A slow-burning transmission of bowed guitars, soft synths, and eroded melody, 'Signals from a Distant Afterglow' leans into Irisarri’s ongoing exploration of distance and disconnection in an always-on world. The piece began as part of improvised sessions with visual artist Jaco Schilp (co-founder of Uncloud) inside the former Pieter Baan Centre in Utrecht (a decommissioned forensic psychiatric prison) where sound was allowed to linger, decay, and respond to the building itself.
Later shaped and refined in Irisarri’s New York studio, the track expands with guest vocals from Karen Vogt that drift through the mix as a fragile signal rather than a lead presence — blurred, delayed, and partially lost, like a message arriving too late.
“Points of Inaccessibility is about how disconnection feels in an age obsessed with connection,” Irisarri says. “The distance now isn’t geographic — it’s emotional.”
The album follows this thread throughout, focusing on residue rather than resolution, and the quiet persistence of signals after their source has disappeared.
'Points of Inaccessibility' will be released on BioVinyl and Rafael Anton Irisarri will present his live shows (some to be performed with his collaborator Abul Mogard) across Europe in early 2026.
TOUR DATES:
Jan 23 – Budapest, HU – House of Music
Jan 24 – Vienna, AT – Strum + Iodine
Feb 1 – Iruña-Pamplona, ES – LABA
Feb 6 – Athens, GR – St Paul’s Sessions*
Feb 14 – Barcelona, ES – Casa Montjuïc
May 4 – London, UK – Dig That Treasure Festival*
May 6–8 – Berlin, DE – TBA*
May 14 – San Sebastián, ES – Dabadaba
* with Abul Mogard
Rafael Anton Irisarri is an Ibero-American composer and producer whose work spans ambient, experimental, and modern classical music. Born in Puerto Rico and based between Spain and rural New York, he is also the founder of Black Knoll Studio and has mastered work by Ryuichi Sakamoto, William Basinski, Grouper, Julianna Barwick, and many others.
Listen to new single 'Signals from a Distant Afterglow' here: https://ffm.to/9nd9le4
Visit the artists website: https://www.irisarri.org/