Neon Warrior^[GE]

18th July 

/ TES /

Neon Warrior is the alias of Gocha Aniashvili, a Tbilisi-based musician, live

performer, and sound engineer whose work maps the emotional contours of life

under late capitalism. Known for curating Open Deck at TES, his music occupies

a space between private intensity and collective resonance. He is also 1/2 of C.O.G project along with Generali Minerali.

Before stepping into electronic territory, Gocha drew early inspiration from sludge

metal—a formative influence that continues to echo in the weight and distortion

that shape his sonic palette. His work is equally informed by the cold, brute

textures of Birmingham techno and the stripped-down minimalism of Berlin, both

of which form a structural backbone beneath the emotional volatility of his

sound.His 2020 albums, Nemesis (Obseqvivm Records) and Tsadamkhvani (Solemne

Records), trace a hauntological arc—futures imagined, abandoned, then

resurrected as spectral sound. But it is with Botanical Garden that Gocha reaches

his most poignant terrain: a dreamlike descent into memory and geography,

where a seaside garden becomes a site of melancholic wonder.

“I create music only when I’m under stress,” he confesses—a revealing admission

in an era where creativity is wrung from crisis. His is not music as escape, but as

exorcism—tuning into the frequencies of a world that feels both too much and

not enough.