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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?

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REVIEW REBLOG – See Pereria – On(e)

October 27, 2015 Feminatronic

Yeah I Know It Sucks

artist: See Pereria
title: On(e)
keywords: electronic, experimental, instrumental, Sheffield

See Pereria is the one delivering the ‘On(e)’ in its electronic coat of coolness & perfection. See Pereria’s EP begins with ‘Ceres’ which features a bubbled up baseline, funky acid looniness and a sensual voice that sings as if she is one human synthesizer that keeps the humanity within this midnight groove of a tune.

The second track named ‘Eris’ has a very nice moving baseline, and spiritually fitting vocals. At times I feel like its having a similar effect on my ears as the big ‘I feel Love’ hit by Donna Summer, but then something more celtic, mystical… something that wouldn’t be out of place heard through a valley blasted from the top of a large hill with lookout.

The last track is ‘Leda’ which uses a nice dubby scene to fly away on. It has a relaxing vibe…

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ARTICLE REBLOG – Inequalities in classical music: why do they matter?

October 27, 2015 Feminatronic

Interesting piece with a wider application, originally posted on The Sampler.

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THE FIRST POST…

October 26, 2015 Feminatronic

This is the first post I put together and here is the first artist I played

I thought that it might be best to put together short Digests of about 5 or 6 items that may be of interest on this blog. This will be easier for you to read and keep up with and for me to put together. So here goes…

Delia Derbyshire

Daphne Oram

Meg Bowles

Analog Ladies

Caro C

Crystal Castles – Celestica

Event, Focus, News

STILL HERE

October 26, 2015 Feminatronic

Today is Feminatronics’ second Birthday and I decided to put together a short and sweet playlist as a celebration.

This week I will be looking back at some of the posts and artists who I first highlighted and will be saying a few thanks to people who have been gracious in letting me reblog articles and reviews.

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ARTICLE REBLOG – Resounding Silence: Learning to Hear the Hysteric’s Voice

October 23, 2015 Feminatronic

Some may wonder why I reblog articles like this on Feminatronic, when it is a site about Women Electronic artists but that is precisely the point. Just as I felt that the artists I highlight were not really visible or heard, this article covers the history and underlying theories that have contributed to that perceived invisibility. It fits with the previous post about Alternative Electronic Histories and the aim to readdress the imbalances. Also, if you are interested in sound creation, the silences are also valid.

Sounding Out!

This week we are pleased to welcome Guest Editor Karly-Lynne Scott kick off the last Thursday Series that Sounding Out! is running in 2015. Over the last ten months, this stream has reconsidered historical figures from radio preacher Elder Michaux to folklorist Alan Lomax, found new ways to tune in the weird voices in literature from Joseph Conrad to H.P. Lovecraft, and featured unsettled soundscapes from Vancouver to Havana.

All year, our Thursday authors have been challenging sonic archives and remaking historical and contemporary problems. That trend continues with Scott’s exciting work and that of her authors in Hysterical Sound.

— Special Editor Neil Verma.

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Hysteria, the infamous and now-discredited psychological disorder that was a common diagnosis for women during the 19th century, has important sonic dimensions that have often been overlooked. Indeed, sound holds a prominent place in both the symptoms and treatment of hysteria: from the…

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EVENT NEWS – PoL # 20 Museum of Portable Sound – Grand Opening Gala

October 23, 2015 Feminatronic

This seems really interesting…

Points of Listening

With John Kannenberg
Date: Wednesday November 11th, 2015
Time: 18:30
Venue: London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle | meet in reception of LCC
Free with limited capacity
To reserve a place please email: s.voegelin@lcc.arts.ac.uk

The Museum of Portable Sound is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of acoustic objects: cultural artefacts related to the history and culture of sound. With a specific focus on portability, digital initiatives, and community engagement, we bring the culture of sound to the public, one listener at a time. By eschewing a typical architectural model and operating solely as a wandering, portable museum, our institution questions the traditional museum model by leveraging its own portability towards investigating what a museum can and should sound like in the 21st century. With collections spanning the natural sciences, music, art, culture, and portable recoding technologies, our visitors are able to experience the culture of sound in…

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CONFERENCE NEWS – Alternative Histories of Electronic Music

October 23, 2015 Feminatronic

Hurry deadline is nearly here to submit papers and be part of creating an Alternative Electronic History or even to correct the history : )

laura zattra

International Conference: Alternative Histories of Electronic Music: 15–16 April 2016, The Science Museum Research Centre, Queen’s Gate, London. Call for papers (Deadline: 31 October).

