Baltimore, Maryland-based synthesist and composer Marie Ann Hedonia has released “Lunar Eclipse“, a five-track electro-industrial EP. The EP is available on Bandcamp as a digital release and is also available on Spotify for streaming. The release is out via Paul and Marie’s Country Kitchen label.

The record holds the tracks “Aneska’s Song”, “Family Trauma”, “Husband Stitch”, “Free Delivery”, and “Malleus Maleficarum”. The studio line-up for this EP consisted of Hedonia on synthesizers, vocals, drum programming, songwriting, sound design, and production; plus Paul M’Olive on synthesizer, guitars, drum programming, engineering, mixing, and co-production. The whole was mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman.

Hedonia says she “channeled my rage, and sadness into this EP” and wanted it to “release these emotions” for listeners as well. A companion full-length titled “Eclipse” will combine both the “Solar Eclipse” and “Lunar Eclipse” EPs. “Lunar Eclipse” will be available digitally first, with a vinyl expected as well.

About Marie Ann Hedonia

Marie Ann Hedonia is a Baltimore, Maryland-based synthesist and composer who co-runs Paul and Marie’s Country Kitchen with Paul M’Olive. She started with piano lessons, moved into sequencing and synths, and later built a modular-based practice that expanded through Eurorack and Buchla systems.

She debuted with the album “The Inevitable Collapse”, on August 27, 2021. That same year she released the single “Husband Stitch” on November 5 and collaborated with Grant Bouvier on “Kenopsia”. “Marie Ann Hedonia Presents Marie Ann Hedonia” followed on November 4, 2022, then “Temporal Dysmorphia” on January 25, 2023 through Delusional Records, and the EP “Quiet Time” on April 26, 2024.

Alongside her solo work, Hedonia has also been part of Void Stasis. That project released “Ruins” on May 24, 2022, “Viral Incubation” in March 2023, and “Eschaton” in November 2024 through Cryo Chamber. In 2025 she also appeared on Jeremy Pelt’s “Woven”. Her own “Solar Eclipse” EP followed on September 26, 2025, and now there is “Lunar Eclipse”.

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Baltimore-based dark-electro artist Marie Ann Hedonia has released a new music video for her track “Eve Had the Metallic Shine of Summer”, a piece inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film “Persona”. The video is now available to stream. The track is taken from Hedonia’s forthcoming album “Eclipse”, due later this year on the Paul and Marie’s Country Kitchen label.

Shot guerrilla-style in a single day across various Baltimore city and county locations, the video explores the emotional erosion caused by toxic, codependent relationships. The video was directed by Alex Shaak during an unexpected thunderstorm: “The energy of the thunderstorm very much translates the powerful ending of the video.”

The song features vocals and lyrics by Black Kite (Vicki Lynn Tippit), who says this on the meaning behind the track: “This song is about the potency and allure of destructive, codependent relationships and how they require us to self-abandon. It speaks to both addiction and toxic relationships that masquerade as love or comfort, but are actually antithetical to both.”

You can download the single below as well.

About Marie Ann Hedonia

Marie Ann Hedonia is a Baltimore, Maryland-based synthesist and composer working across techno, synth pop, dark ambient, jazz, and related genres. She is the co-founder of the label Paul and Marie’s Country Kitchen, alongside her husband Paul M’Olive.

Her musical journey began in her childhood with piano lessons but shifted dramatically after discovering synthesis. “I remember trying to change the sound of my digital upright piano as a kid.What I didn’t know, though, was that I was playing the wrong instrument for that application. What I really needed was a synth.”

This realization led her to a microKORG and later to more advanced tools like the Moog Sub Phatty, Prophet ’08, and eventually Eurorack modular systems. The Plonk module by Intellijel was a turning point in her sound design development, helping form what she calls “a hard, weird, industrial sound.”

Hedonia’s discography includes her 2021 debut “The Inevitable Collapse” and “Kenopsia”, a collaboration with audiovisual artist Grant Bouvier. Her 2022 release “Marie Ann Hedonia Presents Marie Ann Hedonia” was followed by 2023’s “Temporal Dysmorphia”.

Her upcoming album “Eclipse” is scheduled for release later in 2025 featuring guest contributions from Delia Liederschuh, Casey Desmond (known from The Voice), and Black Kite.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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