Zavoloka – Promeni (CD Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, rhythmic-ambient, experimental.
Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Kateryna Zavoloka is based in Vienna (Austria). She’s already active for several years now and has released a respectable number of Productions. She’s also doing the graphic design for Kvitnu. “Promeni” is a somewhat conceptual album. It’s the fourth and last opus of a series dedicated to the purification by four universe elements.
Content: “Promeni” is a truly sonic patchwork, which will be instantly identified as industrial, but rapidly joined by different other influences such as cold electronics, ambient and IDM. There’s a dark sphere hanging over the tracks. The rhythmic gets the work pretty accessible although it remains ‘experimental’.
+ + + : A physical release says so much more! The artwork of this album is intriguing, but directly brings a real extra to the music properly speaking. And the sound is also worthy of examination. The composition stands for delicacy and sound intelligence. I like the low sound resonations and the obscure atmosphere. It’s an original industrial work.
– – – : The album features 9 cool cuts, but is maybe missing a truly apotheosis. That’s the only element I’m missing to speak about a masterpiece!
Conclusion: If you don’t know yet Zavoloka this album is a great introduction to the styled industrial world of this female artist.
Best songs: “Fire Consecration”, “Promeni”, “Sontse”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.zavoloka.com / www.facebook.com/Zavoloka.Official
Label: www.kvitnu.com / www.facebook.com/kvitnu
About Zavoloka
Zavoloka is the solo project of Kateryna Zavoloka, a Ukrainian sound and visual artist from Kyiv who combines digital and analog synthesis with Ukrainian folk sources and traditional instruments. She co-runs the Kyiv label Kvitnu with Dmytro Fedorenko (Kotra) and also records as part of Cluster Lizard.
“Promeni” is the fourth and final album in a conceptual series tied to the four classical elements, following “Viter” (air), “Vedana” (water) and “Syngonia” (earth), all released on Kvitnu. Zavoloka later returned with the albums “Ornament” (2021) and “Istyna” (2025), both on Prostir.
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