Kahaberi & Khanums - First electrofolk Georgian group

Kahaberi (Kakhaber Tsiskaridze) is one of the most valuable musicians (Drummer) and respected stars on Georgian music scene. His work covers numerous popular hits and successful musical projects in Georgia and internationally. Kahaberi & Khanums is his last musical project. The very first album with the name Georgian National > Regional musical project 'Anidan>Haemde' aims popularization of Georgian folklore in a modern way.
The idea to mix Georgian folk with contemporary music was born 20 years ago, when Kahaberi was still studying Jazz in Batumi, Georgia. The first experiment with the famous song 'Gandagana' became so popular among Georgian audience that it gave Kahaberi more confidence and assurance that the idea was valid and interesting for further development. After seven years of searching the right sounds, finally the recording started in 2010. He listened to numerous folk music performers and at the end, three best female singers were selected who qualified for all the necessary requirements: artistic experience and background, dance and vocal abilities.
It was very important to select three voices as Georgian folk is mostly performed in three voices. For last three years, the project was going through a continuous development and improvement process, including choreography, performance and costume design concepts.
The name Kahaberi & Khanums also went through a selection process and research. 'Khanuma' is a lady character from Old Tbilisi life. She was a fashionista, knew everything about everyone and usually was arranging marriages among rich families. Besides its Georgian origins 'Khanuma' is also well spread word in Asia, and means a high rank lady or just 'beautiful'.