Black Knoll • Rafael Anton Irisarri
@blackknoll.bsky.social
Ibero-American composer & mastering engineer Official site: irisarri.org Management & Bookings: @klangsignals.bsky.social Publishing: Sony Music Publishing
Wonderful work! 🙌🙏🖤
cygnus rift@thecygnusrift.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Turning Blue vinyl is out this month! This one has the stereo mix rather than the spacial, so you can hear the album in it's original way. Mixed by me, mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social. #vinyl #newmusic #ambient #experimental
A feature on Markus Guentner in Postpunk.com highlighting his debut album, In Moll, & its 25th Anniversary Edition on @blackknoll.bsky.social Editions (double vinyl). Notes from former @pitchfork.com editor @markrichardson.bsky.social post-punk.com/markus-guent... #ambient #popambient #ambientdub
Markus Guentner’s Pop Ambient Landmark “In Moll” Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary With First Complete Vinyl Edition — Post-Punk.com
Two pizzas, a boombox, and a demo CD-R were enough to keep Michael Mayer and Wolfgang Voigt out all night. In Mayer’s recollection, their first encounter with the music of…
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PREORDER: 'Sirimiri' by Rafael Anton Irisarri First time on vinyl edition for the ambient-drone musician's 2018 LP. Limited to 150 copies on Umor Rex. @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/1696...
Review out this week in France’s @etherrealwebzine.bsky.social with some thoughts from François Bousquet on the new @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social album, Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun (out on Black Knoll Editions). www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...
Chronique disque - Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri : Where Light Pauses In The Silence Of The Sun
Fortuite à l'origine (Abul Mogard ayant remplacé Loscil pour donner un concert en première partie de Rafael Anton Irisarri), la rencontre entre (…)
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You can hear the roots of what has become a lot of modern ambient music on this release by Markus Guentner, now 25 years old reissued on Black Knoll @blackknoll.bsky.social. Featured on several recent broadcasts.
In Moll (25th Anniversary Edition), by Markus Guentner
7 track album
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A review of the deep listening performances at the Open Source Art Festival with artists @aimeeportioli.bsky.social @abulmogard.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social featured in. Ruch Muzyczny ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ Words by Natalia Glinka-Hebel ruchmuzyczny.pl/article/6530...
Dystopie i paradoksy
Trójmiejski Open Source Art Festival umościł się wygodnie w szufladzie niszowych wydarzeń, choć sam – paradoksalnie – bezpardonowo przekracza ramy takich gatunków, jak drone, noise, ambient czy musiqu...
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Vinyl reissue of “Sirimiri” coming out soon. Celebrating 20 years of Umor Rex. 🙌🙏🖤
Norman Records@normanrecords.com · 3w agoPREORDER: 'Sirimiri' by Rafael Anton Irisarri First time on vinyl edition for the ambient-drone musician's 2018 LP. Limited to 150 copies on Umor Rex. @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/1696...
News of #ambient #dubtechno classic, In moll, by Markus Guentner in @thequietus.com The 25th Anniversary Edition of a Kompakt classic remastered by @blackknoll.bsky.social & released on double vinyl via Black Knoll Editions. photo: David Westlake thequietus.com/news/markus-... #vinyl #popambient
Markus Guentner's 'In Moll' Set for 25th Anniversary Reissue | The Quietus
Markus Guentner’s ambient and dub techno classic LP In Moll is being reissued to mark its 25th anniversary. The record has been newly remastered by composer and mastering engineer Rafael Anton Irisarr...
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Rafael Anton Irisarri / @blackknoll.bsky.social - Hiatus wzbc.org
“the collaboration has yielded some of the most gorgeous, emotive ambient music of the 2020s so far” Review in @spectrumcultureeditor on @abulmogard.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social new album, Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun. Thanks J Simpson 🙏🏻 spectrumculture.com/2026/09/03/a...
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri: Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun - Spectrum Culture
While longform drones and wordless sound sculptures are always going to be fairly niche, the artistry and craftsmanship alone make Where Light Pauses worthy of at least one listen for anybody open to ...
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Lovely to see Markus Guentner in Time to House with info on his reissue of In Moll (out via Black Knoll Editions @blackknoll.bsky.social ) timetohouse.com/en/articles/...
In Moll Went Without Its Fourth Track for 25 Years. Now It's Finally on Vinyl.
Markus Guentner's 2001 Kompakt dub-techno album In Moll returns November 6, 2026 as a remastered 25th Anniversary Edition, pressing the long-missing "In Moll 4" to vinyl for the first time.
