Born in 1975 in Russia. Musician, sound engineer. Co-founder of such music projects as Romowe Rikoito and Kratong.

 

As a musician took part in numerous festivals, including Wave Gothic Treffen (Germany), Wroclaw Industrial (Poland), Menuo Juodaragis (Lithuania), etc. As a sound engineer worked with Romowe Rikoito, Kratong, Neutral, IP Neva, Sunset Wings, Bigoudi and other international and local music projects.

 

His area of interests includes everything that lies in-between dark folk and experimental electronics. The musician’s research is focused on the transmutation of natural sounds (field-recording) and contemporary industrial music into new alchemic forms and distillation units.

 

His musical credo is: a musician is an alchemist who manipulates with different forms of human existence.

 

www.myspace.com/kratong