Magic City Counterpoint is Madeleine Cocolas and Chris Perren. Together, they make evocative and textural electronic music.

Each an accomplished composer/producer in their own right, their story begins as strangers, admiring each others’ music from across the pacific. Cocolas worked in Seattle and New York, attracting an international following producing stunning piano-driven ambient music. Perren meanwhile carved a niche in the world of modern composition.

Cocolas and Perren met for coffee in 2018, bonded over the challenges and joys of being a composer with small children, and began to collaborate on pieces shortly after. Amongst the chaos of work and parenting, a unique sound emerged which was somehow more than the sum of each composer’s personal style.

Their collaborative work takes shape as files bouncing back and forth with few verbal discussions, and an agreed-upon rule of no preciousness, no hesitation. In stolen time and small hours as children sleep, the works come together and harness a kind of directness and clarity borne from this time-pressured and unorthodox process.

The music is highly textural, combining Cocolas’ ethereal vocal layering with earthy analog textures in slowly evolving, carefully crafted compositions, evoking comparisons with Holly Herndon, Julianna Barwick, How To Dress Well, and Boards of Canada.

Their debut EP Dialogue will be part music release, part game, in collaboration with award-winning indie game designers Fuzzy Ghost.