Oct 11, 2017

Les Gardiens du Silence

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Les Gardiens du Silence, Tserakvi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2017

One of the standout bands at this year’s One Caucasus Festival in Georgia was undoubtedly the Baku-based Les Gardiens du Silence, a collective playing improvised world and spiritual music. They had also performed in Tbilisi a week earlier, and did so again soon after the festival, but it was their performances around a campfire at One Caucasus that was the most enjoyable.

After the festival I also interviewed one of the bands members when the band were back in Tbilisi. The band has a Facebook page here.

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