Madeline Stepien is a composer and sound artist based in New York City.
Her compositions and performances examine phenomena of artificial sound via digitally constructed environments and various modes of synthesis & electroacoustic manipulation. Through these techniques she dissects, reconstructs and subverts the aesthetic and political value of the "unnatural".
Operating under the alias "pent" from 2020-2024, she developed her practice through a plethora of live performances & recorded material that range from live interventions in club environments to fixed media installations.
Live Performances
Upcoming
- May 17th 2025 - Dead Gods - Nexus records
- September 11th 2025 - TBA
- April 2026 - TBA
Past
- 2025 - Multi Channel live performance for Ben Shirken's album release - Queens, NY
- 2025 - L&SD (with Ben Kudler & Marcin Pietruszewski) - Brooklyn, NY
- 2025 - Roulette Intermedium (collaborative performance with Allison Cameron) - Brooklyn, NY
- 2025 - The Music Gallery (collaborative performance with Allison Cameron) - Toronto, Ontario
Residencies
- 2025 - Roulette Intermedium / Music Gallery Toronto (collaborative residency)
- 2024 - The Lot Radio (ongoing)
Fixed Sound Installations / Presentations
- 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 an original piece with choreography by Stuart B. Meyers "Sound Synthesis Panel" - Dripping Festival- Queens, NY
- 2022 - Eight channel sound installation "annular proto sep" - The Living Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
Pent
- 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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