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Irarrazabal, Amanda: Imprimiendo (Relative Pitch)

Using field recordings captured inside working printing houses in Santiago, Chile, Amanda Irarrazabal merges industrial machine rhythms, electro-acoustic manipulation, and studio improvisation into immersive sound works that balance hypnotic repetition, dense textural abstraction, and fragile resonant space, transforming mechanical process into fluid and deeply tactile experimental composition.
 

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UPC: 5904224875213

Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1266
Squidco Product Code: 37327

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at two working printing houses in Santiago, Chile, in March 2025.
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"Amanda Irarrazabal was born in Santiago de Chile in 1982, currently living in Buenos Aires, Argentina; is a bassist, bassist, singer, improviser and composer. in 2002 he began his musical career, going through different genres (classical, experimental, jazz, rock, tango and Latin American music); and choosing free improvisation and original music as what most identifies her. has been part of projects such as Inciertario, Jorge Campos Grupo, Cardias, Arre!, Dactilar, Cátodo Dúo, De Escamas, Eriza, Entre Otros. among others."

-Pany Rosas Discos (http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/amanda-irarrazabal/)
6/16/2026

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