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La Colonie Volvox

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La Colonie Volvox is a siestical gathering of creative and innovative individuals that produces many different kinds of sound and multimedia projects. The personal and professional communication of the Colonie members is founded on the principal of the Volvox microorganisms, which is actually a colony of separate individual cells that choose to live together and work towards a common purpose (moving the cell around the water finding the right place for maximum absorption of sunlight energy). This concept is based on the idea that the structure of the Microcosmical is the essence of the Universal. The process of generating music by La Colonie Volvox is a process of free pervading of the individual inspirations, talents and attitudes of the participants in the projects. The structure of the Colonie cannot be strictly determined, because it depends on the nature and needs of a concrete music material. The style of the music performed by La Colonie Volvox cannot be determined. Some of the projects are based on traditional music from all around the globe, both sacral and folk, and some are completely free. However, the manner of expressing the personal view is (more or less) experimental. Many of the recordings represent a mixture of different traditions, as seen by the musicians.La Colonie Volvox has two official releases for Skopje Jazz Festival Records (“Abstractology” and “Wasteland”). The band had several TV performances, four live Radio Sessions and has held concerts in almost every city in the Republic of Macedonia. La Colonie Volvox has performed it's music at:-International Festival of New Music "Interzone" in Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia and Montenegro) May 2003, -International Jazz Festival in Bansko (Republic of Bulgaria) August 2004 -Ruse Bluezz Fest (Republic of Bulgaria) September 2004 -Peace Unlimited Festival, Skopje (Republic of Macedonia) November 2004 -Bitola Open City (Republic of Macedonia) August 2005 -Continental Breakfast/Memory (W)hole (held in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) April 2006 -Nova Makedonska Streljba (Republic of Macedonia) May 2006 -EXIT 06 (Repub;ic of Serbia) July 2006 -Museum of Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia) May 2007 -BIT Fest (Republic of Macedonia) August 2007 -Ethno Caravan (held in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) September 2007
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Member Since: 14/11/2006
Band Website: www.lacolonievolvox.com.mk
Band Members: Sasho Gigov Gish (vocals, tabla, percussion)Aleksandar Nikolovski (trumpet)Dragan Stojkovski (bass, vocals)Simon Kiselicki (piano, keyboards)Predrag Ikonomovski, Kristijan Cvetkovski (guitars, vocals)Goce Naumov (drums, vocals)Bulent Bekir Baba (percussion, vocals)
Influences: Miles Davis; Don Cherry; Pink Floyd; John Coltrane; Keith Jarrett; Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Sufism; Terje Rypdal; Ornette Coleman; John Cage; Bogomilism; India; Byzantine; ECM; John McLaughlin
Record Label: Skopje Jazz Festival Records (SJF)
Type of Label: Major

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Volvox receives another great review

http://www.bnr.bg/HristoBotev/Edition_Publicistika/show_17Ch as/Material/1016OO_Gish_Eliat.htmhttp://www.bnr.bg/HristoBot ev/Edition_Publicistika/show_17Chas/Material/1015OO_Gish_2.h tm
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:41:00 GMT

Wasteland receives 4 stars

Our albums got an excellent critique and received 4 stars at www.muzika.hr by Mr.Stjepan Vrechko. We are very glad and plesently surpriced.  For those of you who understand Croatian here's the li...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:02:00 GMT