ϙue is a spiritually-driven soundscaper — his music unveils the enigmatic electricity of everything alive
with vocalist o-a, forms post-ambient duo OO0oϙ0O0O00O
co-curator of ICKPA, a Bassiani-backed festival in Kyïv, Berlin, NY, and Prague
sound programmer of Biorhythm (Kyïv, UA): mixed arts platform, sound protests, psychoacoustics research lab
co-runner of VIRA I dd/mm/yy (Lisboa, PT): action platform, educational & charity events series
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selected appearances
NONDUAL by Albert van Abbe, ∄ and raster.
live, a/v
with Albert van Abbe, Nene H, Acid Jordan, Tofudj, Voin Oruwu, Flora Yin-Wong, Kyoka, Frank Bretschneider, Robert Lippok, Heinali, Grischa Lichtenberger, among others
SHAPE+ x Barreiro
as OO0oϙ0O0O00O (ϙue & o-a)
with Amina Hocine,
Manja Ristić,
nëss, Francesca Heart, Nicola Ratti
ICKPA
festival stage curator, in cooperation with Bassiani
with Andriy Kostyukov, AXT, tibslc, super inter
Nuits Sonores & European Lab 2024
public speaking
Ecocide: How to Mitigate the Ecological Consequences of War (via VIRA | dd/mm/yy)
Ecological Intervention through Multidisciplinary Art and Media tools: The Role of Sound in Ecosystem Preservation (Biorhythm)
co-curated by label and arts platform Raster together with Albert van Abbe, with support from ∄ (K41, UA)
Artist bio
electronic composer ◦ sound curator
Vlady Che (b. 1995) a classically trained musician from Kyïv, Ukraine, whose individual musical path was initiated in 2016 by repudiating the strictness of conservative music frames. While performing under a set of aliases — ϙue, dj chlorophyll, Vlady is currently a part of the following formations:
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Biorhythm (est. 2019, UA): a multidisciplinary art collective and psychoacoustics research lab
- In 2022, joined Bassiani (GE) team in its ICKPA festival offspring, where he curates and programs the festival’s stage of avant-garde electronics
- VIRA | dd/mm/yy (est. 2023, PT): action platform, educational & charity events series in support of Ukraine’s resistance
- Sounds Afield: an Erasmus+ project for European community radios
ϙue — being the main solo project — carries a spiritually-driven approach, which seeks to explore the concept of ego death and delve into the depths of consciousness through deep listening and human self-reflection. The diligently crafted soundscapes serve as a vessel for a profound exploration of the pre-natal human period, touching upon human trauma, transporting to a safe harbour of a primordial soundscape.
Transcending the natural and artificial, simultaneously embodying the genre of massive minimalism and defining contemporary Post-Ambient, ϙue delivers a conscious and panpsychistic experience. Each sound resonates with a delicate balance between vulnerability and strength, luring into the unknown and back again, comforting with the coldness of intimacy and the vastness of self-awareness.
Throughout the years, his creative collaborations span musical, sound art, and multidisciplinary creative projects.
2025
La Vie de Maria Manuela · original soundtrack to a full-feature film, produced together with o-a
Sounds Afield (WIP) · a pan-European learning program aimed to expand ESCO — European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations — with field recording practices via the network of community radios
Project partners: Kiosk Radio (Brussels), Refuge Worldwide (Berlin), Field Records (Amsterdam), Radio Dopo (Palermo) and Biorhythm (Kyïv)
Post-Ambient Manifesto
2024
Start of mentorship by Katarina Gryvul (SHAPE+ ‘22 roster), music producer, sound artist, violinist, educator
- “TIME” long play release (CD and digital)
- An album with Ukrainian sound artist Comechelet. Key features:
- A Closer Listen: 2024 The Year’s Best Ukrainian Music
For more details on this project visit a dedicated page.
- Nuits Sonores & European Lab with Gasoline Radio (FR)
Ecocide: How to Mitigate the Ecological Consequences of War (w/ Olena Bublyk; moderator: Olha Udovenko)
Ecological Intervention through Multidisciplinary Art and Media tools: The Role of Sound in Ecosystem Preservation (w/ Yuliia Shumishyna; moderator: Olha Udovenko)
ϙue live at Petrohradská Kolektiv (CZ)
OO0oϙ0O0O00O live at SHAPE+ x Barreiro (PT)
“Ecocide Has No Borders” talk by VIRA | dd/mm/yy at SHAPE+ x Barreiro (PT)
2023
July 2023 marked the
formation of an OO0oϙ0O0O00O duo w/ vocalist o-a (Olena Bublyk).
