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I am an electronic musician who, as someone recently said to me, set up Feminatronic to act as "soft PR" for female electronic artists from all genres and styles. If I can give a little helping hand then why not?

Editor’s Note: Here’s installment #3 of Sounding Out!‘s blog forum on gender and voice! Last week I talked about what it meant to have people call me, a woman of color, “loud.” The week before that we hosted Christine Ehrick‘s selections from her forthcoming book; she introduced us to the idea of the gendered soundscape, which she uses in her analysis on women’s radio speech from the 1930s to the 1950s. In the next few weeks we’ll have A.O. Roberts with synthesized voices and gender, Art Blake with his reflections on how his experience shifting his voice from feminine to masculine as a transgender man intersects with his work on John Cage, and lastly Robin James with an analysis of how ideas of what women should sound like have roots in Greek philosophy.

This week regular writer Regina Bradley puts the soundtrack of Scandal in conversation with the agency of…

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News, Web Focus

JAZZ NORTH EAST – WOMEN MAKE MUSIC

February 16, 2015 Feminatronic

As Jazz North East explain the theremin has not been the instrument of choice for Jazz music creation but Beatrix Ward – Fernandez has seen the potential for Jazz expression. Also on the programme is Zoe Gilby who combines vocals with electronic effects. Should be a very interesting event.

Details here at the Jazz North East site

Bandcamp, Discovers

FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERS – RENA JONES

February 16, 2015 Feminatronic

RENA JONES

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Musical Fast

February 16, 2015 Feminatronic

Music, however it is classified, is so hard to get away from but this is an interesting idea that Feminatronic will be following.

The Sound Blog

Giving up music for Lent seemed like a interesting thing to try, but as the days countdown to the start on Ash Wednesday, I’ve become to realise how difficult and inconvenient this is going to be. I did a silent retreat a couple of years ago as part of my research for Sonic Wonderland, but that involved going away to a Buddhist centre where intrusion could be avoid. My fasting from music is going to have to take place while I carry on my normal life as best as possible.

I will be presenting a BBC Radio 4 documentary about my experiences that will be broadcast on the 16th of March. I will be exploring how ubiquitous music has become in modern society and investigating what effects this widespread consumption of music has on us. As part of planning the programme, my producer Nick has sent me a list of places where I…

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ANOTHER DATE FOR YOUR DIARY FROM RADIO ARTS

February 14, 2015 Feminatronic

News

RECLAIM THE WAVES – RADIO ARTS AT THE TATE BRITAIN

February 14, 2015 Feminatronic

Discovery, Soundcloud

FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERS – VOLUTES

February 14, 2015 Feminatronic

To fit in with the ACL article below : )

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LCNL 060: Hello Chicago, 2015! (Cinchel Mix)

February 14, 2015 Feminatronic

Interesting read about the Chicago electronic scene and how the place itself may influence the Chicago sound. Also includes Volutes music. She has been a recent discovery for Feminatronic thanks to ACL.

a closer listen

cover art by Kirstie Shanley from the “Chicago as a vinyl record” series

Jason Shanley aka Cinchelgives us a tour of some of the most interesting music coming out of Chicago today, a loving documentation of a scene that continues to nurture his own creative endeavors. This mix is extra special because EVERY TRACK is something brand NEW. And seeing as this is our SIXTIETH mix, I’d just like to say an extra thank you to all of our supporters out there. Listeners, readers, artists, labels. We love y’all. (Joseph Sannicandro)

Download/stream at Soundcould, listen at Mixcloud

MINI-INTERVIEW

Tell me about the mix, which I guess is another way of saying, tell me about the state of the/your scene in Chicago these days. Chicago of course has long had a strong regional music scene. Blues, House, hip hop and all, but also post rock and experimental…

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Discovery, Introducing, Soundcloud

FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERY – KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH

February 13, 2015 Feminatronic

Something Joyous for a Friday afternoon.

Introducing, Web Focus

WEB FOCUS – SEQUENCES ELECTRONIC MUSIC

February 13, 2015 Feminatronic

As the Sequences Team says –

Sequences is devoted to many aspects of electronic sounds, but don’t think our world is on the pop side, meaning Techno, Hip Hop, or dance kind of stuff. No! we are fans whose love of electronics takes us into another world were the musicians take the boundaries of these special sounds to new heights. We are talking cosmic, experimental, synth rock, space rock, ambient and more which never get the airplay or media attention it deserves.

Sequences has been established since 1992, although our editorial team have had a wealth of experience in the field of electronics for the past 45 years, from the early years of Stockhausen’s avant garde noises through to the pioneering days of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. Although today there are many clones who take their music from these artists, there are still are some creative musicians about who are not given the credit they deserve. Our aim is to give them more exposure in a music scene dominated by pretty faces and big bucks.