Information — Geo Aghinea

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Geo Aghinea (b. 2001, Romania) is a London-based experimental vocalist and sound designer who merges their Romanian roots with microtonal modular synthesis and siren-like vocals, emerging from Eastern Europe’s underground queer scene.

Growing up with the chants & Doinas* of their Romanian grandmother, Geo developed a hauntingly ornamental vocal style that form the core of their live vocal-scapes. Through their modular synth, Geo shapes analogue sound to bend with similar melismatic fluidity. At this intersection lies their special connection to Bucharest’s queer scene, where their love for electronic music first began.

Geo is a musician living with severe hearing loss, a perspective that informs their heightened sensitivity to frequency and space. Their hearing aids are not a constraint but an instrument, shaping both their sonic architecture and vocal presence.

Geo’s genre-defying work is an extension of their identity, fluid and transformative. This is evident in their debut left-field EP, I’ll Hand You A Hand (2023), and with Gynodioecious (2025), Geo is set to push sonic experimentation even further. More TBA.

EP2 Gynodioecious (soon)

EP1 I’ll Hand You A Hand

Live

Doina* is a highly ornamented, melismatic, and microtonal Romanian musical style, traditionally vocal and often improvisational, recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Awards

Oram Awards (2023) for innovation in sound, music & related technologies
Electronic Music Award (2024) Help Musicians x DJ Mag
Sound of the Year Awards (2024), shortlisted under ‘Composed with Sound’ x Accidental Records

Press

appeared as guest in the Instagram x Fred Again, Ask It Anyway...
featured as one of Mastercard's music trailblazers ahead of the BRIT Awards x Future Sound of Britain campaign

Live

Roundhouse in the main space (2025) alongside Tom Odell
Roundhouse studio theatre, the Gynodioecious Experience, headline show (2025)
The Great Escape (2025)
LSO St Lukes (2024)
Glasshouse International Centre for Music (2024)
Niche Sounds - The Baths (2023)
SXSW London (4th & 6th June 2025 with Dar Disku & Trans Voices), boycotted in solidarity with artists' movement for Palestine

Residencies

Roundhouse selected resident artist (2024/25)
Summer Studios at Glasshouse International Centre for Music (2024)

Airplay

NTS Radio via Tarzsa Williams’ mix
Crack Magazine via Venus Ex Machina’s mix
Soho Radio (performance & interview with Max Reinhardt)