Via Mala traces an infamous gorge along the Hinterrhein in Graubünden—cliffs hewn by torrents dropping nearly three hundred meters, as if the mountain had split in two. Over centuries, floods of meltwater gnawed the rock into a stark, singular beauty. Inspired by this terrain, Mathon—Thomas Augustiny, Pete Aurel Leuenberger, and Roger Stucki—set up a mobile studio on site and composed a cycle that folds electronics and field recordings into patient, resonant drift. The journey packs the Tschifera (the old back-basket for hauling gear through the canyon), passes Hohen Rätien and its legend, climbs to Carschenna with its pre-Roman petroglyphs, pauses for protection at that ancient sanctuary, then crosses the two bridges—Veia Traversina and Punt da Suransuns—before coming to rest at Ecclesia Plebeia with its Romanesque ceiling paintings. Guest musicians Matthias Hügli (electronics) and Ronny Spiegel (violin) thread through these stations, amplifying impressions of stone, water, and wind. A quietly immersive album: topography rendered as sound.