I'm Gerald - most people know me as Garni. I'm based in Melbourne, and my two great passions are music and astronomy. Somehow those two things have always felt connected to me.

I play keyboards, drums, and a bit of guitar, which has led me into a few synth-based bands around Melbourne over the years - LegRoom, AquaFuz, and Violator (a Depeche Mode tribute band).

My sound is pretty firmly rooted in '80s new wave. Depeche Mode are a huge influence, along with Gary Numan, Kate Bush, Ultravox, The Human League, Yazoo, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and Björk. That era had a way of making synthesisers feel genuinely emotional, and that's something I've always chased in my own playing.

When I'm not making music, I'm usually outside looking up. I have my own observatory, and I use it both as a hobbyist and in a more professional capacity - it's become a pretty central part of my life.

My main area of interest is supernova remnants: the debris left behind after massive stars explode. There's something about studying those events - light and energy that's been travelling for thousands of years — that feels related to what draws me to music. Both are about finding meaning in waves moving through the dark.