Well, while we're at it... Cinthie on/of Modus Bestus <https://soundcloud.com/cinthie> is one of the best damn ("new") house DJs I've heard in years.
She's prolific and her label has released a lot of good titles. First discovered her on her Boiler Room set <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEIxh3KWwyI>. Runs a rather active label. On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Holly MacDonald-Korth <hko...@jwkorth.com> wrote: > The simple fact that it is hard for anyone here to name more than a > handful of female producers is, in itself, a reason to mention them. > Clearly, the music should be judged for itself, but in an ecosystem that is > 95% (guessing here) male, there is indeed some merit in just identifying > female producers in order to hold them up, track down their music, and > judge for oneself whether it is worthy of praise independent of the context > of the maker. > > > > However, the fact is that most music cannot be judged independent of the > identity of the maker. Techno is unique in that respect since it is largely > visually anonymous and devoid of vocals. I proffer that from a male > perspective it seems easy to say “just get over it and judge the music > based on the music” but that does not take into account the possible > reasons for wanting to listen to and seeking out female produced music, and > the possible systemic challenges women and girls face both in learning to > produce music and getting it published and distributed. > > > > (I’m couching this with “possible” here because I’m LONG out of the scene > and the internet has changed a lot. But I don’t think it’s changed many > ingrained attitudes and knee-jerk reactions….) > > > > *From:* Peter Bense [mailto:textur...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, August 18, 2017 4:30 PM > *To:* Holly MacDonald-Korth > *Cc:* denisedalph...@gmail.com; christiaan76; Cole Evelev; Matthew Kane; > kent williams; Aidan O'Doherty; Marsel van der Wielen; list 313; Suzanne > Heinrichs; 3...@coke-smyth.net > *Subject:* Re: Female Producers > > > > Have any of you ever attended those electronic music events events with > *exclusively* female artists? > > > > I have. And in a lot of cases it seemed really awkward -- like the reason > they were selected as performers was due to their sex/gender over their > accomplishments as a performer/musician. (To say nothing of the male > patrons weirdly 'gawking' over them, which is also super creepy. A > separate issue unto itself.) > > > > So here we are listing out producers/djs, etc. and not discussing their > works or what makes them good (maybe one or two have, but most replies > haven't). > > > > That turns this into an ad-hoc roll call. Which again sort of reminds of > those types of events I just mentioned. To what end? > > > > How about indicate what makes them interesting to mention here, aside from > their sex/gender? That would seem like a more favorable way to approach > this discussion, while crediting them appropriately. > > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Holly MacDonald-Korth < > hko...@jwkorth.com> wrote: > > Exactly. > > > > *From:* denisedalph...@gmail.com [mailto:denisedalph...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, August 18, 2017 3:27 PM > *To:* christiaan76 > *Cc:* Peter Bense; Cole Evelev; Matthew Kane; kent williams; Aidan > O'Doherty; Marsel van der Wielen; list 313; Suzanne Heinrichs; > 3...@coke-smyth.net > *Subject:* Re: Female Producers > > > > The only way gender will be gotten over is when sexism, homophobia, and > transphobia are done. I love this thread. > > > On Aug 18, 2017, at 15:21, christiaan76 <gotrecord...@gmail.com> wrote: > > exactly. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 18, 2017, at 21:09, Peter Bense <textur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > More generally: why is this gender thing so important? Can't we get over > it already.. > > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Cole Evelev <cole.eve...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Sorry about that. This is who I was referencing. > > > > https://www.discogs.com/Powder-H/release/9983256 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > >
