artwork | Pierre Engelhard
contact@geoaghinea.com
Their sound is shaped by a deep connection to their upbringing - rooted in microtonal and heritage-based sounds - while pulsing with the energy of brutalist underground queer scenes in post-communist Eastern Europe. Growing up with the chants & doinas of their grandmother, Geo developed a hauntingly distinct vocal style that is present in their productions.
Geo also brings a unique perspective to sound itself. As a musician with severe hearing loss, their reliance on hearing aids isn’t a limitation but a tool - reshaping their understanding of frequency, space, and texture. This heightened awareness has influenced both their production choices and vocal delivery, adding a tactile, almost physical quality to their sound.
Geo’s genre-defying work is an extension of their identity - fluid, boundary-pushing, and transformative. This is evident in their debut left-field EP, I’ll Hand You A Hand (2023), and with Gynodioecious (2025) coming soon, Geo is set to push sonic experimentation even further.
- Oram Awards (2023) for innovation in sound, music & related technologies
- Electronic Music Award (2024) Help Musicians x DJ Mag
- Sound of the Year Awards (2023), shortlisted under ‘Composed with Sound’ x Accidental Records
Press
- featured as one of Mastercard's music trailblazers ahead of the BRIT Awards x Future Sound of Britain campaign
Airplay
- NTS Radio via Tarzsa Williams’ mix
- Crack Magazine via Venus Ex Machina’s mix
- Soho Radio (performance & interview with Max Reinhardt)
Residencies
- Summer Studios at Glasshouse International Centre for Music (2024)
- Roundhouse selected resident artist (2024/25)
Working in the intersection of art and music, I’ve performed at
- LSO St Lukes
- Glasshouse International Centre for Music
- Niche - The Baths
- SXSW London (soon - 6th June 2025)
- Roundhouse in the main space (2025) supporting Tom Odell
and collaboratively in art galleries such as The Crypt Gallery, Brooke Bennington, Final Hot Desert...
Tracklist
A Bird’s Wings
Fell In Love With An Alien
Emotional Room
I Could Be That Someone
I’ll Hand You A Hand
released in 2023
I produced I’ll Hand You A Hand during my first years of residing in London. This body of work was self-produced with a pair of worn out hearing aids that lacked mid and low frequency information. For this reason, the tracks feature synthetic & metallic sounds, which I naturally gravited towards at the time.
Compared to my newer works, it touches on more intimate topics and experiences.
Excerpts from notes taken at the time of writing the I’ll Hand You A Hand as follows:
‘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.’
‘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.’
Credits
written, produced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
recording engineer (vocals): Emilia Buchanan
'A Bird's Wings', 'Fell In Love With an Alien' & 'Emotional Room’
artwork(s) by Alina Negoita
Tracklist
Gynodioecious (out April 18th)
more TBC
realeasing...
Blending dark, yet ethereal synths with chest-pounding bass, Gynodioecious unfolds universal experiences such as clubbing, sexuality, friends, self-identity (& reclaiming space) and presents them with a thought-provoking twist. I wrote and produced this EP looking outward rather than inward, which was a nice progression from my previous works.
It’s one of my most ambitious projects up-to-date and I can’t wait to share it.
1st track out now
Credits
written, produced and performed by Geo Aghinea
mixed by James Rand & Luciano Rossi
mastered by James Trevascus
recording engineer (vocals): Emilia Buchanan
'A Bird's Wings', 'Fell In Love With an Alien' & 'Emotional Room’
artwork(s) by Pierre Engelhard
book me at
contact@geoaghinea.com
Mon 21 Apr
London, UK
Roundhouse Main Space
supporting Tom Odell
Wed 23 Apr
London, UK
Roundhouse Theatre
with Marla Kether, KD & Poser
Upcoming
Fri 6 June
London, UK
SXSW
contribution: sound design | Ugly Duck
contribution: live vocal performance | Brooke Benington
contribution: live vocal performance | The Crypt Gallery