Sameba ft. Mzetamze - Deda mogik'vdesa (2022)

Music by Sameba (based on georgian folk song "Deda mogik'vdesa"). Lyrics (chorus of the song) by Madina Serebryakova-Karbeli

Director: Vlad Zhukov
Director of Photography: Alexey Urban (St. Petersburg)
Director of Photography: Artur Martirosian (Tbilisi)
Executive Producer - Michael Mateshvili
Director's Assist - Sasha Gridneva

Actors: Elene Pichkhaya , Ekaterine Lagvilava , Natali Tvaliashvili
Montage & postproduction by Vlad Zhukov
Produced & mixed by Vlad Zhukov
Voice recording by Jesus Leon "Lyon music records" https://lyonmusicrecords.com/
Mastered by Yury Shcherbakov
Special thanks to Tornike Janashvili

Sameba ft. Mzetamze - Deda mogik'vdesa

Let your mother die for you, your mother my son,
Your mother is dying of sorrow for you,
Your mother is dying of sorrow for you.
Your black horse with its black saddle,
I send to the sun above the sky.
Your black shirt torn on the chest
I embroider with winds and bury in the night.

My child, your horse with the black saddle,
I unlash and set free to the forests and fields.
I unleash and set free to the forests and fields.
Let your mother die for you, your mother, my son!
Your mother is dying of sorrow for you.
Your mother is dying of sorrow for you.

Your black horse with its black saddle,
I send to the sun above the sky
Your black shirt torn on the chest
I embroider with winds and bury in the night
Your black horse with its black saddle,
I send to the sun above the sky
Your black shirt torn on the chest
I embroider with winds and bury in the night

— composer, sound producer, director, multi‑instrumentalist.
Creator of the band FDA and the project Sameba, whose tracks became the soundtrack to the American film Power Trip and were featured on BBC in tourism advertising for Georgia. Composer for the films Salyut‑7, How Stars, the series Angel or Demon, and others. Sound producer and co‑composer of the ballet "Three Masks of the King" at the Mariinsky Theatre. Director of the YouTube project "Blue Tales" featuring E. Dzharakhov, Animal Dzaz, Billy's Band, and the band Polyusa. Released albums on Hyperium Records (Germany). Worked across electronic, symphonic, rock, ethnic, and hip‑hop genres. In the past, he worked with Alla Pugacheva, Linda, Zara, and the band Marseille. Participated in the album by Sergey Starostin and Volkovtrio (nomination for BBC World Music Awards).

— vocals, co-writer, lyricist (Sameba).
Vocalist, co-writer of music, and lyricist for the project Sameba. Her voice is considered an integral part of the group's sound. She also contributed vocals to one of the tracks on the FDA album "Another Day". She is currently an Austrian opera singer (soprano). Born in Tbilisi, she graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory and completed a traineeship at the Tbilisi National Opera House. She was awarded the 2nd prize at the Franz Stanner Competition in Vienna (2010). Since 2011, she has been a member of the Vienna Razumovsky Ensemble.

— executive producer of the Sameba project.
Founder of Saint Sound Music Factory, screenwriter, producer, public figure, and promoter of Georgian culture and arts. He is the creative inspiration behind the Sameba project and a close friend of Vlad Zhukov. He also appeared as an actor in Vlad Zhukov's project "Blue Tales" in the role of the Giant in the "Zolushk" story (not to be confused with Cinderella).

— remixes

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Russian electronic musician, composer, and sound producer. His releases have appeared on Tranceport Recordings, Mistique Music, and RUNE Recordings. He has produced numerous remixes for FDA and continues to collaborate with Vlad Zhukov, including on the new album of the project Sameba.

— percussion.

Georgian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and founder of Sano Studio in Tbilisi. Member of The Shin and Adio. A long-time creative partner of Vlad Zhukov — contributed percussion to Sameba and appeared as a narrator in the project "Blue Tales".

— guitar, acoustic guitar, pandur.

A Saint Petersburg guitarist, pianist, and visual artist. Founder of the instrumental indie‑rock quartet INFO and the band Lazy Killers. Known for his long‑term collaboration with Vlad Zhukov — together they created the YouTube project "Blue Tales", where he played various roles, including: the father of the Kid, Crook No. 1 in Mikhalych's story about Carlson, the roles of Eeyore and Google in Dzharakhov's interpretation of Winnie‑the‑Pooh, Woodcutter No. 1 in "Georgian Little Red Riding Hood", Lamas‑slave in "The Scarlet Flower", Ivanushka (the little goat) and the brave fellow in the continuation of that story, as well as Gella's brother in "Orpheus". He collaborated with the band Polyusa (piano, guitar). Together with Alexander "Mikhalych" Krasovitsky (leader of Animal Dzaz) he co‑founded the project Lemurianz. He designed covers for Animal Dzaz releases (including the album Korni, 2023). He also performed in the live project of singer Manizha.

— Georgian musician and vocalist. He performed some of the male vocal parts for the project Sameba (alongside archival recordings from the 1930s–1940s, female vocals by Madi Serebryakova, Vlad Zhukov's own vocals, and the voice of his father, Vladislav Zhukov).

 is a Georgian musician, guitarist, sound engineer, and a member of the band New Discipline.

He was the one who suggested that Mikhail Mateshvili invite Vlad Zhukov to Georgia, where they experimented with a few dance tracks based on Georgian ethnic music. Nugzar assisted with the recording. Later, these few songs evolved into a full‑scale project and the album Sameba.

He also contributed to the mixing of Vlad Zhukov's German album — Secret Language (Hyperium Records, 1997).

— mastering.

A mastering engineer who has collaborated with Vlad Zhukov on many projects, including the new album of the project Sameba, the FDA album Another Day,

and the album Once There Was Sun (Sergey Starostin & Volkovtrio).

— additional vocals, claps