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Iñaki Barrocal Castro (born April 28, 1989 in Escaldes-Engordany, Principality of Andorra), known as Akiba Jonze, is an Andorran vocalist, instrumentalist and composer. He started composing in 2008 and released a vast array of self-produced material as "Iñaki" on various online platforms, but only came to be known in his home country for his music in 2013. In 2015, he decided to start releasing new material under a new name: Akiba Jonze. After three promotional singles ("Say Goodbye", "Forbidden Love (Laudate Dominum)" and "Realm of Rain"), Akiba Jonze released his debut album, the Buddhist-flavored "Akash", in 2016 through Oklahoma-based netlabel We Are The New Underground (WEATNU) Records. "Akash" was praised for its sound and experimentation, and sparked a sold-out performance at the 17th-century Casa Rull House-Museum in Andorra, as well as three singles: "Samsara", "Mothermantra" and "Firebird". His second effort, the vocally-driven "Indigo", was released just six months later - this time through Akiba Jonze's own netlabel, Mothermantra Records, and instantly became Akiba's most-downloaded album. Four months later came "Chronostasis", Akiba's experimental third album, which focused on the concept of slowing down the flow of time (and therefore sounds) to create sonic universes in between. Its first single, "Suite nº1 for Mouth: Allegory of Time", was featured in Don Campau's "No Pigeonholes EXP" online radio show, and its third single, "Litany C-432: Hidden San