Hiro Kone
Hiro Kone is the alias of New York producer Nicky Mao. Built from modular synthesis, field recordings, noise, and live electronics, this session centres on the physical movement between rhythm and texture.
New York
2014
session
interview
Photo by Stephanie Berzon
Hiro Kone
Hiro Kone is the alias of Nicky Mao, a New York-based musician and producer. A classically trained violinist who left the instrument to play guitar in punk bands, she now works with modular synthesis, noise and field recordings. Her albums include 'Love Is the Capital' (2017), 'Pure Expenditure' (2018) — premiered live at Berlin Atonal — and 'Silvercoat the throng' (2021), on labels such as Dais Records and Geographic North.
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