Last Friday wonderful ‘critical music’ journalist Anu Shukla from Resident Advisor ran a story on the In the Key of She Producer Directory – a database of 250+ artists who identify as female, trans or non-binary that Alex Wright and I have been putting together over the past few months. One of the first findings …
Leaving ‘identities’ out of electronic music is not an option: Here’s why Read More »
Sisu is a community providing a platform to educate, inspire and showcase aspiring women, trans women and non-binary DJ’s and producers. “To the Finnish people, sisu has a mystical, almost magical meaning, that can be roughly translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity…” www.finlandia.com I used to …
Unheard is Eve Horne’s campaign to forge solidarity among womxn in the music industry, raising money to help girls and womxn from disadvantaged backgrounds get educated in music production. At the same time, the striking black on white t-shirt based campaign is raising more awareness of the stark gender imbalance across the music industry, as the …
On Tuesday June 2nd 2020, the music industry pressed pause on their everyday activities to devote the day to education and reflection about how black, indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) are systematically oppressed by white supremacy on a daily basis, all over the world. Prompted by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA, …
9 things I learned about white privilege on Black Out Tuesday Read More »
Jacki-E (aka Jacqueline Palmer) has just won herself a residency at Liverpool’s techno club-night Mono in a live DJ competition. That takes guts by anyone’s standards but is an especially brilliant achievement for a woman, since all the other contenders were young guys, and men still dominate behind the decks and in electronic music studios. …
How to find music made by women. Drawing the line with Jacki-E Read More »
