Grand River^IT

Berlin-based Dutch-Italian composer and musician Aimée Portioli, aka Grand River, has developed a distinctive sound inspired by kosmische music, film scores, experimental rock, ambient and avant-classical music. Combining analog and digital synthesis with subtle acoustic instrumentation, she creates vivid, emotionally rich works exploring complex themes.

Her acclaimed projects include All Above, a tribute to Editions Mego founder Peter Rehberg; In uno spazio immenso, a collaboration with Abul Mogard; and Tuning the Wind, an environmental work released by Umor Rex in 2025. Most recently, she presented Symphony for Endangered Birds, a seven-channel sonic exploration of vulnerable bird species, at Museum Folkwang in Essen.

Portioli has performed at festivals including Berlin Atonal, CTM, MUTEK Montréal and WOS, and at venues such as the Centre Pompidou, Barbican Centre and Berghain. She also runs One Instrument, a label founded in 2016 dedicated to music created with a single instrument, featuring artists including Donato Dozzy and Felicity Mangan.

Grand River — Temporary
Light design by Andrea Familari

Grand River, returns to Editions Mego with Temporary—her most expansive and focused album to date.

Rooted in themes of impermanence, grief and loss, the record explores the interplay between resonant guitar and innovative electronics. Across eight melodic and emotionally charged soundscapes, Portioli reflects on mortality, memory and the fleeting nature of existence.

From pulsating synths and modular electronics to turbulent guitars, wavering harp and acoustic refrains, Temporary unfolds as an immersive journey through shifting emotional landscapes. Its track titles form fragments of a poetic meditation on loving, losing, remembering and fading.

Following acclaimed releases on Spazio Disponibile, light-years, Ghostly International, Tresor and Umor Rex—as well as visionary multichannel installations—Temporary marks a culmination of Portioli’s distinctive artistic practice.

“To live is to experience the present while already feeling the trace of its disappearancesomething both painful and blissful.”
Aimée Portioli, Grand River