FACTS report: women, nonbinary artists still face inequality at festivals

In the latest volunteer-run FACTS study, women and nonbinary artists are making steady, if slow, progress in representation across festivals. But the larger the festival, the less balanced the gender representation. This is the sixth FACTS report run by volunteers from the female:pressure network, published today on International Women’s Day (which is now a holiday […]

CDM Mixes: Voyage into sound like a mystic space cat, with akkamiau

Start your week right with some underground technoes. akkamiau is the multi-faceted Czech-born Akkamiau Kočičí, and she kicks off a special January for us.

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2018

On women’s day, imagining a new future in sound

Let’s be clear: there should be no excuse for the press in our sphere, including this outlet, to treat International Women’s Day as a chance simply to talk about women in music. That obligation is year-round and daily, or we simply aren’t doing our jobs. But that’s not the origin of Women’s Day, anyway. The […]

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2016

female:pressure seeks crowds to change the place of women in electronic music

Zuzana Friday Prikrylova - September 11, 2015

female pressure’s techno compilation is heavy, required listening

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2015

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