Real name: Maggi Payne

Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 2022

Maggi Payne is a composer, flautist, interdisciplinary artist, recording engineer, and the creator of many works for electronic and visual media. A graduate of Mills College, she is was professor and co-director of the College's Center for Contemporary Music (1992-2018). She began teaching at Mills in 1972, including recording engineering, composition, and electronic music.
Her awards include grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation. Payne's work has been performed at Sonic Circuits IV, Next Wave Festival, eXstatic Project (Australia), Prix Ars Electronica, SoundCulture '96, Siggraph, Bourges.