Steven McArdle is a drummer, percussionist, producer, composer, and educator in Brooklyn, NY. He currently fulfills many roles in the New York music scene – freelancing as a live and a studio drummer, performing and recording music across of all styles. His full-time projects are Sasco – where he records and releases original electronic music, Cousin Oven – a three piece band he’s played in since 2019 with songwriter Owen Bologna and bassist Nate Giordano, and Sunnyside Electric – a free improv electroacoustic collective formed in 2022 where he is able to use his specialization in electroacoustic drumming in an ensemble setting.

As a student, Steven studied with world class musicians including Victor Lewis, Robby Ameen, Clarence Penn, EJ Strickland, Keith Aleo, and Rob McEwan, and attained an MM in Jazz Performance in 2020.  

As a performer, he has shared the stage with artists such as Benny Golson, Kuumba Frank Lacy, Dick Oatts, Earl MacDonald, Roomful of Teeth, Caroline Shaw, Joseph Schwantner, Brian Landrus, and many more. His recording career is as stylistically diverse as his performance history, having recorded with Konrad Malinowski, Desiree Camille, The Art of Huckleberry, Junyi Liang, Rickshaw Ride, Anteater, Cousin Oven, Sunnyside Electric, Michael O’Callaghan, Evan O. Adams, and Lena Ruth. Steven also has built an extensive catalog of original music under the alias Sasco, where he has released 3 albums, 3 EP’s, one beat tape, and multiple remix projects, along with being featured on compilations with artists from around the globe.

Check the “Events” and “Media” pages on stevenmcardlemusic.com for recordings and an updated list of public performances and releases.

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Media

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Events

Follow me @steven_mcardle for the most up to date info on upcoming events! (private events not included)

Past Events:

