Boyá – Bassiani Podcast 313 Tracklist
Local artist Boya (Solomon Gagua) has been active as part of the Tbilisi scene for the past ten years, part of a new generation of DJs shaping the music scene in the Georgian capital. In 2016 he formed Digital Groove Affair together with Giorgi Kakoishvili, a Chicago house, garage, and 80s disco-inspired collaboration project that quickly set up shop in the city, and became known for its wobbling tempos and limitless grooves, both through their mixes and published work. His career as a solo artist has put him behind decks at venues like Bassiani, TES, Reflector and local vinyl haunt Morevi Records, and places farther afield like Tallinn, Berlin and Oslo. His music continues to pull at the genres that have so deeply informed his work, and picks up those threads to make an altogether new assembly of styles that’s undeniably his. Full to the brim with skipping beats and airy textures, Boya’s mixing charts a course through old-school references and present-day tracks to deliver his tailored musical style. For Bassiani Podcast 313, he offers a smooth-running two-hour riff on his usual grooves; one of Tbilisi’s finest at the top of his game.