St. Petersburg-born, Novi Sad-based alto sax player Ilia Belorukov and Serbian, and fellow Novi Sad resident, hyper-pianist Marina Džukljev have been working together as a duo since November 2022, shortly after Belorukov relocated to Novi Sad. Belorukov mastered a few of Džukljev’s albums, and they recorded their debut duo album, Everything Changes, Nothing Disappears (Acheulian Handaxe, 2024), in a series of live winter performances at the local Museum of Contemporary Art between 2022 and 2024.
Both Belorukov and Džukljev have been deeply immersed in the European free improvised music scene for over a decade. Belorukov has worked with Jason Kahn, Vasco Trilla, Wade Matthews, and Gabriel Ferrandini. Džukljev has worked with Szilárd Mezei, Manja Ristić,
