Zavoloka alias Kateryna Zavoloka is a composer, sound artist, performer and graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. As well as being involved in numerous international cross-genre projects, Zavoloka collaborates with Kotra, Mark Clifford, AGF and visual artist Laetitia Morais. In 2005 Zavoloka received an honorary mention in the Digital Music category of the Prix Ars Electronica.

Zavoloka's concept is the processing of ancient spiritual Ukrainian music with digital and analogue synthesis and filters, unsteady natural rhythms, experiments with sampling of separate phrases, words, instruments, micro noises, crispy sound landscapes, warm melodies and harmonies, intensive varied sonic motions and unexpected combinations piped into carefully controlled electronic flows, unusual structure, diverse and complicated constructions. Producing more and more frank music that could reflect all momentary shades of feelings, emotions and freedom. Extractions and explorations of ancient knowledges and wisdom, expressed through modern digital art.

Zavoloka has performed her music live in different venues, concert halls, theatres, clubs and auditoriums throughout Europe and Asia in festivals such as Presences Electronique, INA-GRM (France), Club Transmediale (Germany), EME 07 (Portugal), Unsound (Poland), Mediaterrae (Italy), Hoerkunst (Germany), Interferenze (Italy), Kontra (Austria), Detali Zvuku (Ukraine), Les Urbaines (Switzerland), Cimatics (Belgium), Minimax (Slovakia), Garage (Germany), La Nuit Bleue (France), Kontra-musik (Sweden), Femmes (Belgium), Kvitnu (Ukraine), AudioVisiva (Italy) and others.

Along with massive sound experiments and regular festival appearances Zavoloka takes care of all visual parts for the Kvitnu label.

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