Geo Aghinea
Oram Award winner (2023)
for innovation in sound, music and related technologies
Electronic Music Award (2024)
Help Musicians x DJ Mag
currently a Roundhouse resident artist set to perform with Tom Odell at Roundhouse in the main space in April (2025)
watch my latest live performance from the Glasshouse International Centre for Music (2024)
featured as one of Mastercard's music trailblazers x The BRIT Awards this year, as part of the Future Sound of Britain (2024)
shortlised for Sound Of The Year Awards under the ‘Composed With Sound’ category (2023)
listen to my latest EP ‘I’ll Hand You A Hand’
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‘Eclectic talent whose music spans multiple genres and disciplines’ - Jamie Johnston, Phys Ed Recs
‘I did think of Bjork, but I also thought of Kate Bush’ - Max Reinhardt, Soho Radio
Information
Introduction
Geo Aghinea (b. 2001, Romania) is a London-based experimental producer, composer, and vocalist who builds distinct sonic experiences with bold electronic textures and ethereal vocals.
As a musician with severe hearing loss, Geo’s sound design and vocal expression reflect an unconventional auditory perspective shaped by wearing hearing aids from a young age. With roots in traditional & microtonal music and inspiration from their grandmother's vocal gift, Geo developed an unique way of singing that is present in their productions.
Drawing from their genderless identity, Geo’s soundwork challenges genres, defined by transcendental soundscapes and sonic self-craft. This is evident in their debut left-field EP I'll Hand You A Hand (2023) and their upcoming one, Gynodioecious (2025).
Achievements
Working in the intersection of art and music, Geo has performed at renowned music venues
and collaboratively in art galleries
Notably, Geo is recognised as one of the 2023 Oram Awards winners for innovation in sound, music and related technologies. The Awards are a platform to elevate the work and voices of women & gender non-conforming artists.
- LSO St Lukes
- Niche - The Baths
- Servant Jazz Quarters
- Control Club
- Glasshouse International Centre for Music
- Roundhouse (soon, in April 2025)
and collaboratively in art galleries
- The Crypt Gallery
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Brooke Bennington
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Final Hot Desert
Notably, Geo is recognised as one of the 2023 Oram Awards winners for innovation in sound, music and related technologies. The Awards are a platform to elevate the work and voices of women & gender non-conforming artists.
Likewise, Geo’s music has received airplay on
In 2024, Geo
Currently, Geo is a selected Roundhouse resident artist of 24/25.
- NTS Radio via Tarsza Williams’ mix
- Crack Magazine via Venus Ex Machine’s mix
- Soho Radio, where they were invited to perform and interview with Max Reinhardt.
In 2024, Geo
- was shortlisted for the Sound Of The Year Awards ‘Composed With Sound’ category, partnered with Accidental Records
- received an ‘Electronic Music Award’ via Help Musicians x DJ Mag
- featured as one of Mastercard's music trailblazers x The BRIT Awards, as part of the Future Sound of Britain campaign
- developed new approaches to their live shows as part of their Summer Studios residency at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Currently, Geo is a selected Roundhouse resident artist of 24/25.
here is me | taken by Andrei Musat whilst performing at Control Club
I’ll Hand You A Hand - EP
listen to I’ll Hand You A Hand
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written, produced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
ecording engineer (vocals) of 'A Bird's Wings', 'Fell In Love With an Alien' & 'Emotional Room: Emilia Buchanan
artwork by Alina Negoita
I’ll Hand You A Hand is an avant-garde and experimental Extended Play that documents an intricate tapestry of Geo’s personal journey with intimacy.
Through their self-crafted sonics, Geo intertwines composition and production elements to reflect the complexity that transcends singular emotions, offering a multi-dimensional glimpse into their human experience.
The EP was crafted during Geo's initial years of residing in London, providing a sonic landscape that blends harshness with etherealness. This combination serves as a window into Geo's distinctive perspective as a deaf musician, challenging traditional notions of sound and perception.
tracklist - learn more about each song:
︎︎︎ A Bird’s Wings
︎︎︎ Fell In Love With An Alien
︎︎︎ Emotional Room
︎︎︎ I Could Be That Someone
︎︎︎ I’ll Hand You A Hand
A Bird’s Wings
written, produced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
recording engineer: Emilia Buchanan
artwork by Alina Negoita
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mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
recording engineer: Emilia Buchanan
artwork by Alina Negoita
listen on
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A Bird's Wings is produced to portray anger, grief, and allure. Distinct emotions are entwined within the sonic composition, creating contrasting textures that mirror the complexity of an emotional landscape during the stages of desire.
Lyrically, the song draws inspiration from natural imagery of ice observed during a winter walk, symbolizing a blockage within a human connection.
Lyrically, the song draws inspiration from natural imagery of ice observed during a winter walk, symbolizing a blockage within a human connection.
Fell In Love With An Alien
Fell In Love With An Alien is an otherworldly sonic journey featuring harsh metallic sounds intertwined with floaty eerie ambient on ethereal soothing vocals.
