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Reblog – Visual Noise 15: Cinechine and Nibiru by Mariska de Groot

November 15, 2016 Feminatronic

Always learn about and discover new artists via nnnoises.com and here is another in the series on visual noise, the artist being Mariska de Groot.

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Intrigued by optical sound, Mariska de Groot [NL] makes and performs comprehensive analog light-to-sound instruments and installations which explore this principle in new ways. Her work often has a reference to media inventions from the past, with which she aims to excite a multi-sensorial and phenomenological experiences in light, sound, movement and space.

CineChine

In CineChine you experience in physical proportions the phenomenon optical sound – an invention of the 1920’s applied in celluloid and synthesizers – where light and sound are a similar. Objects that remind of a disassembled movie machine are positioned in the room. For every exhibition a new side-specific composition is made:

Niburu

Nibiru is a mechanical performative installation wherein simple rhythmical body movements activates a squeaky pendulum drawing machine, that on its turn creates complex mathematical images. Noises of friction are amplified and sound patterns are created by light-sensitive speakers that scan the changing projected…

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Todays Discovery – Sonic Environment Waves (July 2016) — MAKING WAVES

October 17, 2016 Feminatronic

This month we’re delighted to have Dr. Leah Barclay, Co-Chair of Sonic Environments, and President of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology , guest-curate this playlist: Sonic Environment Waves. About the playlist, Leah writes: This playlist features composers who are working in innovative ways with place, environmental sound and new technologies. It has been curated to […]

via Sonic Environment Waves (July 2016) — MAKING WAVES

“Making Waves is a monthly series of curated playlists streaming one hour of quality, new composed music. Founded in 2015, Making Waves shines a spotlight on the music of Australian composers. Fresh playlists are released on the first day of each month and older playlists are made available all year round via our archives; perfect for those with just a few minutes to explore one track or for hours perusing a myriad of diverse sound-worlds.”

Not solely electronic. Much is Classical music and / electroacoustic but increasingly there are electronic elements in the compositions and a great introduction to Australian composers. Really recommend listening to the beautifully presented playlists.

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“I am a woman in electronic music”

October 1, 2016 Feminatronic

Kaleida – https://soundcloud.com/kaleidamusic

Mutamassik – http://www.roughamericana.com/

The SpaceLady – http://thespacelady.net/

Delia Derbyshire

Anda Volley – http://www.andavolley.com/

Buffys – https://soundcloud.com/the-buffy

Nite Jewel – https://soundcloud.com/nite-jewel

lena Biserna –

Ladyz in Noyz Australia – https://www.facebook.com/Ladyz-In-Noyz-Australia-128617450532997/

Marlo Eggplant – https://soundcloud.com/marlo-eggplant

Svetlana Maras – https://soundcloud.com/svetlanamaras

Ashley Paul – http://www.ashleypaul.net/

Julia Teles – https://soundcloud.com/juliateles

Empty Taxi – http://www.emptytaxii.com/

Her Beats – http://herbeats.com/

Zahra Mani – http://www.zahramani.com/#!

Mirium Mu

Yullippe – https://soundcloud.com/yuriurano

Nadine Richardson – http://www.nadinerichardson.co.uk/

Ellen Allien – http://www.ellenallien.de/

Julia Kent – http://www.juliakent.com/

Maile Colbert – http://www.mailecolbert.com/

Chra – http://www.comfortzonemusic.com/chra

Ana Maria Romano G – https://soundcloud.com/anamariaromano

Canned Fit – https://soundcloud.com/cannedfit

Experimental Housewife – https://soundcloud.com/experimental-housewife

La Cosa Preziosa – http://www.lacosapreziosa.net/

Umfang – http://discwoman.com/

Yoko Higashi – https://soundcloud.com/yokohigashi

Pinar Akbay / 2KTUP –

Luna Arakawa

Belly full of Stars – https://soundcloud.com/bellyfullofstars

paanalog – https://soundcloud.com/paanalog

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – http://kaitlynaureliasmith.com/

