Shipsea is a music project founded by singer, songwriter and audio producer Jānis Šipkēvics. Once a member and co-founder of the a cappella group Cosmos, he also co-founded Dora, Nepāriet and Instrumenti. The latter have toured all around the globe and has opened for Björk, Arcade Fire, Whale Watching Tour, Mika, Depeche Mode and others. Jānis has collaborated with Gidon Kremer and the orchestra Kremerata Baltica, shared the stage with Bobby McFerrin and sang at Marina Abramović' long durational performance The Cleaner at the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm. Compositions by Šipkēvics have been performed by numerous choirs and orchestras across Europe, at the International Sacred Music Festival in Riga and at the 54th Venice Art Biennale. He has scored theatre plays and motion pictures. Jānis plays various instruments and loves collaborating with an invisible choir.
The current Shipsea line-up consists of Jānis Šipkēvics, Miķelis Putniņš, Kārlis Josts, Rūdolfs Dankfelds.