, drone, and post-minimalist music. His recordings heavily utilize field recordings, bowed guitars, strings, and electronics, creating dense clouds of blurry, hypnotic sound that often have a mournful, elegiac quality. He has performed concerts in collaboration with numerous experimental, electronic, and indie musicians, including Fennesz, Greg Davis, Grouper, and Lawrence English. Since 2007, he has co-curated numerous experimental music festivals and concerts, including Seattle's De… read more
Originally based in Seattle, Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American artist who composes ambient, drone, and post-minimalist music. His recordings heavily utilize field recordings, bowed guita… read more
Originally based in Seattle, Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American artist who composes ambient, drone, and post-minimalist music. His recordings heavily utilize field recordings, bowed guitars, strings, and electronics, creating dense c… read more