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. . Among Shadows / Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun Abul Mogard / Rafael Anton Irisarri 🤍 🩵 #abulmogard @abulmogard.bsky.social #rafaelantonirissari @blackknoll.bsky.social #nowplaying 💿 🔊 🎶 abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
Iceland's Extreme Chill Festival program announced with @abulmogard.bsky.social and Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social playing solo shows www.extremechill.org/program
New interview with @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social on collaboration, live shows & new album - Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun (out via Black Knoll Editions). Thanks Jack Dolan & Public Pressure Photo: Iulia Alexandra Magheru publicpressure.org/articles/wha...
What happens when you stop correcting the mistake? — Public Pressure
I recently caught up with Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri to talk about Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun, their new collaborative album built from recordings made during a three-day ...
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“What sounded futuristic in 2001 now feels timeless. In Moll was the beginning of an artistic language that still echoes through contemporary ambient and experimental electronic music” Markus Guentner @invertedaudio.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social inverted-audio.com/markus-guent... #popambient
Markus Guentner's landmark album 'In Moll' gets definitive 25th Anniversary reissue - Inverted Audio
Twenty-five years after its original release, Markus Guentner's landmark debut In Moll returns in a definitive 25th Anniversary Edition on Black Knoll
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Just received a copy of Mixmag Spain! Got 4 articles in their July edition. ▲ - @abulmogard.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social @billorcutt.bsky.social @dense-pr.bsky.social @mixmag.net @tempresltd.bsky.social @musex1.bsky.social #MixmagSpain
“bleary, somber opening textures… evocative... dense, velvety consistency… This album’s joy is that there is a particular vision of what drone and minimal electronics can achieve.” @treblezine.bsky.social @eaxlr.com @abulmogard.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social treblezine.com/10-great-amb...
Big love to @paranoidtxt.bsky.social for championing #ambient and #downtempo music in @mixmag.net Spain last month. Lovely to see @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social album in there 🖤 issuu.com/mixmagspain/...
Interview with @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social by Jessy Frascarelli was published in Nasty. Talking about creative process, l perception, total absorption & sustaining creative output. www.nastymagazine.com/music/listen... #creativeprocess #ambient
Listening Becomes Physical / A.M. & R.A.I. | NASTY Magazine
For Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, listening does not begin and end in the studio. It becomes a way of moving through the world, shaping perception long after the session is over. In this conv...
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Rafael Anton Irisarri: “Vivimos muy acelerados y no estamos diseñados para vivir tan rápido” @eltelescopio.bsky.social habla con el norteamericano por su último disco, “Points Of Inaccessibility” ( @blackknoll.bsky.social ).
Rafael Anton Irisarri: “Nuestros datos son los que mantienen económicamente a una cantidad reducida de individuos”
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Earlier this month @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social were interviewed for @metalmagazine.bsky.social They spoke to Arnaud Salvadó about playing live, composing, collaborating, & more. Photo: Iulia Alexandra Magheru metalmagazine.eu/en/post/abul... #ambientmusic #modernclassical
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri | Metal Magazine
Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri discuss “Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun”, live improvisation, Morphine Raum and the fragile space where two musical languages merge.
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JUST IN! 'Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun' by Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri Shifting ambient pieces performed using rotary speakers, modular synthesis and bowed guitar, with touches of strings and vocals. @blackknoll.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2152...
Et sinon, la nouveauté du jour: les textures toujours aussi fascinantes de @blackknoll.bsky.social et @abulmogard.bsky.social. #NowSpinning #VinylSky Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri - Where Light Pauses In The Silence Of The Sun (2026)
New review in Italian music magazine Blow Up (IT) by Gino Dal soler with kind words about the new @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social album, “Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun.” Thanks Blow Up & Gino🙏🏻 #electronicmusic #experimentalelectronicmusic #ambient #modernclassical
“an instinctive, elemental depth and widescreen atmosphere... liberating sonic majesty. Unmissable” @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social album “Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun” gets a glowing review from @electronicsound.bsky.social Thanks Carl Griffin #modernclassical
“Rather than repeating their familiar forms, they choose to expand their vocabulary...” @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social in Avopolis ambient music selections for July. Thanks Giannis www.avopolis.gr/albums/inter...
4 νέα ambient άλμπουμ για τον Ιούλιο
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“Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri have independently created some stunning ambient-drone over recent years… the emotive power of gradually evolving sustained tones." @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social review Thanks Tim Clarke & dusted dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8215946...
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri — Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun (Black Knoll Editions)
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri - In a Quiet Radiance (feat. Andrea Burelli & Martina Bertoni) Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri have independently created some stunning ambient-drone over...
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