_Oleh Puzan]

Oleh is a self-taught sound researcher, ambient composer, and experimental musician whose work explores perception, silence, and reduction through spatial and textural sound practices. Originally trained in economics, he entered sound through professional sound design, where applied work gradually unfolded into a sustained artistic practice focused on minimal electroacoustic environments and long-form sonic states.

Working primarily with software-based processes and microphones, Oleh approaches sound as material rather than narrative, emphasizing restraint, negative space, and subtle internal motion. His practice favors texture and environment over melody, often blurring the boundary between composed sound and perceived atmosphere. Field recording played a formative role in his earlier work, while recent projects increasingly focus on transformation, processing, and abstraction.

Alongside his experimental output, Oleh is known for Line Spectrum, a project centered on minimalist electroacoustic sound and reduced sonic systems, and Drony Darko, a long-running dark ambient project with a cinematic edge. Under the latter moniker, he has released extensively on the Cryo Chamber label, contributing to its distinct spatial and psychological sound aesthetic, as well as on smaller independent net labels.

His work has appeared in various contexts beyond standalone releases, including film; his track Black Arts was featured in the 2017 motion picture Thelma. While live performance has not been a primary focus in recent years, his earlier activity included concerts and presentations, with the last known live appearance taking place in 2019.

Born in Ukraine and currently based in Montreal, Oleh’s work remains intentionally detached from explicit narrative or geopolitical framing. Instead, it operates through attentiveness to sonic detail, spatial awareness, and the emotional resonance of minimal sound structures. Across projects, his practice reflects an ongoing search for new sonic moments shaped by love, void, and the quiet tension between presence and absence.

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