No disrespect to the BBC Radio 1 host, DJ and impeccable taste-maker, but here are some female producers making the music that is shaking up the dance floors across the world.
So, if you think bass-driven dance music such as dubstep is for a bunch of testosterone filled dude-bros, here's who your totally passing up!
PS...their hawt as well! What a plus
KITO
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Subeena's musical background stemmed from another parents failed attempt of turning their daughter into a classically trained musician (her dad tried to get her to play the violin, piano...even sing Opera). This female now runs her own label, Opit, outputting things to her liking and also has releases on the legendary Planet Mu
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radar when number one dubstep producer, Skream, introduced
her tune 'What If' to the world.
Skream then signed her next four tunes to his imprint Disfigured Dubz.
beats were more her foray. However, she has come to use this
background to create vast soundscapes and textures using, digital manipulation, dusty vinyl and live instrumentation.
She is part of the prestigious LA beat scene collective, Brainfeeder which feature the likes of Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Daedelus and Lorn just to name a few. Expect an EP from her soon mastered by Low End Theory and Alpha Pup Records owner, Daddy Kev
As the sounds of London continue to evolve quicker than you can slap a name on it, out from under comes this mistress blending sounds from funky, garage, and dubstep. As a result, only a label like Hyperdub could serve as a means for her output. Oh...and don't you dear dismiss her as a softy. Before she was making electronic music, she was drumming for hardcore and metal bands!
Also on Kode9's variant electronic label,
Hyperdub; single mother, Cooly G, runs her own night in
South London called 'The Producers House', drops her mesmerizing vocals on her own tracks
and continues to
push her unique tech / dubby style of UK funky,
...need I say more!
Subeena's musical background stemmed from another parents failed attempt of turning their daughter into a classically trained musician (her dad tried to get her to play the violin, piano...even sing Opera). This female now runs her own label, Opit, outputting things to her liking and also has releases on the legendary Planet Mu
Married to drum & bass producer, ASC, this woman is no stranger to the electronic music scene. She has worked years as a promoter within
the industrial rock and IDM scene. Deciding to
make an outlet for her own music, her and her husband now run several labels
primarily pushing the dubstep and drum & bass genre
Here are some other noteworthy mention females worth checking out...
Feel their estro-bass!
