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chekov wrote:

lovelydivot wrote:That's exactly what I am talking about.


I'm just a woman rambling about some stuff.

he made no mention of your gender actually

butter man wrote:
Compete talent.

Evolve pleasure.

magma wrote:Why aren't there more women active in electronic music?

Genevieve wrote:This girl is a DJ..

Johnlenham wrote:

magma wrote:Why aren't there more women active in electronic music?

Good points.

Genevieve wrote:This girl is a DJ..

So is she not really sure what the point of the gif but

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1115

I'd like to talk a little more in-depth about your perspective on gender because I don't think serious conversations take place, especially in techno.
That's because it's not easy to talk about, because there are a lot of clichés. I'm not really a feminist or gender theorist. If I like the artist it doesn't really matter what sex they are, but there is a certain difference in the sensibility of men and women by default. It's a natural thing. There is something. Even the way to express or approach things. Music, literature, any kind of expressive activity or art, and it is different. For women, they have this cycle every month, this hormonal cycle that influences perception, reaction, expression, impression. It's different for men. I feel my sensibility is more psychotic during that part of the month [laughs] and then two weeks later it could be something different... I feel my feminine sensibility is related to my hormonal cycles. That's biology. So I can't deny it. This is part of the whole aspect of intellectual, creative process. You have to accept it, and work with it.

OK, so that's how your biology influences your creativity, but what about how the scene receives you as a woman?
There is the other side of it, that "techno music is masculine music." [It] is not really masculine on purpose. It's just a society that's developed a certain way. There are certain situations, ridiculous situations, where people are very sexist. I know women who bring their sexuality to DJing and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I have a colleague of mine, she was playing Panorama Bar, and she very "girlish," which is cool.

This critic, a friend of a friend, said, "She's just moving her bottom and moving her tits, it was not about the music," which was totally not true! It's just not the way the music would affect him. The music is sexual. Personally, I think techno is liberating—like any music, actually, if it's good. But for me, it's the physicality of techno. There is a proved theory I think, where they found a certain range of frequencies of very, very low bass—I can't remember the exact hertz—that provokes excitement on a women's organs. The woman likes bass.

Johnlenham wrote:

I'm not really a feminist or gender theorist. If I like the artist it doesn't really matter what sex they are, but there is a certain difference in the sensibility of men and women by default. It's a natural thing. There is something. Even the way to express or approach things. Music, literature, any kind of expressive activity or art, and it is different. For women, they have this cycle every month, this hormonal cycle that influences perception, reaction, expression, impression. It's different for men. I feel my sensibility is more psychotic during that part of the month [laughs] and then two weeks later it could be something different ... I feel my feminine sensibility is related to my hormonal cycles. That's biology. So I can't deny it. This is part of the whole aspect of intellectual, creative process. You have to accept it, and work with it.


There is a proved theory I think, where they found a certain range of frequencies of very, very low bass—I can't remember the exact hertz—that provokes excitement on a women's organs. The woman likes bass.

kingGhost wrote:she's Russian i think so perhaps there's something lost in translation there -

It’s nice to see more female DJs and producers breaking through in the last couple of years, do you think its harder for females to make a name for themselves within the electronic music scene? How did you get your first break?
I don’t necessarily think it’s harder for females as long as you’ve got the skills and the ear, but I have previously experienced quite judgemental attitudes from fellow male producers when I first tell them what I do. Obviously being a young female producer a lot of guys would write me off a shit before they’ve actually heard any of my music. So sometimes it has been hard to be taken seriously on initial meeting! But luckily I’ve never had that problem once a person has heard my productions . Female producers come pretty far a and few between so when one comes along that is equally as good as the boys I think sometimes people get a bit shocked or maybe threatened. I get asked by so many guys whether I use an engineer or If I really do it all myself…? The answer is NO I do not use an engineer to do all the work! and YES! I make all my own music! hehe

Johnlenham wrote:

kingGhost wrote:she's Russian i think so perhaps there's something lost in translation there -

Yeah Nina also says some stuff that is hard to make sense of.
Im bored so im trying think of other "big" female Djs that might have interviews relating to the subject at hand.. Heidi, Ikonica and Maya Jane Coles are the only other two I can think of right now.

Terpit wrote:

Johnlenham wrote:

kingGhost wrote:she's Russian i think so perhaps there's something lost in translation there -

Yeah Nina also says some stuff that is hard to make sense of.
Im bored so im trying think of other "big" female Djs that might have interviews relating to the subject at hand.. Heidi, Ikonica and Maya Jane Coles are the only other two I can think of right now.

The bird from Faithless? I saw her DJ here a few years ago

Genevieve wrote:DJ Rap, Robyn Chaos, Lucy Furr, DJ Anime, Korsakoff?

Biggest female DJs I can think of atm.