Expand my experimental music horizons
July 21, 2023 8:20 AM   Subscribe

I'm looking for more industrial / noise / ambient / experimental music by women/non-binary/trans folks. I have a pretty big list already but it's all starting to get too familiar. Top marks for things that are not tooooo screamy, don't have much if any lyrics, and have more rather than less bass. But honestly just give me what you got.

Examples: Uboa, Evelyn Glennie, Pon Daijing, Charlotte de Witte, Lana Del Rabies, Golem Mecanique, Emily Glass, Juliana Warwick, Android Lust, Lingua Ignota, Alice Glass, Klein, Kali Malone, Pharmakon, Analog Pussy, Diamanda Galas, Jarboe, etc etc etc

It's a hard requirement that a solo artist must not be cis-male or the group not be majority cis-male, thanks.
posted by seanmpuckett to Media & Arts (21 answers total) 26 users marked this as a favorite
 
you might enjoy vyva melinkolyaky
posted by troywestfield at 8:30 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


Maybe Unicorn Hard-On?
posted by aubilenon at 8:40 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


100 gecs are a sort of a glitch pop duo with a trans woman, super fun, lots of bass and crunchy noise (eg Dumbest Girl Alive). Very lyrical though.
posted by SaltySalticid at 8:56 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


Give Mueran Humanos a try. A Spanish female + male gothic / krautrock / psychedelic / electronica duo, Carmen's the frontwoman. Their Hospital Lullabies album is a good starting point. (Some tracks have male vocals, but the majority are female.)
posted by snarfois at 9:10 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


Maryanne Amacher is foundational, and still one of my favorite listens.
posted by Silvery Fish at 9:20 AM on July 21, 2023 [3 favorites]


Moor Mother was the first name that came to mind; on the ambient/experimental end, but no less intense.

Mary Halvorson is one of the finest improv jazz guitarists today, if that fits your definition of “experimental”.
posted by macdara at 9:24 AM on July 21, 2023 [2 favorites]


Teleforming The Gate, a MeFiMu track

edit: whoops you already commented on this one nearly 11 years ago
posted by glonous keming at 9:32 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


In the modular synth / ambient realm: Hélène Vogelsinger, Emily Sprague, Suzanne Ciani.

Not sure how I'd classify it but Jessica Moss - Particles is one of my favorite pieces of music.
posted by davidest at 9:34 AM on July 21, 2023 [2 favorites]


Flow State is a substack that features an instrumental/ambient artist of the day. There are cis-males featured but not exclusively so, so you might enjoy scrolling through and checking out the various artists.
posted by thebots at 9:53 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]




Here's a piece from NPR reviewing a book/interviewing the author of a recent book on minimalism in music, with a focus on LGBTQ+ creators. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188809648/interview-on-minimalism-documenting-a-musical-movement
posted by skwm at 10:05 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


Claire Rousay
posted by avocet at 10:48 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


Olga Wojciechowska
posted by bananana at 11:12 AM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]


You might like this mix for The Wire by Nondi_ or her album Flood City Trax.
posted by clockwork at 12:38 PM on July 21, 2023 [1 favorite]








A few come immediately to mind:
orphyx is cool, I've seen them live a number of times
bBomit is chaos
Shimmer Crush is great
and I also asked my friend that runs the noise label Bugscrawlingoutofpeople, and he suggested:
Black Dresses
HIDE
Boy Harsher
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 3:42 PM on July 22, 2023 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: I am going to follow up on each and every one of these suggestions.

Meantime by way of thanks and for your consideration here are others from my lists that don't appear above. There may be some more trance/dance/rap intersectionality here, too.

Divide and Dissolve
Hatis Noit
Ursula Bogner
Klara Lewis
Avola
Nyokabi Kanuki
Nene H
Mari Lattimore
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kelly Lee Owens
ANONHI
Jenny Hval
Sevdaliza
Hana
Shygirl
COUCOU CHLOE
Tzusing
Kira Kira
Ayami Suzuki
Jako Jako
Salamanda
Courtesy
Anja Lauvdal
Surgeons Girl
Maya Shenfield
Katarina Gryvul
Valentina Magaletti
Yeong Die
Dorothy Carlos
Mouth Wound
Sharkiface
Evicshen
Lucrecia Dalt
Adela Mede
Cruel Diagonals
Spiracle
Backxwash
PussyVision
Leslie Keffer
Barbara Dang
Seaming To
Noveller
Ziur
Marina Herlop
Carmen Villain
Perila
Laurel Halo
Beatrice Dillon
Ulla
Li Yelei
Matana Roberts
Laurie Spiegel
I:Scintilla
Ayria
Amelia Arsenic
Maria Zerfall
Genevieve Pasquier
Malaria!
Clara de AsisCasanora
Isabella Forciniti
Mona Mur
Debby Friday
When Humans Had Wings
Longstocking
Julia Kent
Noriko Tujiko
ManMadeMen
Michele Adamson
Spinney Lainey
Carla dal Forno
MHYSA
Jana Rush
Klein

Please don't consider this ask closed -- every suggestion will be listened to!
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:06 AM on July 23, 2023 [1 favorite]




I'm going to have to check out your list as well! omg I love Mona Mur! went to see En Esch at the Bovine about 10 years back and she was a surprise guest - amazing!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:57 PM on July 23, 2023


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