“Clavecin électrique” by Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in 1761 – https://goo.gl/tXtrhw

The story of the genesis and development of electronic/electroacoustic music is often told in the same familiar way. Experiments in musique concrète in Paris and elektronische Musik in Cologne played a central role in European developments, while activities in New York such as those of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, John Cage and his Music for Tape-Recorders group, and Louis and Bebe Barron are frequently proffered as the most prominent American contributions. These activities were significant, of course; but they were not the only progenitors of modern-day electronic music. There are many, many other ways in which the story of electronic music’s history and development could be told. Read More.

Invited Speakers: Sarah Angliss, Georgina Born…

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REVIEW REBLOG – Julia Kent ~ Asperities

October 21, 2015 Feminatronic

I have loved the music of Julia Kent for some time and many may wonder why I would repost her here or have her on an artist page. Simply there has always been a movement in Classical music who have embraced electronic methods and processes to create an overall sound and track. This is an area that I will return to in the future and hey, what the heck – not purely electronic but beautiful.

Courtesy to A Closer Listen for the review

a closer listen

Asperities is as close to commercial as one can get in modern composition without compromise. Accessible yet deep, Julia Kent‘s cello-based music provides an entry point to those who might not otherwise have considered listening to instrumental music. Her new album offers a mix of pensive, emotional tunes and the stringed equivalent of bangers. Credit her background in Rasputina and Antony & the Johnsons for the knowledge of how to walk the line.

Even apart from the music, Kent’s presentation exposes the workings of a complex and mature mind. The cover seems to indicate two personalities cleaving together, or the resolution of duality. The press release describes the album as “the layers of sound peeling back to reveal a beating, bloody human heart.” Contrast this with the majority of releases in the genre, which bend over backwards to be polite. As Kent puts it, “it seems like a particularly dark…

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SOUNDCLOUD SPOTLIGHT – BUFFYS

October 21, 2015 Feminatronic

As you may know, I try to spotlight the SoundCloud pages of artists. Many but not all, only have their SoundCloud pages as their web presence, especially new or under the radar artists and so this is another means to give a bit of a boost and shine a light on their music. I am also posting tracks from the artist on Twitter and Facebook throughout the week as an Introducing strand.

This weeks’ artist is Buffys I know very little about her except the Soundcloud page description is Budding Composer. I like the eclecticism and hope she will continue to write and record in the future.

Introducing, Reblog, Review

REVIEW REBLOG – The Space Lady – The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits

October 19, 2015 Feminatronic

Finally on my Monday round up here is a review of The Space Lady, courtesy of Yeah I Know it Sucks.

They say never meet your heroes but thankfully I ignored that and here is proof.

I spent Saturday evening in the company of a legend, in my view, and a genuine human being. Oh and she is a wizz on the Casio. Don’t be deceived by the minimal tech, the sound was ace and mesmerising.

Yeah I Know It Sucks

Artist: The Space Lady
title: The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits
keywords: electronic, independent, synth, whatever, London
label: Night Schoolhttp://www.nightschoolrecords.com/

I must have been living under the ground too much not to have heard of The Space Lady before. But all changed when a good music loving friend (Graham Boosey) dropped the word of the (to me mysterious) ‘the space lady’ in my eyes. My friend was going to see The Space Lady perform in London and knowing him taking the effort to go; this must be very special stuff!

Clueless and curious person that I was, I asked who the Space Lady was and my friend gave a nice short answer for me to scratch the surface of this (to me previously unknown) magic on. Here is what he answered when asked who this special lady was:

“”She originally worked as a street musician back in Boston, with a…

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