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The general perception that there aren’t any women producers in electronic music is the first of the myths that I take to task in my forthcoming book. I’m sharing key ideas from each chapter as content on Instagram and in longer form here. This particular myth is very well fed and fattened up by the …
In April, the UK Government rejected the recommendations of the Misogyny in Music report issued in January 2024 by the Women and Equalities Select Committee. Let’s just run that again. The UK government decided to take absolutely no action to prevent women from systemic sexism, harassment and discrimination across the music industry in the UK, …
Misogyny in Music: Singing to the same old tune? Read More »
The only thing that should be on your mind when you’re off out clubbing is fun – having a great time and forgetting your worries. But for too many people that’s not the case – in 2021 a whopping 86% of women reported experiencing sexual harassment in public places with even higher rates for transgender …
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 »
The clue is in the name… Good Vibes Only is a super upbeat project founded by DJ Lady Eliza that’s equipping female DJs with entrepreneurship and business skills. When booking artists for her events, Eliza noticed a big difference in the ways men and women approached things. “While the guys were ready with their press kits at a moment’s …
Good Vibes Only: Finding your value as an electronic artist Read More »
Xylo Aria, producer, singer, songwriter and founder of MPW Xylo Aria is a singer, songwriter and producer based in Melbourne. Australia. She’s the driving force behind MPW – a development resource and community for women who want to learn how to produce their own music. Xylo was one of my first guests on In the Key of She, in …
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 »
This show was first aired as ‘Sisu Presents’ on Friday 27th Nov 2020 11am GMT on Threads Radio Available to listen in full at https://soundcloud.com/dovetail_uk/itkos-episode-22-lisa-lashes-nov-2020 Surely our biggest star to date, for this episode I am joined by Queen of Hard House, Ms. Lisa Lashes, also known as Lisa Rose-Wyatt, who started her DJ career …
Last week I gave my inaugural lecture as a Professor at the University of Portsmouth. I was speaking on ‘Doing what you Love: the aesthetics of 21st century work motivation’ and the talk was inspired by what I’ve learned through ‘In the Key of She’ about the importance of love as the driving force behind …
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 »
If you were an alien, beaming down the i360 to the 2019 Brighton Music Conference, I don’t think you’d have realised that the electronic music industry is a very male dominated world. Certainly at an iconic and futuristic venue, BMC 2019 felt like a vision of the future I’d like to see, in relation to …
A version of this article was published in July 2019 in The Conversation, on the website of the World Economic Forum and re-printed in The Independent newspaper. As the last of 2019’s Glastonbury Festival tents are packed down, its legacy might be more than mud-free memories of scorching sunshine. Hot on the heels of Primavera …
Music festivals: how to get more women on stage (and it’s not just 50/50 quotas) Read More »
I’ve just felt nervously inspired enough to (re)brand my DJ-researcher project. Meet Dovetail. Tough, but soaring techno – and where electronic music and academic curiosity come together. Last night I had an uncharacteristic bout of insomnia, and after pouring rich strong coffee on top of sleep deprivation, Dovetail felt ready to fly, right here, today, in …
Last month I was invited by the fabulous Natalia Data to take part in a ‘Women in DJ-ing’ panel at ‘SCWIM: South Coast Women in Music’ conference: a networking event put on by music degree students at Southampton Solent University. Being greeted with an excitable “Oh Hi! Are you the DJ from Cardiff?”, I was …
I’ve been working on a ‘back burner’ research project exploring the lives and work of underground techno DJ/ Producers (DJPs) in the UK for some time now – looking at how to navigate a successful career among the grass-roots of the creative industries and in particular how technology has reshaped the industries these guys work …