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The Sight Below is a techno/shoegaze/ambient act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-classical composer Rafael Anton Irisarri.
Sam Valenti IV signed The Sight Below to his Ghostly International imprint in 2008 after listening to a demo tape. A promotional EP No Place For Us was soon released by the label as a free MP3 download on August 26, 2008.
The Sight Below debuted its live set at Seattle’s KEXP radio station on September 20, 2008. The in-studio session was recorded and is available on Ghostly’s website as a podcast (GhostlyCast #18).
A well-received performance followed at the Ghostly International showcase during Decibel Festival. These performances paved the way for an extensive European tour that saw the artist perform at 18 different cities in the continent, including Unsound Festival in Krakow, Poland, EME Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, S.O.Y. Festival in Nantes, France and TimeZones Festival in Bari, Italy.
The Sight Below’s full-length debut album Glider was released in the United States on November 2008 and January 2009 worldwide. It is available as both a physical and digital release. The album was very well-received by the press and music community, including praise from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, who charted “At First Touch” on his January 6, 2009 “Office Chart” posting on the band’s website Dead Air Space.
Originally, the identity of the artist was concealed, wanting to avoid being pigeonholed given his previous solo output on the Norwegian Miasmah label.
Sam Valenti IV signed The Sight Below to his Ghostly International imprint in 2008 after listening to a demo tape. A promotional EP No Place For Us was soon released by the label as a free MP3 download on August 26, 2008.
The Sight Below debuted its live set at Seattle’s KEXP radio station on September 20, 2008. The in-studio session was recorded and is available on Ghostly’s website as a podcast (GhostlyCast #18).
A well-received performance followed at the Ghostly International showcase during Decibel Festival. These performances paved the way for an extensive European tour that saw the artist perform at 18 different cities in the continent, including Unsound Festival in Krakow, Poland, EME Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, S.O.Y. Festival in Nantes, France and TimeZones Festival in Bari, Italy.
The Sight Below’s full-length debut album Glider was released in the United States on November 2008 and January 2009 worldwide. It is available as both a physical and digital release. The album was very well-received by the press and music community, including praise from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, who charted “At First Touch” on his January 6, 2009 “Office Chart” posting on the band’s website Dead Air Space.
Originally, the identity of the artist was concealed, wanting to avoid being pigeonholed given his previous solo output on the Norwegian Miasmah label.
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Featured Tracks
| FULL TRACK With Her Kiss (I'd Pass the Sky) | 6:23 |
| Twice Failed | 4:31 |
| No Place For Us | 6:16 |
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the_Crowder wrote:
Wow.
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hkrishnan81 wrote:
a swell combination indeed :)
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xinxinx wrote:
Ambient with a beat--pretty swell combination.
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Tarinnz wrote:
love
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d_bae wrote:
audiodrug to lush dreamscapezzz
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sk8rukvex6 wrote:
PLEEAAAASSSSSEEE tell me there's a new album coming out soon. I love his songs so much !!!!
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FailToTheThief wrote:
Best thing I've ever bought off itunes store.
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Derail6782 wrote:
Not many artists can capture the widest array of emotions rangng from pure ecstacy all the way to the deepest melancholy and pull it off this well. Boards of Canada are the only other artist that comes to mind.
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TangerineStars wrote:
Hello awesome new discovery
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glogi wrote:
walking in the night in the dark, empty city with this music in my ears is so amazing :)
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AmbientGhost wrote:
Agreed, very autumnal/winter music. I picture forests, mountains and grey skies whilst listening. Really wonderful deep stuff.
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stevenvenn wrote:
Glider (Deluxe Version) is getting some heavy rotation. Something beautifully autumnal about this release.
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BrianSoph wrote:
where has Glider been all my life?
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spLiFF22 wrote:
#@#{~~@#`#°}°}°$*#&$#*$
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hadrianuss wrote:
The Sight Below is the best thing what i've ever heard!
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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
Lost in this on many an evening...
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FailToTheThief wrote:
Tell you what, 'Glider' is bloody great. Really interesting having a 4/4 tempo behind ambient music, but it works really well and I can't stop listening.
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mad_muffinz wrote:
A very nice discovery ♥
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Shahmata wrote:
последний альбом просто класс и слушаю и слушаю и слушаю
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Akmol wrote:
This is what I call ambient.
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Recent Activity
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cubiform and SingLoco added The Sight Below to their libraries. Sunday morning
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Eddiexen tagged The Sight Below with shoegaze, ambient techno and dub techno. Saturday evening
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ulcerr, kiviikivii, ali_millar and 1 other person added The Sight Below to their libraries. Saturday morning
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eucaine wrote about The Sight Below in Favorite Albums of 2010. last week
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eucaine wrote about The Sight Below in Favorite Albums of 2008. 8 days ago
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erikakb added The Sight Below to erikakb’s library. 8 days ago
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sk8rukvex6 tagged The Sight Below with ‘ambient’. 9 days ago
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cloudprojector and giada_maghella added The Sight Below to their libraries. 9 days ago
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miiktesla tagged The Sight Below with ‘zone ch1’. last month
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