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 forms the core of their live vocal-scapes. Alongside it, Geo’s modular synth practice shapes analogue sound to bend with similar melismatic fluidity. Their relationship to electronic music emerged later in Bucharest, where they first connected with the city’s queer nightlife scene.

Geo is a musician living with severe hearing loss, a perspective that informs their heightened sensitivity to frequency and space. They don’t view hearing aids as a constraint but rather as an instrument that sculpts 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.

EP2 Gynodioecious

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

Dazed article on Waves Penetrate Me Fiercely | short film & track release (2026)
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 - Opening for Imogen Heap (2026)
Shacklewell Arms - Eat Your Own Ears Recommends (2026)
Roundhouse Studio Theatre - The Gynodioecious Experience (sold-out headline show) (2025)
Roundhouse - Performing alongside Tom Odell (2025)
The Great Escape Festival (2025)
SXSW London - Scheduled performances with Dar Disku & Trans Voices (4 & 6 June 2025), boycotted in solidarity with the artists' movement for Palestine
LSO St Luke's (2024)
Glasshouse International Centre for Music (2024)
Niche Sounds at The Baths (2023)

Residencies

Baltic Studios ATM (2025)
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)