A brand new directory, namely the first of its kind, has been created for women, trans, and non-binary musicians in electronic music. Titled In The Key of She, the new directory aims to bring forward female and non-binary artists and help people discover new music from a range of both up-and-coming and established musicians.
Kyle Watson has been working hard to carve a space out of the global house scene for his own brand of house music. Sculpted from many avenues, Kyle Watson turns his inspiration into unique sounds that style after forward-thinking house music. His hypnotic sounds of basslines and drums have warranted him industry nods from popular electronic artists such as: Diplo, Chris Lake, and Gorgon City. They’ve all of who have given Kyle an opportunity to spread his music worldwide as well as allow him to become a headliner for many shows.
Even though electronic dance music was born from BIPOC and LGBTQI+ communities, the current incarnation of dance music in North America is overwhelmingly white and male. This lack of diversity in dance music is no more present than on festival lineups across the United States. With the pandemic shutting down the live music industry, some members of the dance music community wondered if promoters would take this time to discover new artists and emerge from the ashes with diverse, innovative lineup offerings. As you dust off your dance shoes, let’s see how diversity on 2021 music festivals is tracking. Will 2021 welcome a shift in the festival rotation from previous years?
International Music Summit (IMS), the three-day educational and inspirational thought leadership platform and leading authority on electronic music, celebrated its 10thanniversary this year and once again brought forward some of the key issues facing the electronic music industry in 2017. Chief amongst these are the gender imbalances in studios and on festival and party line-ups, where only 5% of producers and 17% of festival headliners are female.
Became of this Smirnoff has launched an initiative to join forces to commit to double the number of female headliners, as announced on International Womenâs Day.
