Rafael Anton Irisarri - The Unintentional Sea

"This new album is the second album in a series of landscape-inspired musical renderings. As you may remember, my first album for the label was based on my immediate surroundings, the Pacific Northwest and its pop/folk cultural references. With 'The Unintentional Sea” I'm exploring the idea of transformation of place. The inspiration behind it is The Salton Sea, a failed river re-direction that happened in California at the beginning of the 20th century. It was an ecological man-made disaster – it created this artificial sea, which, in the 1950's, was seized and rebranded by corporate land developers, flipping it into a dream getaway destination for West Coast elites. Of course, before long, record temperatures and a rising level of water mineralization led to the mass death of fish and other wildlife in the area, and in turn, so too did the resort town's population: everyone living there skipped town and left behind a vast post-human deserted wasteland. It's really heartbreaking and depressing. We are the worst of all species."

rafael anton irisarri http://irisarri.org

interview http://secretthirteen.org/secret-thirteen-interview-the-sight-below/

Been looking forward to this. Planning to ask him tomorrow at the Decibel show about a release date.

he's a super friendly guy, have a good time!

Thanks, it should be awesome. Oren Ambarchi and Raime are also playing. And yeah, he's a cool dude. I met him, finally, at Substrata in July.

look http://emporium.room40.org/products/518837-rafael-anton-irisarri-the-unintentional-sea

Signed vinyl copies here.

http://rafaelantonirisarri.bandcamp.com/album/the-unintentional-sea

Shipping to EU/UK is a bitch though (£11).

I'm curious to hear what this sounds like. I've only ever heard his The Sight Below material but I'm really getting into ambient stuff at the moment.

  On 11/7/2013 at 8:14 PM, KGW said:

I'm curious to hear what this sounds like.

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also https://soundcloud.com/room40/sets/rafael-anton-irisarri-the

Pre-ordered the digital yesterday from the Room40 store, along with the Simon James Philips album. That sample is really something. Looking forward to it.

That track sounds pretty good, actually.

I might check this out.

does nobody release anything on cd any more.

if you want outmoded or retro formats to put you music on, cd has been around quite a long time but some of us can still play them.

Pretty sure most things come out on CD.

Yeah there are plenty of CDs still being made. Some labels are actually giving up on vinyl because of shipping costs and what not. Too expensive.

  On 11/7/2013 at 8:14 PM, KGW said:

Signed vinyl copies here.

 

http://rafaelantonirisarri.bandcamp.com/album/the-unintentional-sea

 

Shipping to EU/UK is a bitch though (£11).

 

I'm curious to hear what this sounds like. I've only ever heard his The Sight Below material but I'm really getting into ambient stuff at the moment.

I'm falling in love with this. Anyone know if they're all signed? Or just the copies from Bandcamp?

Just from his Bandcamp.

  On 2/13/2014 at 7:32 PM, Deion Sanders said:

Just from his Bandcamp.

Thank you. *purchased*

great stuff!!!

Indeed! One of my favorites from last year.