SONIC GASTRONOMIC
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D1How we met
An shared intrest in music is how it all it all started. I asked Nicho to help fix my record player. He biked all over Oslo looking for parts. It was more complicated than we thought. We didn’t fix it. I even got an electric shock. But I remember laughing.
Nicho had a way of making even practical, frustrating things feel fun.
I quickly understood that this was someone I wanted in my life.
I still haven’t replaced that broken record player. So I used AI to generate the record player of my imagination. Mahogany against recycled textures. A contrast that felt both calm and energetic at the same time.
D2Where we began
Sonic Gastronomic began as a gift to Nicho, just a set of sketches, because I’m poor and time put into design was the most valuable and fun thing I could give.
From there it grew as Nicho brought ideas and references I hadn’t thought of to the table, and I felt the urge to see what they would look like. Becoming something we build together over time.
D3
How we see
Looking at things from different sides became a thread. The cookbook with side A and B, just like the vinyl. The recipes share names with the songs. Kitchen tools double as instruments. A garage turns into a listening bar. Slightly different, but somehow in sync.
My love language lives in small gestures.
Handwritten notes, stolen coasters and peeled-off labels for my junk journal is how I feel seen.
Some of my favorite memories are when we wander around Oslo pretending we’re on vacation. It’s a cheap life hack.
D4
How we play
While Nicho has all the advanced kitchen equipment, I tend to priorities buying things like panda-shaped rice moulds.
The Rhythm & Rice idea came from me dancing while Nicho was cooking. Also a little homage to Nicho who was the backbone of the school corps playing the rhythm egg growing up.
D5
Bringing it home
At the end of it all, Sonic Gastronomic is about bringing home inspiration from near and far away, and make it into something that feels ours.
And that sometimes happiness is simply dancing in the kitchen while someone you love stirs a pot.
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