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8 TRACK

For a short while I wrote for the No Audience Underground zine TQ

For the past couple of years I put together playlists for the zine to introduce to a wider audience some of the artists that I had listened to since starting my Feminatronic journey. These lists were specific to the zine readership in that the music I selected was deemed to be more challenging, underground , experimental and not always solely female identifying artists. My aim was purely to get a predominantly male readership to consider things maybe outside their comfort zone and mine too.

Due to the natural development of the zine, my article was no longer required and so I thought that I would continue them here, starting with my very first –

My Listening 8 Tracker #1

I’m at the age where I spend a lot of time thinking about the past, some good and some not so good but the simple concept of my listening 8Tracker is based on happy hours of music discovery.
In case some of you don’t know, many years ago as a bored teenager a family acquaintance let me use her 8Track. Do you remember them? Huge cartridges that you fed into the front of a large wooden box, and with giant headphones on, you were transported to new sonic realms, in my case it was Roxy Music ‘Stranded’.
Taking this simple concept, I thought I would put together an 8 Track of my recent listening of musicians from around the world together with links. These artists create music that fits loosely into the NAU sound (there may be some leeway with this) but I think it’s always good to expand your listening horizons and after all this is my personal listening.
Oh, and they mostly also just happen to identify as female, unless otherwise stated ; )
No order. No preferences. Links where available .

Happy Listening.

eggshell
Suzanne Bedlam et les Herbes Folles
France

furiosa aa
https://soundcloud.com/ortie03/tracks

diy, electronic, experimental,noise

Taxidermia for Solo Cello and Electronics
Katarina Gryvul
Ukraine

https://katarinagryvul.bandcamp.com/

electroacoustique, electronic, experimental, ambient, avant-pop, cello, classical contemporary, ethereal vocals,experimental electronic

Wanna SEE
Itta
Korea

Experimental, shamanic, drone, ambient, psychedelic pop

Breadwoman and Other Tales
Anna Homler and Steve Moshier
USA

http://www.rebeccalee.info/

Experimental drone, electronic music, improv, sampling  sound art,sound collage, turntablism

To Vo
Excerpt by Luong Hue Trinh
Viet Nam

http://www.luonghuetrinh.com/

Electroacoustic

Isama Noko
Isabel Nogueira and Maia Koenig
Brazil / Argentina

http://isabelnogueira.com.br/

https://maiakoenig.bandcamp.com/music

Alternative, electronic, experimental, chiptune, noise

Eva Van Deuren aka
Orphan Fairytale
Belgium

Self made electronics, toy instruments, cassette loops, small keyboards

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ICYMI 2021

Here’s the final collection of 2021 releases I shall post here as the new 2022 are already being released, such is the merry go round –

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I DON’T DO LISTS…PT5

Ha ha…I don’t do lists except on here🤣🤣

OK, I do do lists but not in the sense I started this a coupe of years ago. I post things individually on twitter and Instagram to give the releases space in their own right but I suppose when I put them together in an overview here, they consist of a list 😂😂

…but there’s no preferences, order, rank and that’s what is important to me.

Right…now I’ve got that out of the way here’s the next collection and due to other comitments I am going to continue the icymi non lists for this month of January.

Which brings me to the important bit – Happy New Year and all the Best for 2022 and thanks for sticking around.

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Reblog – ACL 2021 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year — a closer listen

And if you can’t find anything on the I Don’t Do Lists , try this collection from A Closer Listen-

If 2020 was the most surreal year in recent memory, 2021 was the runner-up.  A rollercoaster of emotion was supplanted by a mountain of malaise.  And yet, many artists broke through with the finest albums of their careers.  Some of these were direct responses to the world as it was, while others were simply written […]

ACL 2021 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year — a closer listen

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I DON’T DO LISTS BUT…PT4

It’s nearing the end of the year and I have just scraped the surface of releases. I might have to continue this as there are too many to miss…

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I DON’T DO LISTS…PT 3

Actually, despite being in the middle of a pandemic maelstrom there have been some wonderful releases in 2021 as this next round up shows : )

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I DON’T DO LISTS..PT2

Here are some more eclectic releases from 2021…

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I DON’T DO LISTS BUT…pt1

Every year sites, reviewers, podcasts and media, post long lists of the best of this years releases and I find this problematic for many reasons but a major one is they often miss those well under the radar releases concentrating on particular popular genres, artists and labels, as well as creating subjective lists that cause divided opinions.

I’ve always just tried to post as many of the years releases that I’ve come across during December and this year is no different. I will be posting them here, on Twitter and Instagram.

My posts are not exhaustive and omit unwittingly many many releases but given that, without any preferences, rank or order here are the first collection…

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PLAYLISTS…

Eclectic Electronic Soundscapes –

During the past 9 years of Feminatronic I have been on a bit of a personal sonic journey around the world with the focus on human beings who just happen to identify as female and create electronic sounds /noise /music via a huge plethora of electronic means.

I’m on a semi sabbatical but here are just some of the sounds I’ve missed these past couple of months – no order, rank or preference. This playlist hopes to demonstrate some of the eclecticism that I have listened to this past couple of months but as usual it is just the tip of the iceberg.

As with all the playlists, they are jumping off points to discoveries. They are not meant to be definitive. Just let some of the tracks play onto the next….follow up on “sounds like”….see who’s following, many artists follow other artists…..

Artists as I listened to them, so it makes for an interesting playlist –
Ch Webster, Flora Holderbaum, Kat Five, AJA, Valentina Villarroel, Da Pajararan, Mona Servo, Areliz Ramos, Corset Lore, MiLENASON, Simina Oprescu, NFNR, Howie Lee and Silvia Kastel feat. Yehaiyahan ( Silvia Kastel Remix) , Ekin Fil. Katrine Amsler, Jaslyn Robertson, Kathy Hinde, PETAL/ Kei Watanabe, Loo(p)cy and Jlin.

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FEMINATRONIC ON INSTAGRAM

I’ve had an Instagram page for sometime but I am in the middle of a huge reorganisation of Feminatronic and have resurrected the feed. I will be posting a couple of the posts here too.

https://www.instagram.com/feminatronic/

I am @feminatronic

Here’s a couple of today’s posts –