Mgzavrebi
MGZAVREBI is a Georgian group formed in 2006.

History 
MGZAVREBI was founded in 2006 by Gigi Dedalamazishvili, an actor from Tbilisi, Georgia. The grandfather of Gigi Dedalamazishvili was a conductor and he taught Gigi how to play piano and together with his mother supported Gigi getting a music education, but Gigi did not enjoy going to music school when he was young. Already after the start of his career as an actor, Gigi formed a music band in 2006 with initially only three musicians in it. The number of group participants varied within following years reaching 17–18 people but eventually MGZAVREBI included 7 professional musicians.

The band released its first album "Me Movigone" in 2008. MGZAVREBI became popular after the song played in Davit Imedashvili's movie "Dream Town" (2010, ). In 2013 they recorded an album "Wait live wait" () together with a Russian writer Yevgeni Grishkovetz reaching 6th place in the most downloaded albums in Russian iTunes. In 2016 MGZAVREBI won a "Chart Dozen" Award from a Russian Nashe Radio station in the "Breakthrough" nomination; the group was also nominated in the category "Song of the year" with the composition "Let's break through" () but eventually lost to the Russian rock band Animal Jazz. In 2017, MGZAVREBI won the "Golden Gargoyle" award in the nomination "Best group". In 2018, a music video of the song "Promise" ) directed by Ivan Sosnin was nominated by the Berlin Music Video Awards in the section Best Low Budget. In 2023 a famous Georgian director Lado Kvataniya, who previously collaborated with Kanye West, Manizha, and Oxxxymiron, released a short music film called Waltz featuring Mgzavrebi.

The name of the band means "Travellers". The musical style of the group is a combination of traditional Georgian singing and the modern sound of national instruments, such as panduri. MGZAVREBI lyrics are mostly in Georgian but also include several songs in Russian and Ukrainian.

Discography

Studio albums 

 Me Movigone... (  — I made it up...) (2008)
 Meore albomi (  — Second Album) (2011)
 Mgzavruli ( — Journey) (2013)
 In vino veritas (2017)
 Iasamani ( — Lilac) (2018)
 Krebuli ( — Collection) (2018)
 Geo () (2018)
 Kamara ( — Arch) (2023)

Members

Current line-up 
 Gigi Dedalamazishvili — songwriter, guitar, vocal
 Lasha Dokhnadze — percussion, vocal
 Misha Megrelishvili — recitative, shaker
 Dato Gogelia — bass guitar, harmonica, vocal
 Bezho Amiranashvili — vocal, electric guitar, panduri
 Guga Kublashvili — vocal, panduri, flute
 Dato Ugrekhelidze — vocal, keyboards

Former members 
former members
 Gigi Gegelashvili – flute , piano
 Gvantsa Mathashvili - cello
 Nini Mamalamazishvili - vocals
 Rezo Buadze - vocals
 Giorgi Akhvlediani - vocals
 Irakli Sarava - vocals

External links 
 Official YouTube-channel

References