Anna Caragnano – https://soundcloud.com/annacaragnano

Mona Mur – http://www.monamur.com/

Maja S. K. Ratkje – http://ratkje.com/

Luong Hue Trinh – https://www.facebook.com/luonghuetrinh

RULA EL BAHR – https://soundcloud.com/rula-el-bahr

Lucia Dlugoszewski – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Dlugoszewski

female:pressure – http://www.femalepressure.net/

Christina Kubisch – http://www.christinakubisch.de/

Magz Hall – https://magzhall.wordpress.com/

Moon Martina Zal

Gail Priest – http://www.gailpriest.net/

Ipek Gorgun – https://soundcloud.com/ipekgorgun

SoundWomen – http://www.soundwomen.co.uk/

FETTER – https://soundcloud.com/fetter

Bishi – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bishi.co.uk

La Roux – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laroux.co.uk

Ella Orleans – http://elaorleans.wordpress.com/

Sarah O’Halloran – https://soundcloud.com/sarahohalloran

Eliana Rosales – https://soundcloud.com/eliana-rosales-1

Women in Electronic Music – https://www.facebook.com/wemusic?fref=ts

Ryoko Akama – http://ryokoakama.com/

Diane Thome – http://faculty.washington.edu/dthome/

Lyndsie Alguirre – https://soundcloud.com/lyndsie-alguire

Sapphire Slows – https://soundcloud.com/sapphire-slows

Ai Watanabe – https://soundcloud.com/a-watanabe

Klara Lewis – http://klaralewis.com/

Pink Noise – http://pinknoisemag.com/

Danielle Morales – https://www.facebook.com/danielle.morales.1297/about

Women Produce Music -https://t.co/D6Cjb4ZWLP

World is Listening – http://www.theworldislistening.co.uk/

Elizabeth Rose – http://www.elizabethrose.com.au/

Helena Hauff – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhelena-hauff.com

Matana Roberts – http://matanaroberts.com/

Leah Barclay – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leahbarclay.com

Jan Pulsford – http://www.janpulsford.com/

Puce Mary – http://pucemary.blogspot.co.uk/

Andrea Byrne –

Pia Palme – http://piapalme.at/biography/

Agnes Pe – https://soundcloud.com/agnes-pe/tracks

Tokimonsta – http://www.tokimonsta.com/

Kritzkom – http://www.kritzkom.com/

Karin Park – http://www.karinpark.com/

Jackie Ransom – https://soundcloud.com/jackie-ransom

Katie English / Isnaj Dui – https://soundcloud.com/isnaj-dui

Marjorie Van Halteren – http://www.thattuesday.com/aboutmarjorie/

_blank – https://soundcloud.com/null66913

Johanna Bramli – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johannabramli.com

