Sisu Presents: In the Key of She

Our first guest of 2021 is multi-talented Estelle Rubio! A DJ, Producer, singer/songwriter and self-confessed music tech geek with Latin heritage, Estelle tells us about her work with Basement Jaxx, Native Instruments, as well as her unique project 'Bow Balearic Beat' where she has teamed up violinists Gita Langley & Jessie Murphy - an innovative and stylish collaboration of DJ, Beats and live strings! In this episode, we hear a whole bunch of unreleased new music from Estelle - from progressive tech-house, to meditation music, violin based vocal house to a deep house mix to round off the show. Estelle tells us about her journey into music and her self-confessed 'schizophonia' and how her aim is to 'bring the glamour to the geek' in busting sterotypes and being a role model to show that girls can be glam, gorgeous AND techy. We chat motherhood, age, networking, confidence, and much more - full show notes are available on the ItKoS blog at www.inthekeyofshe.org @estellerubio-1 insta: @estellerubiomusic facebook: @estellerubiomusic YouTube: estellerubio www.estellerubio.com/

This is a radio show, presented by Sam Warren to showcase the music and stories of female, female identifying and non-binary electronic music producers as they navigate their way through a very male dominated world. Each episode includes an in-depth, heartfelt interview with several of the guest's own productions, all rounded off with a guest mix. Our guest for Episode 20 is Jacki-E, a techno DJ and producer based in Northampton, UK. Jackie is a member of Sisu and curator and presenter of the excellent Draw the Line - a radio show that airs weekly on Radio Flintshire, features music by womxn and guest mixes by female and non-binary DJs. With her first EP released on Get Physical, and several more now under her belt, Jackie is certainly making a name for herself with her go-getting attitude, energy and enthusiasm. All the more impressive when you realise that Jackie is doing all this in her retirement! Join us for an fantastic chat, lots of inspiration, and a great techno guest mix! @jackiepalmer @threadsradio

This is a radio show, presented by Sam Warren to showcase the music and stories of female, female identifying and non-binary electronic music producers as they navigate their way through a very male dominated world. Each episode includes an in-depth, heartfelt interview with several of the guest's own productions, all rounded off with a guest mix. Our guest for this episode is Johannesburg based René King, who's been producing Drum & Bass since her early teens, and started DJing so she could play her music to the masses! René is one of a growing number of D&B DJs in South Africa. and one of only 10 fxmale artists to be part of the Hospital Records producer mentoring programme. In this show, she talks to Sam Warren about how that's going for her so far, the drum & bass scene in SA, and she's full of super useful pieces of advice for anyone starting out in production, one of which is to be patient and bide your time! While her soundcloud page is full of cracking tracks (and we feature several in this show) she has yet to release on a label. We're pretty sure she's going to go far when she does! https://soundcloud.com/staycmusic

Mali Larrington-Nelson AKA Shy One lives and breathes the eclecticism and diversity of her DJ sets and productions. Having started off DJing on pirate radio at 13 years old, Shy One has been exposed to and influenced by the full spectrum of sounds her hometown of London has birthed and nurtured over the years. As with many teenage Londoners at the time, grime and the wider family of indigenous London club music was what gave Shy One the passion to pursue music as more than a pastime. Obsessively collecting white labels by some of her local production heroes quickly developed into obsessively making beats in Fruity Loops for a plethora of different crews and MCs bubbling up in Harrow, the North West London borough she grew up in. Undeterred by those in the scene who called her beats “weird” or “different”, Shy One ploughed on carving out her own sound which eventually caught the ear of Scratcha DVA, who went on to release the Decaffeinated Love EP and her debut LP, Bedknobs and Boomkicks, on his now renowned DVA Music imprint. Since her initial releases with Scratcha, Shy One has continued to grow as an artist and diversify further into a somewhat undefinable sound that's origins are undoubtedly London but take in a huge variety of musical cultures, from hip-hop and jazz to house music and West London's own brokenbeat movement – all of which are well represented on her various radio shows across stations like Balamii, NTS and Rinse FM. As well as DJing and releasing music more recently on labels like Diskotopia and Through My Speakers, Shy One is also a resident DJ and part of London's BBZ and Touching Bass collectives – two forward thinking groups of artists, DJs, and activists that strive to create a space for London's marginalised LGBTQI+ and POC communities respectively through art, music and culture. https://earth-agency.com/artists/shy-one/ @shyonebeats

We are back with Madame Electrifie (aka Little Jo) talking about her glittering DJ career and journey into production with her band Cassini Circles. Fusing the best vintage beats with the best of the modern age; Madame Electrifie takes classic grooves and threads through everything from hip hop, to house, breaks and drum and bass to create a raucous dance floor focused party, all with that distinctive driving sound that's a firm nod to her breaks and tech roots missed with plenty of funk, fun and nonsense on the way. In 18 years on the decks, she's played some of the UK's leading venues across the years, from Ministry to Turnmills, and has graced many of the leading London warehouse parties supporting some of the biggest names in electronic music over the years across all spectrums of the dance music world including The Stanton Warriors, Jon Carter, Elite Force, A Skillz, , Annie Nightingale, Rob Da Bank, Krafty Kuts, and a whole host of bands. In contrast, her band Cassini Circles are a electronica act featuring vocalist Shannon Kait and producers Jo Burns (Madame Electrifie) and Yoshe Watson. Their music takes a journey through dark brooding basslines and haunting vocal melodies, through electronica, trip hop and house. Influenced by the energy of the dancefloor combined with the ambience of the after party, it's a heavy blend taking in influence from everything from jazz to dub. https://soundcloud.com/cassinicircles https://soundcloud.com/madame-electrifie Soundcloud.com/threadsradio

