This project, reviving Russian root music , but also it is a multicultural project. It unites musicians playing different folk instruments , Russian and collected from different parts of the world.
The sound of "Living Earth" is filled with free improvisation, woven from natural rhythms and harmonies , which lie in the basis of folk music. Overtone sounding melodic instruments,swinging grooves and polyrhythms archaic drums emphasize the power and beauty of the song.
Most of the musicians spend a lot of time travelling around the world, aspiration for new knowledge and musical discoveries , getting knowledge and ownership of tools in communicating with native root crops.
Initiator and inspirer of the project - Tatyana Kalmykova - vocalist, performer and composer ,researcher of ancient Russian music. Student of Dmitry Pokrovsky, since 1997 does expedition to Russia in search of a traditional root culture in the Smolensk, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod,
Vologda ,Arkhangelsk regions, Karelia, Khakasia and Tuva.