O° or “O to the power of zero” is a Ukrainian experimental music project formed in 2009 by Oleksandr Melnyk. Its main purpose is to expand and find new ways of perceiving and experiencing the sound and its semantics. The name is a symbolic representation of the hydrogen atom, zero degrees Celcius, earth and moon and the chaotic duality of our lives and/or the infinity. Since most distribution platforms do not allow search of the set symbols, I sometime use different variations of the name: Oo, °o, o°, O∘, O₀.
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Releases
Slowness (2023)
Ї (2022)
На крилах тиші (2022)
O’91 (2022)
O’91 EP is an experimental synthwave/retro record produced in the spring of 2022.
atmosferra (2022)
atmosferra is an “agrarian space ambient” album released in the horrifying spring of 2022. I intended to replicate the magical mood of a summer night in Ukrainian villages of Vinnytsia Oblast. Two tracks are accompanied by the beautiful vocals of my deceased grandmother Maria.
Occlusion (2022)
Occlusion continues the ambient tradition of this musical project.
O’93 (2022)
For a long time I wanted to produce a synthwave record, mixed with some eerie experimental elements. This is hopefully accomplished with O’93 EP released in 2022.
Stasys (2022)
Drum&Bass.
First Epoch (2022)
Trance.
Soft Awakening (2021)
Ambience (2021)
Ambience, released in November 2021, is the return to the ambient roots of O°, first seen and explored back in 2009. It is a set of more polished, generic, simple and melodic ambient compositions to colour your starlit night.
Exit Signs (2021)
Exit Signs (released in July 2021) is the an attempt at Lo-Fi music by O°. Among the mediocre amalgamation of noise the notable tracks are “Exit Signs”, “Chains of light”, “Soft Argon Shine” and “Summer day at University”.
SERENITY (2021)
Serenity (released in May 2021) is yet another “Deep House” album by O°. This time I attempted to combine the experimental revelations from the previous albums with a more conventional music genre. The first “Jasmine tea” and the last “Again… a starfall” tracks wrap the eary, enigmatic atmosphere of a starlit ocean in a conventional yet unique package.
Evening Rituals (2021)
Evening rituals is an experimental release from O° – this time with the focus on acoustic “jazzy” sounds. The creative value of this album is quite limited, but it was still a fun experiment.
Gentle contour (2021)
Gentle contour album was released in January of 2021. It is an exploration of ethereal electronic soundscapes, with a soft, airy and dissonant textures – a memory of the distant 90’s.
O° Singularity (2020)
“Singularity” is the second conceptual album released in December of 2020. The music combines cyberpunk motives of the 80’s and 90’s, with dissonant experimental concepts and soundscapes. The spectacular album art was shot during my trip to Shanghai, in spring of 2017.
O° Speak Low (2020)
“Speak Low” is the first conceptual album released in December of 2020. The main influences for this album are “tropical house” beats, ambient and miscellaneous electronic compositions. The album cover, as appurtenant to the overall mood of the work, depics a sleeping worker at the sunny side of the Great Wall of China.
O° 人灵仁 (2020)
“人灵仁” EP is a little journey into the distorted forgotten memories of the future. The sounds are heavily inspired by vaporwave.
O° – Polar (2020)
New release – a Drum & Bass tune with different experimental elements.
O° – Black Tea Rehearsal – Hommage To Richard Twardzik (2016)
This was an attempt to conjure up new aesthetic features in music. I have purposefully placed raw/”rough on the edges” transitions and rhythmic aberrations in order to achieve a new kind of development of composition. I want the listener to not feel disturbed, but to suspire a meaningful resolution of tension that builds up throughout the composition.
*Consequently it should be resolved with a (hopefully) well presented and euphonious finale. This might as well be the dawn of a new musical genre. (:
https://open.spotify.com/album/695MdRqy0avuHC7qPtgsWk
O° – MOPS Safari (2015)
#Noise #Works. Nothing meaning. Very sober.
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/mops-safari
O° – Fraction Of Entries Observed (2014)
New experimental track. Enjoy
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/fraction-of-entries-observed-2014
O° – Greensleeves (Bandura Version) (2014)
One of the greatest ballads interpreted on Ukrainian folk instrument – Bandura.
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/greensleeves-bandura-version-2014
O° – 6PM (2014)
I had nothing to do until 6PM…
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/6pm
O° – Black Tea (2013)
Evening after a summer storm. The tangerine sun illuminates the world outside with a gentle light. Wet leaves and sky reflect the serene light. Everything joined the majestic performance of gods creation. I am thinking of an old sepia movie holding a glass of bitter black tea…
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/blacktea
O° – Autumn Wind (2010)
“Autumn Wind” is the first full album by the O° music project, originally released in 2010. It consists of 9 experimental, ambient and electronic 8-Bit compositions generated using the infamous Commodore C64 SID audio chip. The album was re-released in 2021 and includes an early version of the title track “Autumn Wind”, the first track ever composed by the projects author.
The first attempt at dissonant ambient music can also be found on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/olexm/autumn-wind
Music Videos
A small collection of animated music videos.