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La Colonie Volvox is a band whose music is constantly changing and shifting genres. Starting in 2002 as a mixture of avant-garde and improvised jazz fusion, and evolving into more narrative sonic concepts referring to sacred chants and political viewpoints. Such musical journeys, transcending from the traditional songs into the world music and embracing the ambient music within free jazz, were defined in their releases:

Abstractology (2006, SJF Records)
Wasteland (2006, SJF Records)
Europa (2009, EGoEast Records)
East West And Rest (2010, EGoEast Records)
AEIOU (2012, EGoEast Records)

The most recent musical exploration of La Colonie Volvox cultivates the acoustic sounds produced as a new expression that drifts from the melo-poetic motifs of the European legacy to the American blues culture or the Sufi music, intertwined with the Macedonian vocal and instrumental tradition. These resulted with an authentic ethno-global product that incorporates Macedonian, Occitan, French, Ladino, Bulgarian and Bosnian language.
Love, as the essence of the troubadour song and its universal message is the fundamental idea integrated within their music.

Currently La Colonie Volvox is a sextet consisted of:

Sasho Gigov – Gish (vocals, percussion)
Kalina Velkovska (vocals)
Predrag Ikonomovski (ac.guitar, vocals)
Kristijan Evgo (oud, vocals)
Dragan Stojkovski (tambura, vocals)
Goce Naumov (percussion, vocals)
La Colonie Volvox was founded in 2002, almost a decade ago, and has released 4 albums. Their albums are musical journeys which transcend traditional songs, drawing closer to the World Music genre, all while embracing ambient music and free jazz. Currently La Colonie Volvox is a sextet, with the line-up consisting of: Sasho Gigov – Gish (vocals, percussion), Predrag Ikonomovski (ac.guitar, vocals), Kristijan Evgo (oud, vocals), Dragan Stojkovski (tambura, vocals), Goce Naumov (percussion, vocals) and Kalina Velkovska (vocals). Lately, the band focused their exploration on acoustic sounds which gives them ample freedom in searching for a new and unique musical expression. Their new sound drifts from the melo-poetic motifs of the European legacy to the American blues culture and Sufi music, intertwined with the Macedonian vocal and instrumental tradition, rounding up an authentic ethno-global product, which incorporates Macedonian, Occitan, French, Ladino, Bulgarian and Bosnian language. The basic, integrative idea is to touch the essence of the troubadour song and its universal message – love. La Colonie Volvox is no stranger to concert stages, having held notable performances at EXIT (Serbia), Interzone (Serbia), Bansko Jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Venice Biennial (Italy), Balkan Ante Portas Belgium) etc.