‘Lyrically, it is a melancholic letter to a special person that I received motherhood-like comfort from. I could sense she had been through a lot, yet I didn’t want to intrude. Therefore everything in relation to her became embedded in mystery.’
‘Lyrically, it is a melancholic letter to a special person that I received motherhood-like comfort from. I could sense she had been through a lot, yet I didn’t want to intrude. Therefore everything in relation to her became embedded in mystery.’
Emotional Room
Emotional Room constructs a lyrical landscape similar to an inner sanctum, wherein our emotions stay stored. When ‘the door’ is left open, other people might view as us ‘fools’, just as the lyrics depict. My intention was to illustrate the act of accessing another's emotional space as a gesture of closeness and vulnerability.
The composition starts and ends in an excessively innocent and dreamy, but contemplative manner. The chorus takes an unexpected 3/4 time signature reminiscent of tribal dance, providing an avenue to release frustrations born from feeling misunderstood.
Beyond its portrayal of a love story, the song materialised from personal experiences of being perceived as naive when choosing vulnerability over insincerity.
The composition starts and ends in an excessively innocent and dreamy, but contemplative manner. The chorus takes an unexpected 3/4 time signature reminiscent of tribal dance, providing an avenue to release frustrations born from feeling misunderstood.
Beyond its portrayal of a love story, the song materialised from personal experiences of being perceived as naive when choosing vulnerability over insincerity.
I could be that someone
written, prodced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
artwork by Alina Negoita
listen on
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I could be that someone is about a plea for transformation,
It is about the broken lenses through which I got to view my body in a dysphoric climate whilst trying to seek resilience within that.
It is about the broken lenses through which I got to view my body in a dysphoric climate whilst trying to seek resilience within that.
I’ll Hand You A Hand
written, produced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
artwork by Alina Negoita
listen on
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There is an internal question that had laid the path to the track ‘I’ll Hand You A Hand’: how do I begin to value and nurture, yet still protect the love that I have to give to people around me whilst confronting transience?
Excerpts from notes taken at the time of writing the song:
‘I am in the process of questioning how to accept that everything that surrounds me moves on while fighting the need to feel grounded for one second.
It is heart wrenching to know that people I met once and deeply connected with will leave and I will remain in the same place, reminiscing the memories, hoping they’ll sometime come back. I craved continuity and life gave me transience.’
Excerpts from notes taken at the time of writing the song:
‘I am in the process of questioning how to accept that everything that surrounds me moves on while fighting the need to feel grounded for one second.
It is heart wrenching to know that people I met once and deeply connected with will leave and I will remain in the same place, reminiscing the memories, hoping they’ll sometime come back. I craved continuity and life gave me transience.’
Live | Performances
I Could Be That Someone as part of my Summer Studio residency at the Glasshouse International Centre of Music
Fell In Love With An Alien performed at LSO St Luke’s --> check time-stamps for the looper vocal experimentations
I could be that someone performed at LSO St Luke’s
Art Collaborations
On Hold by Pierre Engelhard
contribution - sound design
watch it unlisted:
director - Pierre Engelhard
structure designer - Daniel Sars
assistant videographer - Minrong Chen
sound designer - Geo Aghinea
fashion designer - Tanya Tan
performer - Samuel Tuffin
performer - Christopher Low
structure designer - Daniel Sars
assistant videographer - Minrong Chen
sound designer - Geo Aghinea
fashion designer - Tanya Tan
performer - Samuel Tuffin
performer - Christopher Low
contribution - live vocals performance
performed at The Crypt Gallery in London, the United Kingdom
on the 14th and 15th of April 2023
watch it unlisted:
directed by Friendred
interactive visuals by Pierre Engelhard
haptic researchers: Snehesh Shrestha & Ishan Tamrakar
vocals by Geo Aghinea
cello by Ramilda
curators: Daisy Wang, Celeste Viv Ly
special thanks to University of the Arts London & University of Maryland
interactive visuals by Pierre Engelhard
haptic researchers: Snehesh Shrestha & Ishan Tamrakar
vocals by Geo Aghinea
cello by Ramilda
curators: Daisy Wang, Celeste Viv Ly
special thanks to University of the Arts London & University of Maryland
During the four performances of The Triad Entanglement, I performed in synchronicity with one attendee’s brain waves that were sent as vibrations onto my throat and I think that might have just been the most unique setting that I've performed in so far! The brainwaves, analysed by a headband worn by someone in the audience, would be converted into vibrations and placed via haptic devices both onto my throat and onto the cellist's hand, Ramilda.
Astropriest by Catinca Malaimare
contribution - live vocals performance
performed at Brooke Benington in London, the United Kingdom
on June 3rd, 2023
watch a snippet of the performance here:
directed by Catinca Malaimare
Astropriest performed / live vocals by Geo Aghinea
The Rider performed by Deividas Vytautas
soundtrack by Khlorys
Astropriest performed / live vocals by Geo Aghinea
The Rider performed by Deividas Vytautas
soundtrack by Khlorys
