In a radio interview with the ABC in Sydney, Irisarri goes into further detail, describing to Quiet Space radio host Paul Gough the process behind The North Bend as inspired by "this region (American Pacific Northwest), and not just with the fairly obvious 'rainy, gloomy skies' clichés, but more in the folk, cultural traditions and pop-culture references (think of David Lynch and his television-defining narrative Twin Peaks). They sort of helped me create an audio postcard of this beautiful area of the United States."[4]
Irisarri playing bowed guitar at MITO Settembre Musica Festival in Milan, 2009
Irisarri travels frequently to perform live throughout Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East.[5] Highlights include concerts at Barcelona's Sónar, Detroit's DEMF, Montreal's MUTEK, and Kraków's Unsound. Aside from electronic music festivals, Irisarri has presented his works at multidisciplinary arts events, including Milan's prestigious MITO SettembreMusica festival[6] and Israel Festival in Jerusalem.[7]
In his live performances, Irisarri utilizes real-time signal processing, chaining together a series of custom-made looping software to achieve the textural density of his recorded works and favors improvised performances. This characteristic has earned Irisarri recognition from peers like Pantha Du Prince.[8]
In 2010, Irisarri collaborated twice with Austrian guitarist Fennesz, performing together live at Interferenze Festival in Italy and later at Decibel Festival in Seattle.[14][15]
In May 2010, Irisarri traveled to Jerusalem to collaborate with Koen Holtkamp, Greg Davis, Ido Govrin, Ran Slavin and Yair Etziony in a two-day audiovisual performance piece titled Dissolving Localities, which explored the city's diverse cultures and unique sights and sounds.[16] The project was commissioned as part of Israel Festival.[17]
On January 21, 2011, Irisarri and Benoît Pioulard released a cover version of Broadcast's "Until Then" (from the band's 2000 album The Noise Made by People), as a tribute to Trish Keenan.[18][19] Later that year, the collaboration spawned into a full, new project, called Orcas. Their debut album was released in April 2012 on Morr Music.
As a media artist, Irisarri has prepared, created and performed live video for Fennesz, Lusine, Simon Scott, Solvent, and The Sight Below.[20]
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