JUST IN! 'Points of Inaccessibility' by Rafael Anton Irisarri Four-track release of hypnotic, hazy ambient slowburners hearing bowed-guitar improvisations built on with synth drones, strings, and vocals from Karen Vogt @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2131...

UK folks: copies available again at @normanrecords.com (previously sold-out). 🙏🖤

Rafael Anton Irisarri “Points of Inaccessibility” @blackknoll.bsky.social #musicislife #lifeismusic irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/points...

🎶 This week's front page reviews on rateyourmusic.com Willie Colón & Rubén Blades @convergecult.bsky.social @mandyindiana.bsky.social Joshua Chuquimia Crampton @jcc-pf.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social Steely Dan Beverly Glenn-Copeland @boardsofcanada.bsky.social Nevermore

"Audiovisual works that hauntologically explore memory, disappearance, and the traces that remain.” New review from Christian Tjaben at Pause-Record-Play for @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri's new album steady.page/en/pause-rec...

"A melodic loop slowly emerges like a ghost ship through the mist" @rockdelux.bsky.social reviews the new Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social album, "Points of Inaccessibility". rockdelux.com/discos/rafae...

El minimalismo ambient-drone de “Points Of Inaccessibility”, del compositor norteamericano Rafael Anton Irisarri ( @blackknoll.bsky.social ), discurre entre Gavin Bryars y Third Eye Foundation, a veces con atmósferas granuladas que remiten a Fennesz. ✍️ José Manuel Caturla

Gracias @rockdelux.bsky.social ! 🙏🖤

"Irisarri continues to push ambient music into spaces that feel emotionally urgent and structurally daring." ~ Don Haugen, Igloo Magazine. @blackknoll.bsky.social @igloomag.bsky.social

review of Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social in Italian @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social and Alias last weekend. Thanks to Gianluca Diana 🖤 ilmanifesto.it/reimmaginare...

"each track feels monumental in scale, sweeping, monolithically, across our eye-line in slow motion. Like a wall of sound built from orchestral drones... a powerful and cathartic listen" Rafael Anton Irisarri's @blackknoll.bsky.social album reviewed by @doepud.co.uk theletter.co.uk/rafael-anton...

Review in UNCUT @uncutmagazine.bsky.social of @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri’s new album, “Points of Inaccessibility”. Thanks to @wyndhamwallace.bsky.social 🙏🏻

JUST IN! 'Points of Inaccessibility' by Rafael Anton Irisarri The prolific and acclaimed musician returns with a four-track release of lengthy, sprawling ambient and drone compositions featuring Abul Mogard. @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2131...

"Fascinating stuff. Musically it’s vast, great big slabs of mournful sound, like huge monoliths crashing into each other." Review of Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social new album in this week's @moonbuilding.bsky.social substack. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-95-1...

This week’s soul salve: Points of Inaccessibility by @blackknoll.bsky.social and Kin by KMRU

Rafael Anton Irisarri last night in Barcelona. Exploring the ineffable ▲ 🎶: Signals from a Distant Afterglow (ft Karen Vogt) @blackknoll.bsky.social @karenvogtmusic.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social #casamontjuïc

my vocals were in Barcelona lastnight 🎤 Ace to see @blackknoll.bsky.social playing this track live 🖤 Thanks @paranoidtxt.bsky.social for filming it! 🙏🏻❤️

"Carefully crafted and deeply considered..." Album review: Rafael Anton Irisarri's 'Points of Inaccessibility' - out now via @blackknoll.bsky.social. @klangsignals.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/02/13/r...

A beautiful, detailed and personal review of @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri's new album. "Points of Inaccessibility", from the wonderful Anthony D'Amico at @brainwashed.bsky.social 🙏Read full review here: brainwashed.com/index.php?op...

Sunday afternoon drones. @blackknoll.bsky.social irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/points...

Daily report on @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri’s’ new album “Points of Inaccessibility” in Sonofmarketing today. Thanks Al Miglietta🙏🏻 Photo by Jota Martinez #artistresidency #projections #pointcloud #modernclassical #bowedguitar #guitardrones www.sonofmarketing.com/2026/02/07/a...

@foxydigitalis.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social @manjaristic.bsky.social @richardchartier.bsky.social @jamesworse.bsky.social @futuraresistenza.bsky.social @sawyereditions.bsky.social #soundart #musiqueconcrete #darkambient #dronemusic www.mixcloud.com/spectrasonic...

