Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri

In the organizer's words:

"Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close" - there could not be a better title for Abdul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri's album: The two long compositions, slowly developing and expanding as if from a germ of sound, seem impossibly distant and eerily close in their spherical openness. Anyone who experiences this music can no longer really speak of listening, but of being engulfed, of immersing and diving in. The record grew out of a duo performance in Madrid in 2023, and the two renowned electronic sound artists actually manage to create something together that transcends their own actions. Mogard's synthesizer modulations blur with Irissari's ambient, sculptural guitar drones, which are remotely reminiscent of Kevin Shields' soundtrack for "Lost in Translation". And what emerges after many minutes is an epic, veiled, wavering, dangerous beauty that is neither suitable for airports nor elevators, but requires contemplation. The reward is great!