Truancy Sessions S02 E08: Giorgi Pipia

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There’s a unique energy pulsing through Tbilisi’s Left Bank club, and few DJs in the city channel that current quite like Giorgi Pipia. Having become a hub for Tbilisi’s young artists, aspiring DJs, and local producers, Pipia has been a resident of the club since its earliest days, and grown very much as DJ within the space. From warming up for Lena Willikens and Lee Gamble to closing after Pariah, his sets are marked by a careful intuition shaped by the ongoing challenge of offering something fresh and different to the Tbilisi crowds. We highlighted Left Bank’s strong identity as a platform for the local electronic music community in a 2023 interview with its founder Gacha Bakradze, and Pipia embodies that ethos fully. This can be especially evident on his shows for Rinse FM France, where he curates an ever-evolving mix of guests, featuring Georgian DJs such as DJ Astrobee, Esi and Memotech to more International DJs such as Oliver Hafenbauer, buttechno and Dj wiggles.

Pipia closes out season two of our Truancy Sessions mix series in style with a set recorded live at Left Bank. Capturing the relaxed vibe of friends chilling,