It is indeed Bandcamp Friday. Today’s finds include new stuff from Roy Montgomery and @blackknoll.bsky.social (both of whom are always special), and also picked up some great DJ Metatron and Dalek albums.

New review out today for Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social and his new album “Points of Inaccessibility”. In-depth review now online at @acloserlisten.bsky.social Thanks to Maria P @dalotskies.bsky.social for the lovely write-up 🙏🏻 acloserlisten.com/2026/02/05/r...

New interview out with @blackknoll.bsky.social talking about his new album and show in Athens, Greece tonight oowl.gr oowlr.gr/rafael-anton...

New albums released this week. Album Of The Week by Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social #indie #alternative #music #newmusicfriday 🎧

This is so good you should buy it. @blackknoll.bsky.social irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/points...

New interview out today with @blackknoll.bsky.social in Greek blog Poli-k. Rafael Anton Irisarri discusses his new solo album + his collab with @abulmogard.bsky.social + their show in Athens on Feb 6. poli-k.net/rafael-anton... #ambient #modernclassical #composer #dronemusic #darkambient

New interview out today with @abulmogard.bsky.social in Greece’s @olafaq.bsky.social discussing his music and upcoming Athens concert at St Paul's Sessions with @blackknoll.bsky.social on Feb 6. Thanks to Giannis for the interview Photo by Iulia Alexandra Magheru olafaq.gr/people/inter...

UK folks can preorder @abulmogard.bsky.social 2022 album on vinyl for the first time. Mastered by @blackknoll.bsky.social

Hungarian music magazine Lángoló interviewed Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social about his new album and upcoming show on Jan 23 in Budapest. Photo by Iulia Alexandra Magheru langolo.hu/minimalism-s...

“Ambient music asks the listener to slow down enough for the subtle changes to make sense.” New interview w/ @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri by Basques On Decks ahead of Spain shows in February. basquesondecks.com/rafael-anton... #electronicmusic #ambient #dronemusic #modernclassical

Thanks Sonofmarketing for announcing the new Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social album Points of Inaccessibility out in 2026 🙏 www.sonofmarketing.com/2025/12/06/s...

paranoid - scattered light X - feat: #WhateverTheWeather @lojammusic.bsky.social @ghostlyint.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social #Biosphere #Grouper @hothamsound.bsky.social #Pan•American @krankyltd.bsky.social #RobertDelNaja #MasayoshiFujita #JanJelinek @blackknoll.bsky.social @bugpressure.bsky.social

New interview this week in Magnetic Mag with @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri magneticmag.com/2025/12/rafa... discussing his new album, and much more.

First single from @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri's album premiering now on Headphone Commute: headphonecommute.com/2025/12/03/r...

News of @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri's new album in @klofmag.com 🖤

Thanks @invertedaudio.bsky.social for sharing the news today of the new Rafael Anton Irisarri album @blackknoll.bsky.social

Thanks @igloomag.bsky.social for sharing news of @blackknoll.bsky.social Rafael Anton Irisarri's new album 🖤

@thequietus.com covered news of Rafael Antón Irisarri's @blackknoll.bsky.social new album 'Points Of Inaccessibility' - exploring disconnection, digital isolation and how "the real distance isn’t geographic anymore, it’s emotional." Mastered by @schwebung.bsky.social thequietus.com/news/rafael-...

Rafael Anton Irisarri Announces New Album ‘Points of Inaccessibility’ - v13.net/2025/12/rafa... @blackknoll.bsky.social

PREORDER: 'Points of Inaccessibility' by Rafael Anton Irisarri The ambient-drone composer shapes bowed-guitar improvisations through drifting soundscapes of synths, strings, and vocals from Karen Vogt. @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2131...

Lovely write-up on the new track "Breaking the Unison" from @blackknoll.bsky.social in @post-punk.com.web.brid.gy today

new Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social track premiered at Orb Mag www.orbmag.com/music/premie...

NEW MUSIC ON THE BLOG: Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social - Breaking The Unison #indie #ambient #experimental #music #indiereview 🎧 Rafael announced a new album www.mavoymusic.com/2025/12/rafa...

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“What was once a dense, somber swell becomes an invocation; fragility rendered as strength. “ Words that lean deeply into my remix on @blackknoll.bsky.social ‘s A Fragile Geography: Reworks igloomag.com/reviews/rafa...