Curation at ICKPA festival (DE):
ϙue live at ICKPA x ARKAODA · w/ Andriy Kostyukov, tibslc, super inter
Cashmere Radio takeover · w/Andriy Kostyukov, AXT, tibslc, super inter (B2B2B2B2B hybrid set)
OO0oϙ0O0O00O live at Living Room · w/ JS (Motion Ward), Asio otus (PT)
ϙue live at Cosmos Campolide · w/ Flora Yin Wong, Zarya (PT)
OO0oϙ0O0O00O live at Cosmos Campolide · w/ G. Rodrigues & H. Faustino, Asio otus & Carolf & Frog of Earth (PT)
Transition State: To The Flowers · soundtrack to a charity photo zine release
2022
РАЗОМ ЗА УКРАЇНУ / TOGETHER FOR UKRAINE a charity compilation by Standard Deviation (∄ club’s label) and mystictrax, collected a five-figure sum in the first weeks of the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
Featured in RA, Mixmag, Inverted Audio, Pitchfork, and Crack, among other industry media
“The Biorhythm of Ukraine is still at risk” video essay · Ars Electronica State of the Art(ist) shortlist (AT)
SESTRO · charity compialtion of 23 key artists of a UA/FR label система | system
ϙue hybrid set at Infinity Rug, a sleepover event by Lou Drago & marum w/Chima Hiro,
Weselle + Zu Ferreir (PT)
ϙue live at Living Room w/ Canadian Rifles (PT)
2021-2018
ϙue live, a/v at NONDUAL event series, brought to Kyïv by Albert van Abbe, ∄ and raster.
with Albert van Abbe, Nene H, Acid Jordan, Tofudj, Voin Oruwu, Flora Yin-Wong, Kyoka, Frank Bretschneider, Heinali, Grischa Lichtenberger, Robert Lippok, among others
Establishment of Biorhythm collective. Key areas of operation:
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DIY sustainable festival
- Psychoacoustics research lab (SoundCloud archive)
- Movie production
- Sound protests against illegal real estate development in green areas in Kyïv
- Biorhythm x APIPAD collab
- Planting workshops
- Biorhythm radio show at 20ft Radio
You can review non-exhaustive case studies 1, 2
Boomkat Charts: Flora Ying-Wong 2020
Sound design for "Accommodation" VR online exhibition at Avangarden Gallery
“I start peering into the abyss” · 2x shortlisted by Kyiv International Short Film Festival · short film, animation
Interview in “Exploring the underground sound of Kyiv” by Elise Trotta · documentary
Live soundtrack to Sestry Feldman’s art performance
Live soundtrack to Jultron‘s visual art exhibition opening
Live soundtrack to Carbon Residency OFAR for VR Art
Releases
TIME (with Comechelet) · 2024 · re.core · FR
Pianowork · 2021 · Self-released · UA
ミ / Ø · 2020 · Jungle Gym Records · US
Isolation Loops · 2020 · Jungle Gym Records · US
the spectre always leaves the same way it entered · 2020 · mystictrax · UA
clairvoyance · 2019 · система | system · UA/FR
compilations
Collage · 2024 · Second End Records · FR
Sestro · 2022 · система | system · UA/FR
РАЗОМ ЗА УКРАЇНУ / TOGETHER FOR UKRAINE · 2022 · Standard Deviation x Mystictrax · UA
DRUM002 · 2022 · DRUM · NE
Disk 4 · 2021 · Good Sine · CA
Biosphere · 2021 · Mizuha 罔象 · JP
Stages of Grief Vol. 3 'Acceptance' · 2021 · VAAGNER · DE
Live Today · 2020 · Etang Brulant · FR
Irrational Dramas · 2020 · A Flooded Need · IT
Posthuman Music · 2020 · Mystictrax · UA
KII2 · 2019 · KIIBERBOREA · UA
Safety Scheme · 2019 · Etang Brulant · FR
Topography of Fiction: Part 2 · 2018 · Bio Future Laboratory · UA
SYS 003 · 2018 · система | system · UA/FR
Second End Records (FR) система | system (UA/FR)Standard Deviation x Mystictrax (UA)Mizuha 罔象 (JP)система | system (UA/FR)Good Sine (CA)VAAGNER (DE)KIIBERBOREA (UA)Mystictrax (UA)
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