Imaginal

On their tenth album, Girls in Airports have joined forces with the visionarystring trio Halvcirkel. Together they have created Imaginal — a work where Nordic tones meet futuristic synths and a restless rhythmic sea. The music feels both familiar and new — unmistakably Girls in Airports, yet transformed into something different. 

Behind the music lies a deep belief in community. For Girls in Airports, it’s never just about sound, but about seeing and listening — to one another, and to the world. In their collaborations with Teitur, Ajo, and now Halvcirkel, the band always seeks to move deeper — into both the music and the people behind it. 

Imaginal grew over the course of a year and a half of long sessions — the full group gathered in their rehearsal space in Vanløse, and each musician stopping by a basement studio in Nørrebro — where ideas were explored and refined in an open and curious space. The process was guided by a shared belief that every musician carries a deep musicality and understanding of their instrument — a trust that shaped the project from beginning to end. At the same time, Imaginal expresses a persistent creative drive — a willingness to give everything and let the music take the time it needs. 

The music is primarily based on a series of new melodic sketches by Martin Stender, but also includes reimagined versions of earlier Girls in Airports material, and one composition, Nidingen, written by Halvcirkel. It is a fragile thing — to give everything, to listen, and to be fully present together in new constellations, as when rhythmic and classical musicians meet. But Imaginal shows that it is precisely there, in that open space, that something larger can emerge — something that reaches beyond ourselves.