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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?

Discovery, Reblog, Recommends, Web Focus

Todays Discovery Reblog -the beauty of joan la barbara (scores and photographs)

February 9, 2016 Feminatronic

Something a little different as my Todays Discovery is this website – The Hum Blog. Recommended.

The Hum Blog

I’m a huge fan of Joan La Barbara. Her LP The Voice Is The Original Instrument is one of my favorite documents of the 1970’s NY avant-garde. La Barbara is a master of advanced vocal technique. In addition to her own remarkable creative output, she’s had a long career working with many of the greatest names in avant-garde composition – John Cage, Robert Ashley, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, David Tudor, and her husband Morton Subotnick. In my wanderings around the internet I’ve come across some of her wonderful scores and images of performances etc. I thought I’d pass them along. To see and learn more visit her website.

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Discovery, Reblog

REBLOG -joan la barbara vocalizing the alphabet on sesame street in 1977

February 9, 2016 Feminatronic

This is somewhat strange for me as I used to watch Sesame Street and always loved the songs (and Grover). I particularly remember the Ladybug Picnic,so when this came up on my reader I had to have a look and I remember this…Strange? Not Joan La Barbara, lets’ make that clear. It’s just all these years later I have finally discovered who created the wonderful vocal soundtrack to my early life…pretty cool.

The Hum Blog

My dear friend Koen just sent this to me, via our mutual friend Byron, in response to my post on Joan La Barbara. Thanks to them both. I have a palpable memory of the sequence, and particularly the sound, from childhood, but haven’t seen it since. It’s a wonderful fragment from a time when experimental music bled into the mainstream, and planted its seeds in us all. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Mixcloud, News, Radio, Reblog

NEWS REBLOG – Monthly Radio Shows

February 9, 2016 Feminatronic

Neotropic

Just a little reminder that my monthly radio show is coming up this Sunday on Reel Rebels Radio my show runs from 3.30pm until 5pm. Please tune in or if you are not able to you can catch all my previous shows on Neotropic on Mixcloud. There are a fabulous array of great shows on Reel Rebels Radio a truly independent station with its heart at the centre of the community! You can catch up on all the latest news/shows on their facebook page. New radio show 2016

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Discovery, Introducing, Reblog, Recommends, Review, Soundcloud

REVIEW REBLOG – Listen: ACRE TARN – ‘Dawn Faces’

February 4, 2016 Feminatronic

Here is Todays Discovery – Acre Tarn and recommend listening to her Soundcloud page.
Courtesy to Notes on Sounds for the pointer and review.

NOTES, ON SOUNDS....

Hailing from The Lake District, Anna-Louisa Ehterington began impressing with her dreampop tunes last year with ‘Flex’ and ‘Lanterns.’ As ACRE TARN she’s been leading anyone who’ll follow down a rabbit hole that leads to a synth wonderland that’s hypnotic but propulsive enough to still get you dancing.

Her latest track ‘Dawn Faces’ doesn’t deviate too much from that already winning formula, instead pairing beautiful melodies and flittering synths together like we’ve become accustomed to. Still, it’s definitely not a sign of ACRE TARN slowing down, as ‘Dawn Faces’ might be her most engaging single yet; that’s in part due to the ethereal chanting Etherington adds and the weighty drums that keep the featherweight instrumentation grounded. Perhaps if Robyn spent a year listening to only the Cocteau Twins you’d get something that sounds like this. But Etherington beat her to it.

Listen to ‘Dawn Faces’ below.

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Articles, Event, Reblog

ARTICLE REBLOG – Digging Deep And Deeply Delian : Sounds Explained And Unexplained

February 1, 2016 Feminatronic

Robin The Fog

Crumbs, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. Let’s start the beginning with my report for BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight on the recent Delia Derbyshire Day that took place at HOME, Manchester and that I was lucky enough to attend. Partly intended as an introduction to one of the great pioneers of the Radiophonic Workshop, much of the ground covered here will already be familiar to regular visitors to these pages; but listen closely and you’ll catch a couple of exclusive extracts from work that have lain unheard in Delia’s archive for decades! It’s a real privilege to be able to bring you even this small taster!

Part of my on-going commitment to keep the nation’s airwaves just that little bit Radiophonic, this report also went out on The World Service a few days later and was posted on The Today Programme’s Facebook page; all of which has hopefully helped to continue the festival’s…

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Monday Reblogs, Reblog

REVIEW REBLOG – Kayaka: Sonic Kitchen

February 1, 2016 Feminatronic

Event, Monday Reblogs

EVENT – ENTROPI: Upcoming Explorations

February 1, 2016 Feminatronic

Source: ENTROPI: Upcoming Explorations

Focus, Interviews, Monday Reblogs

REBLOG – Part 2 Radio Survivor Interview

February 1, 2016 Feminatronic

Magz Hall

We’re happy to return to the second part of our interview with radio scholar and radio artist Magz Hall. In the first part of the interview, Hall detailed the many ways in which we can understand radio, in both a contemporary and historical context, through the lens of radio art. She introduced us to a number of fascinating projects that she has been involved with and discussed the connection between her practice and community radio broadcasting.

In this second half, Hall picks up on these themes and takes us into the future by explaining how she imagines alternative trajectories for FM broadcasting. She ends our interview by pointing to some of the projects she is currently working on, including one which calls attention to the important environmental aspect of radio.

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2016/01/28/radio-art-and-new-media-in-radio-studies-an-interview-with-magz-hall-pt-2/

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Electronic Music, Introducing, Playlist, Soundcloud, YouTube

Melodic Instrumental – Matzumi

February 1, 2016 Feminatronic

The latest playlist on Soundcloud #30 includes tracks from artists who create Melodic Instrumental music and Matzumi is one of the biggest names in this genre of electronic music.