EVENT NEWS – PLEIADI: Electronicgirls celebrate their 6th birthday

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New collective release 
free-download
available from 9th January 

Electronicgirls celebrate their 6th birthday with a new collective release: Pleiadi. Participants have been asked to submit a 6 minutes piece composed by following the Instruction for the Realization by Johann Merrich. Each track can be heard individually or in a collective track format: Pleiadum Constellatio, a single body of sound made by the sum of each piece inspired by the works of Galileo, Cage and Stockhausen.
Pleiadi can be downloaded for free from 09.01.16.
On 9th January, electronicgirls will introduce this special release with a concert for electronic orchestra + dance performance by Marianna Andrigo, a solo show by the composer Patrizia Mattioli and a dj set by LECRI.

Venue:
Electronicgirls, Sesto Anniversario – 9 January 2016
S.a.L.E. Docks, Magazzini del Sale
Dorsoduro 265, Venezia
h. 21.00; free entry
Tracks by:
ALESSANDRA TREVISAN, B.E.A., DAVIDE PACHERA, FEDERICO DAL POZZO, ISABEL NOGUEIRA, JOHANN MERRICH, KALALUNATIC, NICO DE…

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NEWS UPDATE – SYRPHE – TODAYS DISCOVERY – FAR EAST ASIAN ELECTRONIC ARTISTS

SYRPHE has a new website with articles, gig lists and this piece –

Feminism in electronic and experimental music, the failure of most Westerners.

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Interesting perspective here and a wonderful insight into what artists are creating in other parts of the World, namely Africa and Asia. I have cited Syrphe on many occasions as a site that tirelessly promotes the creativity of artists in the electronic and experimental fields and the original playlists that I had on 8Tracks were based on the discoveries that I came across via Syrphe. The 8Track playlists I am in the middle of replicating on SoundCloud but this exhaustive list will add to the roster of artists I have linked with from not only Africa and Asia but also South America.
Finally, I recommend you read this article and discover for yourself. It’s great that there is an index of many of the under represented artists as well as the more known.

Here is a recommendation from last year but it still stands –

Todays recommendation from the Syrphe label is this wonderful sampler of  Far East Asian  experimental electronic artists and I shall be discovering more in the coming season but in the meantime –

EVENT NEWS – Introducing our new commissioned artists for DD Day 2016

INTRODUCING…Margaret Harmer

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MARGARET HARMER

Ambient electronic-acoustic textures & atmospheres, with drones and developments of subtle grooves. Reflexions on light, inner landscapes, abstract colors & shapes. Recurrent themes of transparency & daydreaming soundscapes.



REVIEW REBLOG – Björk: Vulnicura – Album Review

Lovely in-depth review courtesy of PonDeWayWayWay

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When I hear the words “breakup album” I have to hold back a groan; the cathartic nature of such an experience helps some artists to create their best work but it leads just as many, if not more, to deliver overwrought, cliché filled downers. So, when I was reading the news of  Vulnicura’s rush-release, my excitement was dampened somewhat by Björk’s own description of her latest album, her eighth and the first since 2011’s ambitious Biophilia project. However, as is almost always the case with the Icelandic auteur, things are rarely straightforward and never as expected. I should have known not to be worried, Vulnicura contains some of her most vulnerable and emotional work whilst ever continuing to innovate. As a result it may just be her best work since 2001’s Vespertine.

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REVIEW REBLOG – Furchick – Cats in the bath (Dick Smith mix)

Finally catching up this New Year and this is a good place to start…

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artist: Furchick
title: Cats in the bath ( Dick Smith mix)
keywords: experimental,
label: Dog Park https://dogparkrecords.bandcamp.com

I don’t know about you but my New Years wish was to exchange the rubber ducks in the bath with real life cats. I managed to exchange them, but not fairly sure if it was a good idea to do so. In fact under the layer of soapy foam there is water with a reddish glow, a colored substance coming from all the cuts my new bathing cats palls have been giving me. Apparently they don’t really like bathing, or water to swim in in general; where are the rubber sucks when you need them the most?

1 hmm… in a swimming-pool?

But unexpected help was on its way to safe me from the angry bath-haters sharp nailed paws, as I stumbled upon a magical trick to make the cats (and myself) in a…

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Off for a lie down…

 


Here is this years Christmas playlist and in typical Feminatronic fashion it’s not your usual Christmas list but sonically sounds like Christmas to me ( not sure what that says about me but hey ho : D).
Artists on this list are –
A Robin, Matana Roberts, Saira Raza , Sara Bigdeli Shamloo,Granit, Yullippe, Christina Vantzou, Sophie Cooper, Anda Volley and The Bug ft Liz Harris.

I might not be around much this holiday, so I just wanted to send a huge thank you to everyone who has liked, followed and commented on Feminatronic this past year, whatever platform you use.

I would also like to thank the Websites and Reviewers who have graciously let me plunder their writing expertise to bring News, Reviews, Interviews and New Discoveries.


You’re not supporting me personally, as such but the many creative women out there making music, sounds and noises using a multitude of electronic methods.

Finally, have a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year and hope you will stick with me for another year of discovery in 2016.

Best Wishes

Feminatonic

REBLOG – An Interview with Dani Mari of Female Frequency

Two great Organisations well worth checking out and supporting : ))

AOTY 2015 #9: Holly Herndon – Platform

Having a mass posting today…

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herndon Holly Herndon – Platform

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TODAYS DISCOVERY – Olga Wojciechowska – Maps And Mazes (Time Released Sound)

Headphone Commute has flagged this release a couple of times and every time the process of reblogging has failed me. Not this time. This is music that strikes a chord with it’s sheer beauty and would be on my Christmas list or Best Of… if I had one.

Read the review here –

[Maps And Mazes] is a stunning collection of electronically treated modern-classical beauties… somewhat dark and moody at times […] yet always elegant and absorbing…


Celebrating the eclecticism of Electronic Artists who identify as female