about the artist

Ekaterina is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer whose work explores the expressive limits of the human voice while evoking a sense of archaic memory.

Drawing from ritual singing traditions of Eastern Europe, Western classical, and early music, her sound moves fluidly across time, intertwining with contemporary alternative genres and blending a versatile palette of techniques, timbres, and colours.

Rooted in her study of Balkan, East Slavic, and Near Eastern musical traditions during her Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University, Ekaterina’s practice extends beyond preservation into transformation. Her voice channels the textures of archival field recordings, reimagining them through a modern lens shaped by rock, metal, and experimental genres.

Audiences often describe her performances as an encounter with ancestral memory that is primal, haunting, and otherworldly. Her work explores the threshold where identity dissolves, where the human voice becomes a vessel for something spectral, collective, and unknowable.

This exploration finds its most expansive form in her project Vedmah, a dark electronic metal band that merges traditional musical elements with global folklore of witchcraft. Set within a dystopian future, Vedmah unfolds as a parallel universe where ancient ritual and modern technology converge. Through this project, Ekaterina pushes musical storytelling beyond genre, fusing mythology, history, and a cyberpunk-influenced aesthetic into an immersive and evolving world.

Alongside her performance practice, Ekaterina composes for theatre and screen. She collaborates with Birdbone Theatre, contributing original compositions and vocal work to productions such as Broomdance and Bear’s Garden. Her voice and instrumentation can also be heard in film and television, including Motherly (2021) and the horror anthology series Red Iron Road, with episodes VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak (2022) and In the Heat (2023).