
Born in Poti, near Lake Paliastomi in Georgia, Nino Gvilia is a singer-songwriter whose lyrics range between ecology and politics, bodies and love. Her songs are influenced by folk and minimalism and make use of magnetic tapes, field recordings, vocal samples of contemporary thinkers and an array of weird instruments and vintage textures, drawing an intense dreamlike atmosphere. Nino Gvilia has just released her debut digital EP Nicole via Hive Mind Records (UK) that will be followed by Overwhelmed by the Unexplained, respectively side A and side B of a vinyl that will see the light of day on March 8th 2024. The project started getting noticed by radio stations and webzines since the BBC played the single Nicole during the Late Junction programme. But, despite this… Nino Gvilia does not exist. She is a fictional character composing, answering interviews and living in mockumentaries, invented and performed by sound artist Giulia Deval to reflect on question such as: is it still possible to convey sentimental and political content through songs? How does this need relate to the saturation of the mainstream and its mechanisms?
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