  • 5/17/2023 – Sasco at The Sampler – Brooklyn, NY
  • 5/17/2023 – Brass Monkeys at Coney Island Mermaid Parade – Brooklyn, NY
  • 5/15/2023 – Cousin Oven at Hart Bar – Brooklyn, NY
  • 5/9/2023 – Cousin Oven at Arlenes Grocery, NYC
  • 5/5/2023 – Brass Monkeys at Zuccoti Park, NYC
  • 4/29/2023 – Cousin Oven at Princeton Porch Fest, NJ
  • 2/25/2023 – Sasco at Donut Lounge – Wonderville – Brooklyn, NY
  • 2/11/2023 – Brass Monkeys at Times Square, NYC
  • 2/8/2023 – Brass Monkeys at Bryant Park, NYC
  • 1/26/2023 – Sasco – Brooklyn Experimental Electronic Meetup at Wonderville – Brooklyn, NY
  • 1/25/2023 – Cousin Oven at Gold Sounds – Brooklyn, NY
  • 1/13/2023 – Sunmundi – “Me and My Glitch (prod. Sasco)” – Single Release
  • 1/7/2023 – Cousin Oven at Sovereign – Brooklyn, NY
  • 12/9/2022 – Sunmundi – “The Man and the Fly (prod. Sasco)” – Single Release
  • 12/9/2022 – Evan O. Adams “Of Feelings and Fiction” Album Release
  • 12/6/2022 – Cousin Oven at Bar Freda – Queens, NY
  • 11/21/2022 – Evan O. Adams “The Beginning” Single Release
  • 11/20/2022 – Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 11/13/2022 – Michael Denis O’Callaghan at Scholes St. Studio – Brooklyn, NY
  • 11/11/2022 – Sunnyside Electric “Naima 4 Namai” Album Release
  • 11/6/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 11/1/2022 – Magpie Pirates – “Microtonal” Compilation Release
  • 10/31/2022 – Sousastep at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 – NYC
  • 10/30/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 10/29/2022 – Quartet at Montgomery Arts Council – Princeton, NJ
  • 10/16/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 10/15/2022 – Cousin Oven at Misfit Kava Bar – Brooklyn, NY
  • 10/14/2022 – Sunnyside Electric “Born Again” Single Release
  • 10/11/2022 – Sousastep at Mama Tried – Brooklyn, NY
  • 9/30/2022 – Sunnyside Electric “Thanks for the Fire” Single Release
  • 9/30/2022 – Sasco – “Rerouted” Album Release
  • 9/30/2022 – Lena Ruth – “Hold My Threads” Album Release
  • 9/29/2022 – “Rerouted” album release at Wonderville – Brooklyn, NY (with ARKTKT, alsoknownasrox, BSTFRND, Leo Yucht)
  • 9/23/2022 – Sasco – “Ravine” Single Release
  • 9/23/2022 – Lena Ruth – “In The Thick Of It” Single Release
  • 9/16/2022 – Sasco – “Psychogeography” Single Release
  • 9/15/2022 – Desiree at Salon on Kingston – Brooklyn, NY
  • 9/11/2022 – cmntx records showcase at Mercury Lounge – NYC – Lena Ruth and Cousin Oven
  • 8/27/2022 – Cousin Oven at Modera Lofts – Jersey City, NJ
  • 8/22/2022 – Sasco at Brooklyn Experimental Electronic Music Meetup – Wonderville – Brooklyn, NY
  • 8/21/2022 – Cousin Oven at 18th Ward Brewing – Brooklyn, NY
  • 8/18/2022 – Sasco at Warper Party – H0l0 – Queens, NY
  • 8/12/2022 – Cousin Oven – “Manor Crescent” Album Release
  • 8/11/2022 – Cousin Oven at Crossroads, NJ
  • 8/9/2022 – Cousin Oven at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC
  • 8/5/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Enlightenment is a Destructive Process” Album Release
  • 8/4/2022 – Daniel Bereket Quartet at Numero 28, NYC
  • 8/3/2022 – Cousin Oven at Misfit Kava Bar- Brooklyn, NY
  • 7/31/2022 – Brooklyn Experimental Electronic Music Collection – July 2022
  • 7/31/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 7/29/2022 – Cousin Oven – “Komboloi” Single Release
  • 7/24/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 7/24/2022 – Cousin Oven “Cart Music” Session Release
  • 7/15/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Eternal Return” Single Release
  • 7/11/2022 – Baneful Town at Numero 28, NYC
  • 7/10/2022 – Daniel Bereket Quartet at Numero 28, NYC
  • 7/8/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Going Gentle Into The Good Night” Single Release
  • 7/1/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Voids” Release
  • 6/24/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Speaking In Tongues” Single Release
  • 6/18/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 6/17/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Who Knows It Feels It” Single Release
  • 6/10/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “Can You Fill Me” Single Release
  • 6/12/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 6/3/2022 – Sunnyside Electric – “A Fool’s Errand” Single Release
  • 5/31/2022 – Arnie Sainz Quartet at Numero 28, NYC
