The Sight Below

An alias of reclusive Seattle, Washington-based producer Rafael Anton Irisarri, the Sight Below released Glider -- a dark ambient techno album seemingly inspired by shoegaze and Wolfgang Voigt in roughly equal measure -- featuring layer upon layer of processed guitar -- on the Ann Arbor, Michigan label Ghostly International in November 2008. The set was later taken on the road, with performances at Detroit's Movement festival, MUTEK, and Sónar; there were other live dates at venues beside Lusine. Former Slowdive member Simon Scott occasionally joined the Sight Below on-stage. The Murmur EP, featuring a Biosphere remix, followed in 2009. The 2010 full-length It All Falls Apart was even more austere than Glider. ~ Andy Kellman