Laura Cetilia's cello works evoke the sense of crossing the threshold between traditional classical music and experimental soundscapes. Within an acoustic resonance that respects the natural reverberations of a space, rippling waves of subtle disturbances conjure a mixed sensation of classical roots and a refreshing encounter with the unknown. This offers a glimpse into a vast and profound world that is uniquely Cetilia's own.

'gorgeous nothings' is an album of three pieces composed by Cetilia, a US-based composer and cellist who won the ARTZenter's Emerging Composer Completion Grant in September 2024. This is her second appearance on elsewhere music, following Jürg Frey's 2018 release, '120 Pieces of Sound', for which she performed a pivotal cello part as a member of Ordinary Affects. The album 'gorgeous nothings' contains Cetilia's solo piece for cello and voice, which she performed herself; her trio piece for violin, cello, and vibraphone, performed by Ordinary Affects; and a piece for cello duo, performed by n/ether, a duo she formed with cellist Hannah Soren.

The trio piece 'six melancholies' was recorded at Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University in 2017; the solo piece 'gorgeous nothing' and duo piece 'soil + stone' were recorded at Community Musicworks in Providence, Rhode Island in August 2025.