Madeline Stepien is a sound artist based in New York City. Her work explores sound as a tool of perceptual and emotional manipulation via various methods of digital signal processing. She collaborates with Dylan Kerr, Sydney Spann, and Kiera Mulhern, and has presented live audio works at Moma PS1, Roulette Intermedium, Pioneer Works, SculptureCenter, Emily Harvey Foundation, and Experimental Sound Studio.
Performances
Upcoming
- October 21, 2026 - Panke
- October 25, 2026 - Stone Circle Theatre (collab with Kiran Arora)
Past
- October 14, 2026 - Silent Green (collab with Dylan Kerr) - Berlin, Germany
- October 11, 2026 - The Horse Hospital - London, England
- September 27, 2026 - Ambient Church (supporting Charlemagne Palestine) - New York, NY
- July 26, 2026 - Experimental Sound Studio - Chicago, IL
- May 24, 2026 - Stone Circle Theatre (collab with Sydney Spann) - Ridgewood, NY
- September 13, 2025 - Moma Ps1 - Queens, NY
- September 12, 2025 - Sustain Release - Monticello NY
- May 11, 2025 - Dead Gods - Nexus records - TBA
- February 28, 2025 - Roulette Intermedium - Brooklyn, NY
- February 6, 2025 - The Music Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
Residencies
- 2025 - Roulette Intermedium / Music Gallery Toronto (collaborative residency)
- 2024 - The Lot Radio (ongoing)
Commissions / Installations
- 2025 - "Sound Installation for Focus Focus & Mateo Garcia Studio pop-up gallery" - Marseille, FR
- 2024 - 48 hour long four channel sound installation "Occlusion Forms" - Dripping Festival - Sparta, NJ
- 2023 - Conducted a panel on sound synthesis and presented a commissioned piece. "Sound Synthesis Panel" - Dripping Festival- Queens, NY
- 2022 - Eight channel sound installation "annular proto sep" - The Living Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
Releases
- 2024 - "digitals" - self released
- 2024 - "trepidation cycles" - 3XL
- 2024 - "untitled" - self released
- 2022 - "live fold" - self released
- 2022 - "annular proto sep" - self released
- 2021 - "live 2" - self released
- 2020 - "-" - self released
Contact
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