Category Archives: Focus

#IWD, Bandcamp, Focus, International Women's Day, INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY, Introducing, Recommends, Soundcloud

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March 8, 2018 Feminatronic

To try to get as many artists some visibility I have been posting compilations. Again, this is not an exhaustive list and are just suggestions of starting points . I may add to it in future.

In no real order or preference and yes, some are diverse….

Latin American sound explorations.

Experimental noise, noisecore, speedcore, harsh noise, noise wall, power electronics Vancouver

A monstrous compilation but only a fraction of french contemporary sound creativity.

Inspired by the new scene of independent female artists and electronic music producers from South America.

An experimental music compilation featuring ten female composers from far east Asia (Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China).

This multi-genre compilation was inspired by Ionesco’s play ‘Rhinoceros’ with various artists voicing their protest via sound.

Experimental, ambient, electroacoustic, industrial, noise, ritual.

Bandcamp, Focus, Interviews, Reading, Recommends

If you like reading…..

February 27, 2018 Feminatronic

In the words of Liquid Architechture “…Take some time to read this insanely productive and purposeful conversation between musician, activist, writer…”

“inter/multi-disciplinary art practice. She dwells in multiple fields, as DJ (DJ General Feelings), writer/ researcher (currently a PhD candidate at Monash University), installation artist, a mother, a co-conspirator in interrogations of whiteness and patriarchal dominance.”

Beatriz Ferreyra: Making Music with all the Sounds in the World

Words: Geeta Dayal

Image: Adriano Ferreira Borges

Modular Synthesizer Videos Are the YouTube Rabbit Hole You Won’t Want to Leave

by Philip Sherburne
Contributing Editor / Pitchfork

Here’s an example by Anne Annie

Focus, Reading

If you like to read……

February 12, 2018 Feminatronic

Dr Liz Dobson
academic//curator//collaborator//facilitator

Literature on gender and electronic music

list of texts and also websites. If you feel that a publication or resource is missing contact Dr Liz Dobson with details and she will add it and credit you ( send weblink).

Beyond DIY: Meet The Polish Techno Artist Designing Her Own

Ewa Justka’s unusual instruments are breathing life into the world of synthesizer design.
By Ewa Justka. Interview by Chloé Lula.

The female revolution in electronic music

Researching gender in music: gendered space, female visibility & redesigning environments
News & Features, Research by Lazer Guided ReporterFebruary 7, 2018

Bandcamp, Electronic Music, Focus, Reblog, Reviews

Maria W. Horn: Excitation – Frustration – Excitation

January 23, 2018 Feminatronic

The title expresses everything in a good way..

Bandcamp, Focus, Reblog, Review

Reblog – Album of the Day: Phew, “Voice Hardcore” — Bandcamp Daily

January 23, 2018 Feminatronic

“Her latest album, Voice Hardcore, takes this to the extreme. It features nothing but the sound of Moritani’s voice, often layered on top of itself or warped into new forms.”

“Voice Hardcore” is one of the more extreme projects from an artist long pushing beyond the norm.

via Album of the Day: Phew, “Voice Hardcore” — Bandcamp Daily

ICYMI – Japanese Experimental Pioneer Phew Is Back with Her First Solo Record in 20 Years

Articles, Focus, Reblog, Recommends, Spotlight

Reblog – The Top Ten Sounding Out! Posts of 2017!

January 11, 2018 Feminatronic

I don’t like lists but this is an exception – thoughtful and wide ranging .

Sounding Out!

For your January reading pleasure, here are the Top Ten Posts of 2017 (according to views as of 12/28/17). Visit this brilliance today–and often!–and know more fire is coming in 2018!

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10). Unlearning Black Sound in Black Artistry: Examining the Quiet in Solange’s A Seat At the Table

Kimberly Williams

On May 18th, 2017, Solange Knowles took viewers on an expedition as she glided, danced and “agonized” in a “joyful praise break” on the floor of New York City’s Guggenheim museum. Drawing from the museum’s narrative of introspection and multi-sensory connection, Solange’s performance of “An Ode To. . .” prompted viewers to relearn and reorient the melodies of A Seat at the Table (2016). Solange’s performance in this setting hearkened listeners to new concepts and emotions in the record they didn’t catch before as they consumed it. This begs the question– what other sonic elements have we neglected to identify in A Seat…

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Bandcamp, Focus, Reblog, Spotlight

Reblog – The Women of Latin American Electronic Music — Bandcamp Daily

January 11, 2018 Feminatronic

Seven artists changing the game within the predominantly male-dominated genre.

via The Women of Latin American Electronic Music — Bandcamp Daily

Focus, ICYMI, Reblog, Recommends

ICYMI – Article Reblog – Speaker Dress by Pauchi Sasaki — Between Air and Electricity

January 11, 2018 Feminatronic

Pauchi Sasaki wears her Speaker Dress (2014), containing 96 loudspeakers. Photo by Juan Pablo Aragon. © Pauchi SasakiOur clothes can be seen as a form of communication between ourselves and the outside world. They give a visual impression of who we are and how we would like to be seen by others. Pauchi Sasaki designs dresses…

via Speaker Dress by Pauchi Sasaki — Between Air and Electricity

Recommended site – Between Air and Electricity – Cathy van Eck

Bandcamp, Discovery, Focus, ICYMI, Introducing

Today’s Discovery – Delayed – Marlo Eggplant

December 20, 2017 Feminatronic

Just listen…

This was part of a noise community monthly trade series in 2017.
Released February 17, 2017

Experimental, Ambient, Electronic, Avant-garde, Drone, Noise.

Bandcamp, Discovery, Focus, ICYMI, Reblog, Recommends, Review

Review Reblog – Izabela Dłużyk ~ Soundscapes of spring

December 20, 2017 Feminatronic

So pleased to see this release on ACL 2017 Top Ten Field Recording and Soundscape list…I will never tire of it as it is perfection to the ear and soul.

a closer listen

Izabela Dłużyk’s Soundscapes of summer was A Closer Listen‘s favorite soundscape of 2016, and her latest album is just as remarkable. For this release, the artist has turned the dial back to spring, and we’re hoping (reasonably so) that the project will eventually become a quadriptych. The sounds here are as clear as any we’ve ever heard; the mastering is dynamic, the sequencing superb. To listen is to enter into a dream world that is actually real, including the “endangered Bialowieza primeval forest, Siemianowka lake (and) Biebrza marshes.” It’s a privilege to be able to hear these environments from the other side of the world, and to wonder at their fullness. Most people live near birds (or the other way around), but few people live near such a variety of voices.