Compiled by In the Key, this directory is designed to help you discover new music from female, trans and non-binary electronic music producers. Organised alphabetically and by genre, the details provided are taken from the artists’ public profiles – ItK is impartial and is not endorsing, or affiliated with anyone listed here. This is by no means an exhaustive list, so please feel free to suggest producers we may have missed, and please help us keep the Directory current by letting us know of any broken links, or incorrect information.
Anih
Producer based in Mexico.
La Pera Records, Distance Music, Habitat, Tres14 Music, SK Recordings.
Anja Schneider
Producer based in Germany.
Anja Schneider is a DJ, producer, radio broadcaster, label boss, tireless creative force and mentor. Currently, two years into her Sous Music project, Anja continues to operate as one of electronic music’s most vital artists.
Baby Weight
Producer based in the USA.
For over a decade, Washington, D.C. based artist Baby Weight (aka Cara Eser) has been stunning dancefloors. Known for her signature genre bending sound, dynamic DJ sets,
and outspoken advocacy, she has earned the respect of some of dance music’s biggest talents including Fatboy Slim, Walker & Royce, LP Giobbi, Justin Martin, Chris Lorenzo,
Idris Elba, Nicole Moudaber, VNSSA, and has performed at notable festivals including Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, SXSW, Hard Summer, Lightning in a Bottle, Firefly Music
Festival, and Dirtybird Campout. In 2017, Eser founded the label Chub Rub which they use to showcase emerging sounds from under the radar artists across the house music spectrum. Under her direction, Chub Rub has amassed a cult following curated around quirkiness, community, and diversity. In 2019, her debut album ‘Phases’ peaked in multiple Top 10 charts on Beatport and spawned an equally as popular remix album in 2020. In 2020, she publicly came out as transgender citing a need to address her transition as an artist as well as in her personal life. Later that year, their track “Rave Police” reached #1 paving the way to a wider audience. In 2021, Baby Weight was featured in Mixmag as part of their ongoing ‘Impact’ series along with a critically well received guest mix. 2022 was a breakout year for Baby Weight with multiple high profile releases including ‘House Princess’ which was featured in Calvin Klein’s Pride campaign. In 2023, she was named by DJ Mag and The Blessed Madonna as an “artist to watch” leading to a nomination for “Breakthrough DJ of the Year (North America).” This momentum continued with ‘Slay 4 Me’ on He.She.They garnering heavy support from BBC Radio 1, Defected, Ministry of Sound, and a guest mix on Future Dance with Sarah Story. In 2024, her releases ‘Inner Voice’ and ‘For U’ broke new ground for her sonically before culminating in a buzzworthy set at Coachella that year.
For bookings brent@good-direction.agency / jon@good-direction.agency
Barbara Preisinger
Beth Lydi
Based in Berlin, Germany.
Beth Lydi | DJ | Producer | label owner SNOE. Born and raised in Oslo, living & loving in Berlin.
BLANKA
Producer based in Berlin, Germany.
You know it. We know it. The future is female and it will drive techno music to new boarders and strengths. Blanka is the perfect blueprint to experience today, what soon will be the buzz tomorrow. Originally from the south of Spain, the passionate artist started her musical journey in the city of Barcelona by the age of 18. Her style moved forward strongly and independent when eventually crossing paths and partnering up with Angioma for ROOM Lab’s streaming venues and M³ promoted parties all around the city. Her fusion of grooving techno and forward thinking house music has taken her to several dj performances on both, national and international scale now starting from CityHall and Apolo in Barcelona to Egg Club in London and Polygon Club in Berlin – just to name a few. It’s been no secret with the German capital of Berlin becoming her new residence. Her deep passion for the electronic music scene grounds where others refuse to show respect. And so it’s been her last release on ROOM Trax – together with partner in crime Angioma – by the name of „Dirty Pattern“ showcasing this within the scene. Remixers like P.leone or Rocko Garoni did the rest with their appearances on the faders. After first steps in the game it’s not a surprise at all that her path has just revealed the first glimpse of what promises to be a bright shining future. You can have a first insight of what’s about to come in her recent performance for Be-At TV’s Voxnox lockdown stream. And that’s just the deal today, for what the future is tomorrow.
Charlotte de Witte
Producer based in Ghent, Belgium.
Belgian DJ and record producer, born July 21, 1992 in Ghent, Flemish region.