Aura Satz – http://www.iamanagram.com/

Julia Hanadi aLabed – https://soundcloud.com/dzoulia

AGF / Poemproducer -http://www.poemproducer.com/

Luna Arakawa – https://www.facebook.com/arakawaluna

Christina Scarff –

Soundgirls – http://www.soundgirls.org/

Caterina Barbieri – https://soundcloud.com/caterinabarbieri

Pasajera Oscura – https://soundcloud.com/pasajera-oscura

Olivia Louvel – http://www.olivialouvel.com/

Cathy Lane – http://cathylane.co.uk/

Iris Garrelfs – https://soundcloud.com/iris-garrelfs

Sarah Bigdelli Shamloo – https://soundcloud.com/sara-bigdeli-shamloo

Anni Hogan – https://annihogan.bandcamp.com/

CAO – https://soundcloud.com/cao-6

Cherushii – https://soundcloud.com/cherushii

JLin – https://soundcloud.com/jlinnarlei

Valerie Vivancos – https://soundcloud.com/valerie-vivancos

Christine Schorkhuber / Canned Fit – https://soundcloud.com/cannedfit

Aphir – https://www.facebook.com/aphirism

Karen Power – http://www.karenpower.ie/Home.html

ADI (Umansky) – https://soundcloud.com/adiulmansky

Moira Munoz – https://www.facebook.com/moiramusik/timeline

Ah! Kosmos – http://ahkosmos.com/

Bjork – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbjork.com

Paperdollhouse – https://soundcloud.com/paper-dollhouse

Alma Laprida – https://soundcloud.com/almalaprida

VIGILANTE MARGARITA -https://soundcloud.com/vigilante-margarita

Regina Burbach – https://soundcloud.com/regina-burbach

Kaltes – https://soundcloud.com/kaltes

Maria Marzaioli – https://soundcloud.com/youandth

Riz Maslen / Neotropic – http://neotropic.net/

Natalya Drepina – http://www.last.fm/music/Your+Schizophrenia

Zoe Keating – https://www.facebook.com/zoekeating/timeline

Jane Weaver – https://soundcloud.com/jane-weaver

Viv Corringham – http://vivcorringham.org/

Mariam Rezaei – http://www.rezaei.co.uk/site/

Valentina Villaroel – http://valentinavillarroel.tumblr.com/

Helen Alexis – http://elena-alekseeva.com/

Anna Ostrom – https://soundcloud.com/anna-str-m-6

Kusum Normoyle – http://www.kusumnormoyle.com/

Beaks – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.herebeaks.co.uk

Women in Technology -http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/

Tina Pearson – https://tinapearson.wordpress.com/

Jyn Yates / Femtronica – http://jynyates.com/

Anne Guthrie – http://www.fraufraulein.com/anne/

Dana Ruh – http://www.danaruh.com/

Debs McCoy – http://debsmccoy.com/home.html

Fari Bradley – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faribradley.co.uk

Femecult – http://www.femmecult.com/

Ivory Towers – https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivorytowersmusic.com%2F

Una Lee – http://www.unalee.org/

MO – https://soundcloud.com/momomoyouth

Hausfrau – https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhausfraumusik.bandcamp.com

Blonde Maze – https://soundcloud.com/blondemaze

Joan La Barbara – http://www.joanlabarbara.com/bio.html

Lucette Bourdin – http://lbourdin.com/

Justine Electra – http://www.justine-electra.com/

Nic Endo – http://www.nicendo.com/

1st October 2016

Just the tip of the iceberg.

A few of the women I have linked with in Electronic Music.

Feminatronic is following 822 on SoundCloud alone and it’s growing everyday.

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Todays Discovery – Pioneering Canadian Women In Electronic Music

September 30, 2016 Feminatronic

Pioneering Canadian Women In Electronic Music

“Recent lists of pioneering women in electronic music have bolstered the fact that women were right there making significant work during the nascence of electronic music, from the late ’50s to ’70s, on a quest for sounds and sequences never heard before. Yet most of the women who helped pioneer electronic music in Canada don’t pop up in those lists….”

September 29, 2016

By Robyn Fadden

This article aims to rectify this.

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Reblog – Album of the Day: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani, “Sunergy”

September 23, 2016 Feminatronic 1 Comment

Couldn’t really pass this release and review…

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Event News – Mean Time

September 16, 2016 Feminatronic

MEAN TIME

Up until the 1st of October 1916 Ireland was on Dublin Mean Time, which was 25 minutes and 21 seconds behind Greenwich Mean Time. On that day, when England put its clock back by an hour for Winter, Ireland put its clock back by 35 minutes and ended the historic time difference between the two countries.

Mean Time is a collaborative art project inspired by this event and in particular by Countess Markievicz’s opposition to what she saw as one more act of colonial oppression: the imposition of a foreign time on what should have been a sovereign people.

The project is bringing ten professional female sound artists from Ireland and abroad to the historical location of Richmond Barracks in Dublin city, where 77 women were remanded after their involvement in the 1916 Rising- including Countess Markievicz herself.

They will perform a unique improvisation based on especially commissioned pieces on the theme of these lost 25 minutes and 21 seconds, for the anniversary of the abolition of Dublin Mean Time.

The event will combine contemporary music, performance art, radio art and electroacoustic composition, ‘clawing back’ time lost and imagining many possible future Irelands. The programme will be broadcast live on Nova, RTÉ Lyric FM.

