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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.
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  • lifesanocean

    dude is nice

    8 hours ago Reply

  • p-hop

    Really reminds me of my favorite albums by Loscil. Gonna have to dig into this artist's library soon.

    10 Apr 7:25am Reply

  • satan_88_level

    ^_^

    4 Apr 5:21am Reply

  • TriptheLight

    We need a new Sight Below LP (3)

    30 Jan 7:00am Reply

  • sclwn

    We need a new Sight Below LP (2)

    11 Jan 9:04pm Reply

  • TangerineStars

    We need a new Sight Below LP

    20 Oct 2012 Reply

  • theSinless

    I was on a plane recently and during the whole flight I listened to Glider and It All Falls Apart. It was perfect. Then I realized this project's name is indeed The Sight Below. Duh...

    9 Oct 2012 Reply

  • weichezaeune

    the sight below podcast on Resident Advisor. Nice Stuff: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=322

    1 Aug 2012 Reply

  • boehj

    sweet, gotta check it out.

    15 May 2012 Reply

  • robbyb0t

    i'm really feeling the N-Plants remixes, great dub techno.

    19 Apr 2012 Reply

  • TangerineStars

    @Bambimannen I agree The Sight Below is like Gas meets Slowdive

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Bambimannen

    I would like to point out that the sounds on 'Glider' are very similar Wolfgang Voigt's project Gas, albeit with guitars instead of synths. Listen to the albums 'Pop', 'Königsforst' and 'Zauberberg' if you want similar sounds! I would also like to add that I have been searching for an album like 'Glider' for a long time, because Gas only released so many albums..

    8 Mar 2012 Reply

  • the_Crowder

    Wow.

    14 Feb 2012 Reply

  • xinxinx

    Ambient with a beat--pretty swell combination.

    30 Jan 2012 Reply

  • d_bae

    audiodrug to lush dreamscapezzz

    16 Jan 2012 Reply

  • sk8rukvex6

    PLEEAAAASSSSSEEE tell me there's a new album coming out soon. I love his songs so much !!!!

    5 Jan 2012 Reply

  • FailToTheThief

    Best thing I've ever bought off itunes store.

    4 Dec 2011 Reply

  • Derail6782

    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.

    24 Nov 2011 Reply

  • TangerineStars

    Hello awesome new discovery

    21 Nov 2011 Reply

  • glogi

    walking in the night in the dark, empty city with this music in my ears is so amazing :)

    19 Sep 2011 Reply
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