Linea Aspera: Healing, Catharsis and the Evolution of Minimal Wave

Interview with Alison Lewis (Zoè Zanias) of Linea Aspera, the London-based minimal wave duo completed by Ryan Ambridge. Lewis reflects on the genre’s origins in the early 2010s, recalling the minimal 20-person London scene that birthed the movement in warehouse spaces hosting poetry and noise art. She discusses the exponential growth of minimal wave into mainstream visibility via acts like Boy Harsher and She Past Away, while noting her own musical influences spanning AFI, Placebo, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, and David Bowie. Lewis describes her songwriting as deeply personal and cathartic, drawing from trauma and depression that resurface during live performance as a form of therapeutic processing. The band’s first Mexico City performance at Foro Alicia on August 28 is previewed, with Lewis promising a curated setlist from their three albums, including fan favourite ‘Synapse.’

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