care. : Hiro Kone, Elijah Badua, Madeline Stepien, LYDO + Rafa Aslan

One year of care. Join us for an evening of live experimental sound, collective listening, and community. Hiro Kone Nicky Mao is a New York based self-taught musician and composer who has worked extensively under the name Hiro Kone. She uses a combination of field recordings, strings and modular synth to cultivate her sound, a visceral meditation on rhythm, noise, and melody. Alchemizing disruption and decomposition into regenerative interior worlds, Mao's cascades of twisted recordings find an inherent partner in the effervescent current of synthesis, forging new terrain. Evident her last two genre defying albums, Silvercoat the throng (Hiro Kone, 2021) and In Rupture (Enxin/Onyx, 2025). Mao's range is best exhibited through her numerous collaborations, including Drew McDowall, Speaker Music, and Muqata'a amongst others. She has participated in special programming at MoMA NYC, ICA London, M+ Museum Hong Kong and in artist residences at Pioneer Works and EMS studios in Stockholm. For the past 10 years she has performed globally and appeared at many festivals including Dark Mofo, Rewire and Berlin Atonal. Elijah Badua Elijah Badua is a multidisciplinary instrumentalist & electronic musician raised primarily in Oakland and Honolulu, now based in Los Angeles. Their composing & improvisations for Yaylı Tanbur & synthesis merge natural acoustics with artifact, crafting boundary dissolving soundscapes for our hearts' connections in sync. Madeline Stepien Madeline Stepien is a sound artist based in New York City. Her work explores sound as a tool of perceptual and emotional manipulation. Operating under the alias "pent" from 2020-2024, she developed her practice through a plethora of live performances and recorded material that range from live interventions in club environments to fixed media installations. She has performed at MoMA PS1, Roulette Intermedium, Pioneer Works, SculptureCenter, Emily Harvey Foundation, Knockdown Center, Sustain Release Festival, Dripping Festival, and Public Records. Lydo + Rafa Aslan After recently performing at Wire Festival alongside Alva Noto and Voices from the Lake, Lydo brings a new iteration of the live set into a more intimate setting. For this edition, Rafa Aslan joins on live drums, adding a raw improvisational layer to the performance in real time. Lydo is a sound artist based in New York and organizer of care., an ongoing series centered around listening, experimentation, and community gathering. Rafa Aslan is a composer, performer, and sound artist based in New York. June 6, Saturday Stone Circle Theatre 5pm-9pm Doors 4:30pm Sound by SubBass Soundsystem Light by GumGum Studio As always, we’re holding community tickets—reach out if that makes it easier to come. // care. is a quiet counterpoint to the noise. Nothing loud, everything felt. It’s an ongoing invitation to listen with intention. Each iteration is responsive, shaped by the specifics of place and presence.