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The Axis Mundi band was formed in Ljubljana, Slovenia as a recording project originally intended to be nothing more than ego gratification for a group of over-the-hill jammers. What came out was a surprise to us all. The group is comprised of Zoran Petkovic on bass, Aleksandar Petkovic on saxophone, Ivan Becan and Peter Altshul on guitar and Brad Canton on drums. Zoran and Ivan are old friends who had played together in and around Ljubljana in several bands, including one called Sakrabolt, from '94 to '98, when Zoran left to join the Mossad, complaining about lack of prospects for career advancement on the Slovene music scene. Ivan and Peter, a veteran of numerous dead-end bands both in the States and in Slovenia, met shortly thereafter and formed a lasting friendship based mostly on the fact that Peter was unemployed and Ivan's job left him a lot of time for coffee breaks. Years later they realized that they both play the guitar. With Zoran whiling away the hours trying to obtain p...