In addition, a series of free sound art workshops for all the family will also take place on the grounds of Richmond Barracks on Saturday 1^st October. For more info: http://facebook.com/ meantime1916

Both performance and workshops are free but ticketed. To book please email: meantime1916@gmail.com

Mean Time is made possible thanks to the support of Dublin City Council and The Arts Council.

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Reblog – Spools Out Radio -My Female Tape Artists Twitterstorm (The Good Kind)

September 16, 2016 Feminatronic

Over in Twitterland there’s been a conversation about the perceived lack of women artists on Tape releases from all genres. This developed into a good healthy discussion and suggestions, which resulted in this article.
Check out the links and discover some great new artists and Tape distributors too.
Many thanks to Spools Out for posting the question in the first place. The resulting answers have been positive : )

Spool's Out

(featured image – Daphne Oram performing live back in the day)

So dear listeners, as I was perusing my incoming cassette tapes pile, I noticed I hadn’t a single plastic cassette that hadn’t been made by a chap/dude/bro. It’s not the ideal situation to have to do so, but I took to twitter to see if the social media hive mind could quickly solve my tape-based inequality problems, and tweeted the below:

Can anybody hook me up with some new tape release made by women? This whole tape thing's getting to be a bit too much of a sausage party.
— Chat PG Tips (@tristan_bath) September 15, 2016

I was far from disappointed by the resultant wave of recommendations, so thought I’d quickly chuck a load of the recommended artists and released I received into this very blog post…

Richard Hopkins of Feral Tapes jumped right in to tell me:

https://twitter.com/feraltapes/status/776340122119839744

Here’s some music from the Maurice’s…

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TECHNE – Call for Participation

September 15, 2016 Feminatronic

from TECHNE:

Dearest Electronic Musician and Artist,

You’re invited to participate in an experiment to map a history of women in electronic music for Sound American and it will only take a moment of your time!

…

TECHNE (Suzanne Thorpe & Bonnie Jones) have been invited by Nate Wooley, founder of the periodical Sound American, to create a graphic visualization illustrating a history of women in electronic music. The graphic will be published in the January 2017 print version of Sound American whose theme is “Networking.”

Here’s what you need to do to participate:

SUBMIT this form online with names of influential female electronic musicians https://goo.gl/forms/Fet9CLbmfkma1VPC2

CUT & PASTE & FORWARD our request (the entire email text) to a female-identified music colleague who is important to you

DEADLINE we need all responses by the end of the month, so take a moment right now to send this out into the world!

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Reblog / Web Focus – The Hum Blog

September 12, 2016 Feminatronic

via joan la barbara’s voice is the original instrument reissued by arc light editions — The Hum Blog

Posted this before I think, but you can’t have too much of a good thing. Also recommend browsing The Hum Blog, there are loads of really interesting articles covering many aspects of Electronic, Classical, Jazz and World music and is one of the places that I begin to read, learn loads and lose the time….

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News – ‘Reversal Of The Muse’ – femininity in creativity

August 30, 2016 Feminatronic

laura zattra

download REVERSAL OF THE MUSE is a new blog curated by Laura Marling that explores femininity in creativity.

The first podcast presents an interview with Vanessa Parr, sound engineer at The Village Studios in LA for 10 years, close collaborator of Elton John, B.B. King, Coldplay and John Mayer amongst others, and now independent sound engineer.

I find very interesting Laura Marling’s chat with Vanessa Parr where Vanessa recalls how she broke into a male dominated field, where female engineers are few and far between (the actual interview begins at 2’27”).

https://soundcloud.com/reversalofthemuse/in-conversation-with-vanessa-parr

This new blog has been shared on FB by the great mastering engineer Mandy Parnell.

Here is another video where Vanessa Parr discusses how she broke into the recording engineering field. It is no surprise that she states “I went to a number of studios where they say: ‘We don’t hire girls! We hire girls to be client-service-girls’ “.

<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/46336808″>Women In Rock’s…

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