Asphere
Asphere
WADI 03september 19th, 2025
10” transparent vinyl/digital
press release
Asphere originates from the ongoing dialogue and friendship among the artists Maika Garnica, Aiko Devriendt and Thijs Paijmans, as shared experiences of time and space. The album takes Garnica’s sound objects and their visual aesthetics and sounds, as a ground for
musical and audiovisual exchange. Gradually guiding us back into the now, the artists explore the subtle movements in between various spaces: those that arise from the interplay of different languages, the physical spaces within the sound objects, and the body of the listener and what is shared on a deeper and more intuitive level.
With each track tied to an image of the artwork, Asphere balances between what is transmitted through listening and what remains unseen yet felt. Mixing different textures, patterns and rhythms, sonic processes such as sampling and granular synthesis resonate with microscopic images, as a magnifying glass transforming the sound objects into grainy landscapes. Sensing oscillations from within the flutes, bowls, and ceramic shapes towards the outer atmospheres; each time they return to the essence of the media’s materiality: earth, sound, and light – waves - tremble and interlace, traversing distances and continuously touching each other.
credits/sounds - Maika Garnica & Aiko Devriendt
mixing - Aiko Devriendt
artwork - Maika Garnica & Thijs Paijmans
mastering & lacquer cut - Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering DE
words - Maud Seuntjens
graphic design - Pieter Nyssen
partners - Het Bos, Overtoon, Consonance, De Imagerie
With support of The Flemish Government & Sabam For Culture