biography


Madeleine Cocolas is an Australian composer and producer who creates predominantly post classical and ambient instrumental music. Her work moves between lush soundscapes to experimental electronics, field recordings and solo piano. 

Madeleine has released solo music through various international labels including Room40, Someone Good (Australia), Bigo & Twigetti (UK), Superpang (Italy), Self Center Records (US), 1631 Recordings (UK) and Futuresequence (UK), and her music has been broadcast and streamed internationally. 

Her album “Spectral”, released on Room40, garnered positive reviews from outlets including Pitchfork, The Wire, Electronic Sound Magazine as well as being featured as Bandcamp’s Album of the Day & Bandcamp’s Best Experimental Music: July 2022 whilst her previous album “Ithaca” also garnered many positive reviews and was featured as one of NPR’s albums of the month upon release.

Madeleine previously worked as a Music Supervisor, where she sourced and licensed music for a number of award winning Australian television programs, including the International Emmy-nominated shows 'Please Like Me' and 'Dance Academy'.  

She holds a Masters of Music Composition from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia and is currently undertaking doctoral studies in music at the Queensland Conservatorium.

Her latest album “Bodies” will be released on Room40 on 12 April 2024 and has already garnered positive reviews, including in The Wire.

PERFORMANCES & Collaborations


Madeleine has presented her work at various venues including The Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane), Phoenix Central Park (Sydney), The Powerhouse (Brisbane), The Powerhouse (Sydney), CPR-Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn, New York), Columbia City Theatre (Seattle) and the Northwest Film Forum (Seattle).

She has presented work at festivals including SXSW (in her electronic duo Magic City Counterpoint with composer Chris Perren) the OHM Festival (Brisbane), Debacle Festival (Seattle), Audible Edge (Perth) and has been commissioned to perform live film scores as part of the City Symphony series (Brisbane) and Puget Soundtrack (Seattle).

She has collaborated with many artists including Film Makers Tanya Modini and Luisa Martiri (short films And The Ocean Agreed and The Moths Will Eat Them Up, 2021, Winner of Best Short Film at the Sydney Film Festival and nominated for Best Score at the St Kilda Film Festival), Curator Yassana Croizat-Glazer (OFF CANVAS, 2021/2020, New York) and choreographer Valeria Gonzalez (“Eternal Bodies”, 2023; "SOS", 2017 & 2018, New York). Her experimental trio Flightless Birds Take Wing was nominated for a Queensland Music Award.

Discography:


Albums:


Spectral - Room40 (2022)
Ithaca" - Room40/SomeoneGood (2020)
Metropolitan - Bigo & Twigetti (2018)
Cascadia - Futuresequence (2016), re-released by 1631 Recordings (2017)

EPs:


Northern Storm- Room40 (2022)
A Memory, Blown Out- Room40 (2022)
Nebulous - Superpang (2021)
SOS - Self Center Records (2018)
Lunar - Self Center Records (2017)
The Birds” - self released (2016) 

Singles:


Exhale 86” - New Weird Australia (2022)
Emergence” - Headphone Commute (2022)
In The Shallows” - Age of Leisure (2022)
Monsoon” - Bigo & Twigetti (2021)
Enfold” - Music Company (2020)
Parallax” - Bigo & Twigetti (2020)
In Distance” - Bigo & Twigetti (2020)
THESIS RECURRING 017” - Thesis Project (2019)
The Way Forward” - Salmon Universe (2019)
Song For A” (Michael Price Rework)” - 1631 Recordings (2019)
Silhouette” - 1631 Recordings (2017)
Stalactite” - Bigo & Twigetti (2017)
Autumn Sky” - Bigo & Twigetti (2017)
Vermillion” - Bigo & Twigetti (2017) 
Hana” - Bigo & Twigetti (2014)
My Winter Eyes” - Bigo & Twigetti (2013)