ZAVOLOKA

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ZAVOLOKA (a.k.a Kateryna Zavoloka) is an experimental music composer, sound artist and graphic designer from Kyiv city, Ukraine. Word "zavoloka" means "fog" and "maverick" in Ukrainian language. Zavoloka's music experiments consists of intensive varied sound motions and unexpected combinations piped into carefully controlled electronic flows. Never try to predict anything, it can turn out in what one just cannot predict. When asked about the motive of building such a diverse and complicated constructions, she explained her intention to produce more and more frank music that could reflect her momentary shades of feelings and emotions. She also pointed out that her music is intended to be a natural expression of her private freedom. In June 2007, in 280 Wire magazine there was an article about Zavoloka.
Zavoloka explores digital and analogue synthesis, uses recorded herself songs, separate phrases, instruments, etc. One of her big influences is the traditional Ukrainian culture. She traveling by Ukraine and recording native traditional songs, which singing common people in country-sides of Ukraine. The aim is to reach interplay between the electronic context and rough unprocessed voices that common people sing with. This produces a very "'human'" outcome (owing to the spirit that unaffected voices bring), yet staying electronically saturated. In 2005 Zavoloka's "Plavyna" CD was highly acclaimed and took a Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica.
Zavoloka collaborates with such artists:
Kotra a.k.a Dmytro Fedorenko (Kvitnu), AGF a.k.a Antye Greie, Mark Clifford (from Seefeel, Polyfusia), Anders Dahl (Hapna), Katya Chilly, Nata Zhyzhchenko, Laetitia, IrMir, Akuvido.
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youtube.com/zavolokaartist
last.fm/music/zavoloka
Zavoloka "Exhale". Official video by Laetitia. From "Viter" CD, Kvitnu
COLLABORATIONS videos:
Zavoloka & Agf "Rozmai-zillya remix". Official video by IrMir. From "Nature never produces the same beat twice" CD
Katya Chilly & Zavoloka & Roman Hrynkiv "Krashen Vechir"
Zavoloka Live improvisation with Katya Chilly (vocal) and Jurko (double bass)
Zavoloka Live improvisations with Katya Chilly (vocal) and Jurko (double bass)
Zavoloka/music and Laetitia/visuals Live in Milano
Zavoloka/music and Akuvido/visuals Live in L'viv
Zavoloka performed at such festivals as: "Presences Electronique" (Ina/Grm) Paris, France, "Inteferenze", Napoli, Italy, "Clubtransmediale" in Berlin, Germany, on 'Being the future' in Palast der Republik at Berlin, 'Unsound' at Krakow, at 'Les Urbaines' festival, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at festival "Cimatics" in Brussels, Belgium, at festival "Minimax", Bratislava, Slovak republic, at "Garage" festival in Stralsund, Germany, in "La nuit bleue", Besancon, France, at "Kontra-musik" in Malmo, Sweden, at "Radius" festival, Vienna, Austria, at "Ambush!" in Liublin, Poland, at "Femmes" in Hasselt, Belgium, in Ukraine at "Detali Zvuku", Kyiv, Kvitnu Fest, Kyiv and many others