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Songs
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Gilda Razani theremin, soprano saxophone
Hanzō Wanning piano, synthesizer

About Aphrodite transcends genres with their album “Songs Without Words,” offering a poetic and immersive global soundtrack. The musicians seamlessly blend Oriental influences, jazz elements, synth-pop references, chamber music atmospheres, and electronic and percussion textures into a rich, multidimensional soundscape.

The instrumental tracks showcase a dynamic interplay between carefully arranged compositions and spontaneous jam sessions, often echoing melodies from Razani’s Persian heritage. Razani and Wanning move effortlessly between dreamy lightness and deep longing, creating a unique, immersive sonic experience where sound, space, and energy converge.

“Songs Without Words” is more than just a soundtrack for multicultural urban life—it is an intricate tapestry of sound that invites listeners to unwind, dream, and travel to distant corners of the world. This album offers a boundary-defying musical journey that is both intimate and expansive.

Gilda Razani is widely regarded as one of the most innovative theremin players of our time. Using the world’s oldest electronic instrument, she creates immersive soundscapes that merge the boundaries between poetry, science fiction, magic, and deep emotions—most clearly heard on The Manhattan Transfer’s Grammy-nominated album Fifty. Razani holds a master’s degree in saxophone performance from the Detmold University of Music.

Hanzō Wanning is recognized for his distinctive musical style, seamlessly blending classical influences with jazz-pop harmonies and expressive improvisation. His piano playing is marked by a lyrical, often melancholic tone shaped by complex harmonic structures and dynamic rhythmic shifts. Wanning studied piano and classical composition in Hilversum, Netherlands, and won the Belgian Jazz Award in 2010. He also brings extensive expertise in electronic music and teaches at the University of Dortmund and the Glenn Buschmann Jazz Academy.

Together, Gilda Razani and Hanzō Wanning compose and produce original film scores and radio play music for the German broadcaster WDR, in addition to releasing their own albums, including Bazaar (Traumton Records, Berlin), Ocean Lily, Faktor X (Atzek Electronic Music, Melbourne), Polaris, Future Memories, and Little Deep Miss Strange(Floating World Records, London). They are also the founders of the sound-branding agency Honeysounds.

Their current musical projects include Honey Bizarre, About Aphrodite, and Amaryllis.

Songs
Without
Words

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Mehr Informationen

Future Memories

Floating World Records 2020

Membran Music – Polaris

Floating World Records 2018

Faktor X Techno

Faktor X

Aztek Electronic Music 2015

ocean-lily-cover

Ocean Lily

Aztek Electronic Music 2014

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Ocean Lily, vinyl

Double limited LP 2014

Show
and
Tour dates

2026

06.02.2026
19:30
Bochum
Bochumer Kulturrat
Special guest Fethi Ak Percussion
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2025

30.10.2025
20:00
Dortmund
Domicil
Wortclub mit Nava Ebrahimi und Cornelius Pollmer
21.09.2025
17:00
Unna
Nikolaihaus
composer concert
10.09.2025
20:00
Essen
Katakombentheater
Jazz for the People

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    Reviews

    … convinces with great composition and sound, one of the most fascinating duos of recent years. It is hard to escape the hypnotic charm of the music, which is both structured and complex. Highly recommended! (18/20)

    Music itself.de

    What Hans and Gilda achieve in this album can only be called an immersive audio experience. Out of melancholy undertones springs music full of tonal fantasy and lyrical depth, and behind the duo’s conscious and animated musical freedom lies a wealth of in-depth knowledge and experience”

    NRWjazznet.de

    … an album as brilliant as the stars in the sky, Membran Music takes ‘Polaris‘ as its theme. The instrumental cosmos, with Theremin, piano, soprano saxophone and live electronics moves from classical music to progressive jazz, but at the same time always retaining its dark colouring. It is unique in the same way as ABOUT APHRODITE! (13/15)

    Music reviews.de

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