The final Affin album of 2025 arrives with quiet magnitude: Low Harmonics, zakè’s second solo release on the label, composed of three extended pieces that unfold like brushstrokes thrown onto a wide canvas - layered in the deepest, warmest tones, glowing in the late-autumn light.
Following his Affin debut Dolere in the summer of 2024 and the collaborative album Arcadia with Joachim Spieth and Markus Guentner, zakè returns with a work that sinks even further into the lower depths of sound. Low Harmonics amplifies the reflective world introduced on Dolere, where time seemed to stretch under emotional weight and sound offered temporary shelter. Here, the music leans deeper into that inward, existential space - guided by heavy bass currents, slow-moving vibrations, and a subterranean calm. It echoes the gravity of Thomas Köner or the frosted expanses of Geir Jenssen, yet remains unmistakably aligned with Affin’s dedication to sound existing outside expectation.
Where Dolere drifted in dissolving memory, Low Harmonics distills its focus. These three long-form tracks revolve around presence and sensation, each one revealing a quiet pull the longer you stay with it - like a landscape that continues to emerge as you stand still.
As zakè reflects:
“As winter settles in and everything slows, I feel pulled toward simple, hypnotic loops and layers that melt into each other. I wanted these long-form tracks on Low Harmonics to feel like a steady breath, a gentle space to settle into. The low frequencies are shaped to be calm and grounding, almost like a quiet balm for the long, heavy winter days ahead. The season moves at its own pace, and Low Harmonics is meant to move with it - a companion to the slow burn of winter.”
With this album, we close the Affin release cycle for 2025. My sincere thanks go to everyone who has supported the label throughout the year - your listening, your messages, your presence. It means more than words can capture.
