Experimental trio Loxodroma by Alina Anufrienko (cello), Alexey Kokhanov (voice) and Pyotr Ototsky (drums).
The group plays sessions of improvisations in the style of automatic writing, masterfully maneuvering in a maze of numerous styles and techniques. The peculiarity of Loxodroma's performances is unconvenience and spontaneity. In the Music For Dances sessions the audience can freely move around the space during the sessions, exploring the peculiarities of the perception of sounds at different points in space.
The musicians are united by a love for collective improvisation and wish of music collaboration. Each of them has its own background and entry point: Alina is a composer and improviser, Aleksey uses the techniques of modern academic vocal in free improvisation, and Peter follows the traditions of jazz improvisation and preaches the Dionysian unconscious.
(The word loxodrome comes from Ancient Greek "oblique" + "running". Loxodrome is an arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle. All loxodromes spiral from one pole to the other.)