Saphileaum

From cosmic, spherical ambient to tribal, hypnotic rhythms and melodies, Saphileaum takes the listener to explore the sacred and universal parts of our world.

Saphileaum is one of the names of Georgian multi-media artist, Andro
Gogibedashvili. Growing up in a musical and art family had a big impact on him
to start creating his own personal work. Saphileaum was born in 2015, highly
inspired by esoteric, ocult, new age, cosmic and visionary art and teachings,
which hold a huge role and are a source of constant inspiration in artist’s art and
life in general. Saphileaum’s sound is often described as cosmic, spherical, light,
visionary, innovative, tribal and hypnotic. All these interpretations blossom and
unite in his production. When it comes to Saphileaum, Andro’s main oceans to
sail are ambient and techno. Over the years the artist has developed his own
handwriting in both genres, which makes his sound, atmosphere and storytelling
a remarkable and unique experience.

Alongside producing art, Andro also runs a record label. His first personal label
to kick off was called Theosophy, focused on spreading the essence of
Theosophycal teachings and meditative ambient music in Tbilisi. But after a
period of time, Andro found a more suitable path for him. Now he runs his own
small imprint based in Tbilisi, which he claims to be more than just a record
label, it is a multi-media platform, “It is a soul community”. The name of the
community is Expeditions Above, focused on inspecting the inner and outer
unexplored dimensions and realms. “Borderless, Free, Entire, Simple, Pure…” are
some of the words Andro uses to describe Expeditions Above.

Apart from Saphileaum, Andro creates art under other two different monikers.
Marquess Evergreen is his pseudonym for making music for meditation and
writing fairy tales. As for Farewell Warm Fields, it is a project mainly focused on
breakbeat, downtempo, house, exploring the nostalgia and romance of the
people and places around the artist. Andro also finds passion in writing poetry
and drawing.

“The instrument penetrated the bone. A very hard, clean sliver of wood had been treated by fire and herbs and was slid down so that it just entered the hole in my head. I felt a stinging, tickling sensation apparently in the bridge of my nose. It subsided and I became aware of subtle scents which I could not identify. Suddenly there was a blinding flash. For a moment the pain was intense. It diminished, died and was replaced by spirals of colour. As the projecting sliver was being bound into place so that it could not move, Seraphyt turned to me and said: "You are now one of us, Saphileaum. For the rest of your life you will see people as they are and not as they pretend to be."

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