Dana Ruh
Producer based in Germany.
Born and raised in Gera in Germany, Dana Ruh soon found her way to the capital city of Berlin. Since then she had been on a constantly evolving musical journey. In the early years, her sound was rooted in techno and landed most often on the label Brouqade Records, which she established in 2007. The label is still running too, and celebrated its 10th Year Birthday celebration entitled ‘Past/Present/Future’ that emphatically encapsulated all that’s great about the label.
Aside from Brouqade, Dana’s music has also featured on the liked of Autoreply, Work Them Records, Howl and Underground Quality. It was Jus Ed’s label where she released her stunning debut album. ‘Naturally’ in 2014, an LP that introduced Dana to a whole new audience and showcased her pure house sound with some distinctions. In 2017 she started her new Label ‘Cave Recordings’ that showcased her wide musical range mainly rooted in House with old school flavor.
Ela Minus
Producer based in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Electric Indigo
Producer based in Vienna, Austria.
Electric Indigo, DJ, composer, musician, has performed in 45 countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She represents an intelligent and distinguished interpretation of techno and electronic music. Her DJ-sets are characterized by a wide variety with a clarity of vision and a depth that comes from a deep understanding of the music and the art of DJing. As a composer and musician, she creates music for concert spaces and clubs, and occasionally for stage plays and short films. In her compositions and live performances, she emphasizes the spatial placement and precise structures of subtly elaborated sounds, often generated with granular synthesis. Her new album “Ferrum” was released on Editions Mego in March 2020. The Republic of Austria awarded Electric Indigo the Kunstpreis Musik 2020.
Francesca Lombardo
Producer based in London, UK.
Francesca Lombardo has cultivated a sound of her own via an emotional narrative of dreamy soundscapes, stirring melodies and hypnotic rhythms. Criss-crossing the globe as a DJ and live performer, she’s played monumental shows including IMS Dalt Villa, Burning Man, Tomorrowland, Get Lost, Resistance, Circoloco as well as The Royal Albert Hall. In tandem Francesca has built up a formidable back-catalogue of music on esteemed labels: Crosstown Rebels, Mobilee, Leftroom, Poker Flat, Bedrock, and her own Echoe and Echolette imprints amongst others. Entering a new phase of her career, Francesca unveiled her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Life Of Leaf’ in 2019, a collection of forward-thinking, powerful songs and made from the heart. Francesca recently launched her ‘Life of Releaf’ campaign which seeks to motivate the music industry into supporting global reforestation. Francesca Lombardo’s work isn’t just art alone, but a powerful statement to the world.
Helen&Boys
Producer based in Kharkov, Ukraine.
Helen&Boys. The real name is Elena Volos. She was born in Kharkov Ukraine. She was musical child and it was proved by that fact that she passed the exams to the Music school by herself when she was only 7 years old. At 2001 she graduated Music school on a class of a violin and a vocal. At present moment she is making tracks for herself and makes her way as a solo artist. She made a successful debut with a new EP “Just Take It”, which came out on the platform of the label Monotonik Cutz. Talent, hard work, and positive character couldn’t be overlooked by leadership of the imprint, and in the spring Helen has become a full member of the family Monotonik. Evolving towards Tech House, she is rapidly gaining love of people and confidently going to her dream.
Ida Engberg
Producer based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Julie Marghilano
Producer based in Germany.
Kelly Lee Owens
Producer based in London, UK.
Convention-blurring techno producer/musician Kelly Lee Owens will release her second album, Inner Song, on May 1st via Smalltown Supersound. Inner Song follows the 2017 release of her much lauded self-titled debut, as well as remixes of St. Vincent and by Björk, last year’s “Let It Go / Omen” 12”, and her recent collaboration with Jon Hopkins on the one-off “Luminous Spaces.”
Kittin
Producer based in Paris, France.
Caroline Hervé (born 1973), known professionally as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles “1982” and “Frank Sinatra” with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy. She released her debut solo album I Com in 2004, a second, BatBox, in 2008, and a third, Calling from the Stars, in 2013. She achieved international popularity with the singles “Rippin Kittin” and “Silver Screen Shower Scene”.
Lady Packa/Lady K
Producer based in Seville, Spain.
LADY K aka LADY PACKA /DJ PRODUCER
REMIXER/ V.I.M Records Diablo Loco, Casa do Conde, Club66/ Seville SPAIN