Musician Guido Affini Mesmerizes with Release of “Lulla By”

Guido Affini is a multidisciplinary artist of many talents. The Italian composer, sound designer and contemporary artist creates an ambient matrix of unique creations that are a melding of art and science in one. With influences ranging from contemporary music, ambient music, idm, post rock, drone to free jazz and noise, his music is filled esoteric elements and principles of alternative sciences. His latest release, “Lulla By” is not something easily defined in genre or melody; and Guido Affini is just fine with that. It’s that uniqueness and indefinable energy that makes him the artist he is. Affini spoke with us about his work and latest release.  

Congrats on the release of “Lulla By.” What has the reaction been like? 

Thank you! “Lulla By” has had good feedback so far. It’s a song with peculiar atmospheres. It is  ambient and electronic music but with many other stylistic connections. “Lulla By” is an iridescent aesthetic journey, therefore, it is not an immediate or easily cataloged song.

Music today, also because of algorithms, needs a clear definition from a stylistic point of view.

I love to travel with sound and for this reason I like contrasts. I love, for example, minimalism but also progressive music. Precisely because “Lulla By” has these contrasts compared to the most mainstream outings, it is gratifying to see how people are able to immerse themselves in its flow and bring me very emotional feedback.

You collaborated with your friend Federico Fantuz on guitar for this. How did the collaboration come about? 

Federico is a friend and also an incredible musician. When I only had the harmonic structures of “Lulla By,” composed of sounds recorded in the forests of Borneo and a harmonic round of glass harmonica, I began to feel the need to have Counter-theme to add to the main melody. I wanted an electric guitar that would give the song iridescent and never repetitive melodic openings, at that point Federico immediately came to mind, because of his ability to improvise and throw himself into the music without having defined rhythmic or harmonic structures. Then I programmed and played the modular synths that define the structures of “Lulla By” [Modulo-5 Vs.] feat Fantuz. I really love working in a non-linear way, this allows me to “listen” to the music and be carried away by it, rather than defining or programming what the final production will be.

“Lulla By” was created for a ballet performance by the Balletto Civile / Michela Lucenti. Tell us about this experience. 

“Lulla By” is a soundscape that I made for Nothing, a show based on King Lear by the Balletto Civile physical theater company. Later this soundscape became a settling production: “Lulla By” [Modulo-5 Vs.] feat Fantuz, independent for the show. I have produced various music and created as many live sound designs for research theater. Producing music for the theater is a very stimulating process, you have to enter the dramaturgy of the show, it means building the sound and musical dimension of a multidisciplinary artistic experience. For Balletto Civile I have produced music, created sound installations, performed sound design and projected sound spaces, in about eight theatrical productions. Working with them is very engaging because they give great weight to the musical and sound aspect.

Your music is described as “a research-based ambient matrix of his own creation.” Can you explain this to us in your own words?

Often my music comes from recording sessions, the methods I use or the environments I investigate are the beginning of the creative path. I use “special” microphones, contact microphones, hydrophones, geophones, these microphones are built to capture very low acoustic vibrations, underwater environments or telluric upheavals and are often used in scientific disciplines. I analyze these recordings, after a careful selection I load the sounds on modular synthesizers that I program through principles related to radionic practices such as cosmic numerology. A process by which I analyze the realities hidden in our sound environment and redefine them based on my creative input. Processing and redefining these sounds for me is like discovering parallel realities related to the subtle energies that surround us.

Now that you’ve released “Lulla By,” what is next for you? Are you currently working on anything that you can tell us about? 

I am working on different fronts, new paths are opening up that will lead me to collaborate with other artists. At the moment I am developing new publications, probably the next work will be related to a series of hydrophonic recordings, underwater recordings made in industrial and port contexts. It will be a very radical work on a sonic level, something related to drone music, musique concrète and industrial music. Another aspect I am planning is the preparation of a live act to be developed in contexts such as festivals. I’m trying to develop a structure that allows me to play my music through a system that generates a diffusion that is based on waves of form, also known as sacred geometries.

What is your most favorite aspect of creating music? 

There are many aspects. As I have already said, I do not have a “linearity” in the creative aspect, which is why I believe that intuition, the connection with one’s subconscious part is decisive for my creative process. There is a moment when my music begins to travel faster than me, as if my imagination anticipates my rational part, when this happens it is as if I do not recognize in a rational way what I have done. That is the first sign that I’m on the right track. Music is sacred to me. I try to put my soul into it, and this helps me to understand my consciousness more and more deeply. This is the most rewarding aspect, the privilege of being able to develop my consciousness.

What influences you the most as an artist? 

There are several artists who influenced me at the beginning of my journey who made me reflect on creative action: John Cage, La Monte Young, Sun Ra, David Lynch, Giuseppe Chiari etc. Today, the deepest influence is energy itself. My path with esoteric practices has brought me closer and closer to the concept that in addition to a tangible “reality” there are many others, for me music is a sort of mediumistic transfer of those energies that are not tangible. Music is an abstract art, intangible but with immense strength. Today what influences me most are the telluric energies, the cosmic energies. I believe that through creativity we can lift the veil of reality and connect with the hidden structures that make up our matrix.

I read that you worked in contemporary art in the 90s. How can you compare and contrast the worlds of contemporary art and music? Do they compliment each other?

My path in contemporary art has led me to develop my research on sound, video and installations. I believe that today in 2025 the definition between the various artistic disciplines has become thinner and thinner, just look at the importance of visual art in the musical context. In contemporary art it is possible to develop research, as far as I am concerned this aspect is very important because through research you can develop a personal approach to creation. So, every artistic experience, from soundtracks to sound design made for theater and cinema or sound video installations are integrated into what is now my artistic identity.

What is the story you most hope to tell through your music? 

For me, music is an evocative and experiential process. I try to tap deep within myself, within my consciousness to be able to resonate with what interests me, the subtle energies, the universe, the unknown, symmetry, etheric fields etc. What I try to convey through my music is interconnected to my interests, it is an invitation to an inner journey, an invitation to liberation from the chains that bind us to the blindest mechanism. What happens when I then share my music is always surprising, because those who listen to my music are always able to give me aspects about my art that I didn’t consider. I like to leave aspects in my art hidden, mysterious, therefore freely interpretable by those who decide to relate to it.

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