WiseUp 03/2024 -Female Pioneers of Experimental Electronica

Happy Feminist Day 2024!

For international women’s day or feminist’s day how I call it - I prepared for the 8th of march special program on radio orange a mix of female pioneers in electronic and experimental music. This research emerged from a presentation I recently did on the same topic, where I posed some questions around the investigation of 44 such female* pioneers and their biographies. This was followed by a listening session which was much too short. So, this is a more indepth listening session of their works, but of course represents only a glimpse into their musical worlds. Out of those 44 pioneers that have been born between the beginning of the 20th century and 1959 I selected 9 for todays show.

Listen to: Gita Sarabhai, Ruth White, Cathy Berberian, Delia Derbyshire & White Noise, Michèle Bokanowski, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Ikue Mori, Elisabeth Schimana And The International Theremin Orchestra & Liza N'Eliaz.