  • 5/28/2022 – Steven McArdle Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 5/21/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 5/24/2022 – Cousin Oven at Windjammer, Queens NY
  • 5/1/2022 – Trio at Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY
  • 4/26/2022 – Trio at Washington Square Park, NYC
  • 4/24/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 4/23/2022 – Cousin Oven at Princeton Porch Fest, NJ
  • 4/20/2022 – Cousin Oven at Mercury Lounge, NYC
  • 4/9/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 3/27/2022 – Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 3/25/2022 – Michael Denis O Callaghan – “Drowning and what comes Afterwards (or My Time Underwater)” Album Release
  • 3/20/2022 – Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 3/19/2022 – Cousin Oven at The Nest in Brooklyn, NY
  • 3/12/2022 – Sasco at The State House in New Haven, CT
  • 3/5/2022 – Cousin Oven at Berlin Under Avenue A, NYC
  • 3/2/2022 – Michael Denis O Callaghan – “Inisfree/Drowning and what comes Afterwards (or My Time Underwater)” – Single Release
  • 2/27/2022 – Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 2/24/2022 – Cousin Oven at Jimmy’s in Kearny, NJ
  • 2/22/2022 – Sasco – Oddball Theatre – Gumbo Tape Release (Compilation)
  • 2/20/2022 – Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 2/16/2022 – Michael Denis O Callaghan – “Lady of the Island/when god lets my body be” Single Release
  • 1/23/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 1/16/2022 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 1/13/2022 – Cousin Oven at The Nest, Brooklyn, NY (POSTPONED)
  • 12/19/2021 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 12/12/2021 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 12/3/2021 – Sasco – “Every Day They Change Their Number” Album Release
  • 11/28/2021 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 10/14/2021 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 10/31/2021 – Wholly Brass at Village Halloween Parade, NYC
  • 10/22/2021 – Quartet at Montgomery Arts Council – Princeton, NJ
  • 10/21/2021 – CMNTX Records Preview Show at Mise En Place, Brooklyn, NY
  • 10/17/2021 – Nate Giordano Trio at Lunella, NYC
  • 10/15/2021 – Desiree Camille at Glastonbury Apple Fest, CT
  • 9/21/2021 – Cousin Oven at Ramapo College, NJ
  • 9/12/2021 – Steven McArdle Quartet at Outlander Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
  • 9/24/2021 – Cousin Oven at Asbury Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ
  • 8/17/2021 – Sasco – “Enormity” Single Release
  • 8/14/2021 – Desiree Camille at Club Groove, Manhattan, NYC
  • 8/13/2021 – Cousin Oven at Mom’s House, Trenton, NJ
  • 8/12/2021 – Cousin Oven at BLVD, Elmwood, NJ
  • 8/6/2021 – Cousin Oven at Connolly’s, Manhattan, NYC
  • 7/31/2021 – Sasco at Yore House
  • 7/9/2021 – Desiree Camille at Club Groove, Manhattan, NYC
  • 6/19/2021 – Sasco in New Brunswick, NJ
  • 6/5/2021 – Desiree Camille at Pratt Street Patio, Hartford, CT
  • 2/6/2021 – Sasco @ Magpie Fest III Feat. Hainbach + Ben Levin
  • 2/13/2021 – Sasco “Out of Context” EP Release
  • 12/17/2020 – Desiree Camille @ Greater Hartford Arts Council
  • 10/25/2020 – Nate Giordano Trio @ Lunella NYC
  • 9/20/2020 – Desiree Camille at Pratt Street Patio, Hartford CT
  • 7/26/2020 – Jonathan Kirshner Quartet “Strange Axis” Release
  • 6/20/2020 – Desiree Camille/Greater Hartford Arts Council “Make Music Day – My Song is Your Song”
  • 5/25/2020 – Art of Huckleberry “Lost” Single Release
  • 5/12/2020 – Steven McArdle at George St Ale House, New Brunswick (Cancelled due to COVID)
  • 5/5/2020 – Konrad Malinowski “Post-Definition” Single Release
  • 5/1/2020 – Sasco “Vestiges” Album Release
  • 3/19/2020 – Cousin Oven at Monster Mansion, New Brunswick, NJ (Cancelled due to COVID)
  • 3/11/2020 – Trio @ New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, NJ (Cancelled due to COVID)
  • 2/25/2020 – Ryan Permaul Trio @ George Street Ale House, New Brunswick NJ
  • 2/21/2020 – Cousin Oven @ Flemington DIY, Flemington NJ
  • 2/14/2020 – Sasco @ Michael’s Inn, Raritan NJ
  • 2/8/2020 – Monmouth Symphony Orchestra
  • 1/25/2020 – Cousin Oven @ Michael’s Inn, Raritan NJ
  • 12/31/2019 – Soul Searching @ Redds Biergarten, New Brunswick NJ
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Contact

For all inquiries including performance, studio work, production, lessons, etc, you can contact Steven at:
steve.r.mcardle@gmail.com