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Weekly Theme – Between Continents

Some of you who follow Feminatronic on Twitter and Facebook will know that I post playlists based on a weekly theme. Since I have discovered that there are a lot more women creators out there than I realised, this enables me to highlight as much music as possible but also giving a fair hearing to many genres of electronic music.

These seem quite popular as a means of discovering new artists and music, so it’s about time I posted some here.

This week the theme has been Between Continents and has focussed on artists from, working / living  or have connections with Asia and Africa. Below are the two playlists that I have put together so far and  Album of the Week Ombrophilia by Tomoko Sauvage.

 

Artists on this playlist are Deena Abdelwahed, Kyoka, Liliane Chlela, Tujiko Noriko, Zahra Mani, Midori Hirano, Yoko Ono, Buffalo Daughter.

Artists on this playlist are Mutamassik, _litter, One Man Nation, YTAMO. unii, Yara Mekawei, Applex Twin and Fari B.

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Ombrophilia by Tomoko Sauvage

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REBLOG – This is what it sounds like when you turn antique telephone switchboards into musical instruments — Quartz

There was an eerie hum emanating from a dimly lit room above a bakery on a side street in Durham. In the corner of the room, Lori Napoleon sat next to a series of old switchboards, draped in wires and covered in blinking red lights. She’s controlling the switchboards, which are creating the droning sound…

via This is what it sounds like when you turn antique telephone switchboards into musical instruments — Quartz

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Todays Discovery -Nhung Nguyen & Cinchel – Movement of an Old Soul

Thanks to Stationary Travels I got a Mental Exfoliation and my Discovery Today is the sublime Nhung Nguyen & Cinchel – Movement of an Old Soul.

“…the perfect mix of the old timey and tinkly ambiance of electronically treated piano and music box, and perfectly blended, guitar fed, spatially mellifluous drone.”

             Couldn’t have put it better Stationary Travels

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REBLOG – Travelogue 2016.05.09: Mental Exfoliation — Stationary Travels

A listening journey with four albums composed of intricate electroacoustic textures, field recordings, and emotional undercurrents. Immersed in these mild sonic abrasions and vivid soundscapes, the mind can exfoliate… José Soberanes – The Rising Tide “In The Rising Tide, José strived to create something that would reflect his feelings of loss, anxiety and hope during what was […]

via Travelogue 2016.05.09: Mental Exfoliation — Stationary Travels

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REBLOG – Guest Blanca Regina with Steve Beresford and Karel Doing — Fractal Meat

I met with multidisciplinary artist and improvising musician Blanca Regina, and two of her collaborators Steve Beresford and Karel Doing, to discuss her practice and a selection of recordings. Tune into NTS.live for Fractal Meat on Monday night / Tuesday Morning 11th/12th April to hear the interview and tracks, 1am-3am.

via Guest Blanca Regina with Steve Beresford and Karel Doing — Fractal Meat

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REVIEW REBLOG – Ars Sonor and the Reviews of Caffeinate

Great overview again of a very eclectic artist.

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TODAYS DISCOVERY – PUCE MARY – THE SPIRAL

Some of you may know that I like a bit of noise but it has to be creative and have atmosphere and timbre. This is the brand new release from Puce Mary and it has all of this. See what you think. Also below is a short review from Heathen Harvest that sums it up really well.

 

On The Spiral, Puce Mary’s third LP for Danish underground titans Posh Isolation, Frederikke Hoffmeier fine-tunes her craftsmanship without forsaking her trademark unrest or perversity

Courtesy to Heathen Harvest

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ARTICLE REBLOG – SP 010: Christina Vantzou

This is everything you ever wanted to know about Christina Vantzou and then some. Recommended long read.

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Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy that can just as easily have come from a press release or a catalog, this series tries to take the emphasis away from the ‘what’ and shine light on the ‘how’ and ‘why.’ You can find the previous nine interviews, as well as additional articles and features, here.

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it’s a knowing and believing

Christina Vantzou released her debut solo record No. 1 on the august Kranky label, just a few months before we launched  ACL in early 2012, and we’ve followed her career carefully since. Though we knew her as one-half of the audio-visual duo The Dead Texan (alongside Adam Wiltzie), we were…

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Todays Discovery – Mayuko Hino

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Such ferocity  and power –

The Queen of Noise: Mayuko Hino Returns

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REBLOG – Listen: Pieces of Juno – ‘Valentine’

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Earlier in the week, when covering one of the latest tracks from Dream Wife, we apologised for missing the boat a little when it comes to Valentine’s Day-related musical material. Well, we have to apologise a second time (shame on us). Though to be fair, the latest track by Pieces of Junoisn’t exactly, directly, totally related to Valentine’s Day, it just happens to have a bit of a wordy connection to it.

But enough of our apologetic guff. We’re here to talk about the latest track from the Norwegian’s new instrumental EP Frisson, which comes out later this month on all-female collective KOSO. Kine Sandbaek Jensen has moved in all kinds of directions with her electronic project but from the sounds of ‘Valentine’ she’s continuing to experiment on this new collection. Starting out as a slow burner with a classical guitar lick, it soon gets taken over by some…

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