DJ Khromata, all the way from San Francisco, USA. In conversation with Sam Warren, while she was in London for a gig this January, she tells us how she got hooked on the psychedelic trance scene from the age of 13, earning herself the nickname of Goa Princess at school. Following years of experience playing shows and festivals around the world, her versatile and spirited approach to sound weaving landed her as a label DJ for Iboga Records. Driven by fun, energy and technical purity, she cannot be summarized by any single set or sound, making every Khromata performance an intoxicating, one-of-a-kind experience. She now runs her Khromata Nights parties in San Francisco, has headlined shows across North America, and been direct support for legendary artists, playing opening and closing sets for acts such as Astrix, Liquid Soul, Vini Vici, Perfect Stranger, Captain Hook, Ticon, Emok, Atmos, Mad Maxx, Gaspard, Deedrah, and more. @Khromata @Dovetail_uk

Sam Warren / In the Key of She – “Just put yourself out there!” This IWD special investigates women's careers as self-producing electronic artists. Join Prof Sam Warren (aka Dovetail) exploring what it means to have “confidence” …an oft-cited critical success factor in the music business against a soundtrack of hand-picked, beautiful groovealicious tunes by women & gender non-conforming artists. @dovetail_uk www.inthekeyofshe.org @threadsradio

Episode 14 of Sisu Presents: In the Key of She with very special guest B.Traits - Queen of Eclectic Beats, label boss, producer and Radio 1 DJ for 6 years. You'll hear her fabulous story and a fast, furious, filthy mix from her new alias Baby T - we're stuck indoors so there's never been a better time to tune into the radio!! B.Traits utilizes her influential position to full effect by tackling pressing issues like the need for widely accessible drug safety information, as well as fighting passionately for a rich and progressive club scene in the UK. Her latest project, an event series titled Paciphonic, explores a combination of ambient and minimalist music, sound and frequency activations, and group meditation. She aims to effectively bridge the gap between what she does musically already as a selector, producer, curator, and presenter, and combine it with her knowledge and practice in self-development and life balance. Through Paciphonic, she hopes to build an inclusive community, to collectively enhance and improve our well-being. A skilled producer, DJ and presenter. You should certainly expect the unexpected where B.Traits is concerned – but if there's something you can predict, it's that whatever comes next will be dedicated and unique. @btraits www.inthekeyofshe.org @dovetail_uk

LP Giobbi (like the Italian... gee-oh-bee) is a "producer-DJ-music director-synth warrior goddess born in Oregon and based in LA". She's also our guest on Episode 13 of Sisu Presents: In the Key of She! 13 is a number traditionally associated with feminine power and energy and OMG that sums LP! This show is one of the most fun and uplifting shows we've produced - bassy, jazzy, piano house and an incredible "tits out" enthusiasm for life (her words, but now mine!!) When she's not collaborating or touring with the likes of Sofi Tukker, Jax Jones, Hotel Garuda or Autograf, she's co-founding burgeoning publishing companies and touring parties (Animal Talk Collective), heading up a thriving non-profit organization to address the lack of representation and equity in electronic music (FEMMEHOUSE), acting as North American Music Director for W Hotels, and running her namesake apparel business (GIOBBI). In 2019 alone, she performed breakthrough sets at some of the biggest festival stages in the US, including Moogfest, HARD Summer and Coachella—DJMag even named her track “Amber Rose” as one of its 20 massive tracks at this year's festival. She's been co-signed by some of music biggest names and brands, providing mixes to Diplo's Revolution on SiriusXM, collaborating with ROLI and Native Instruments, and partnering with brands like Moog, Guitar Center, and Roland Tracks played during the interview: Perfect Fire: Lpgiobbi – Perfect-fire Amber Rose: Lpgiobbi – Amber-rose Dejala Pasar Lpgiobbi – Dejala-pasar-feat-within-radio-edit Ready to Go: Lpgiobbi – Ready-to-go Jungle Queen: Lpgiobbi – Jungle-queen-feat-tt-the-artist @lpgiobbi beatport.com/artist/lp-giobbi/699908 www.lpgiobbi.com @moog @sirusxm

Berlin based synaesthesic sound artist Portrait XO joins us for Episode 12. Producer, songwriter, and artist with an incredible voice, she blew our mind with her amazing projects blending taste, smell and sound as she experiences them in the cross-wiring of her senses! With a residency at Factory Berlin, and as an ambassador for music tech innovator ROLI, Portrait XO is pushing the boundaries of music further than you could ever imagine... @portraitxo www.portraitxomusic.com/ instagram: @portraitxo www.facebook.com/PortraitXO/ Tracks featured during the interview: Gold and Feather: beatport.com/track/gold-and-fea…iginal-mix/7561218 Sound tasting: youtube.com/watch?v=c5OUkhDI4vI The Chasing Game: Portraitxo – The-chasing-game Little Love: Portraitxo – Little-love Take Me Home (unreleased) A1V1: subscribe to Portrait XO's mailing list (from her website) to receive details of the album/ artefact's release Tracklisting for guest mix from Portrait XO: 00:00 Tunnel, Portrait XO x Aesteroids & Earthquakes 03:17 Outta Nowhere, ST4RFOX 06:16 OAT, Zimbu 09:12 Feed The Tape, Orson Hentschel 13:45 Shades, Kloxii 17:00 Crybaby, Drum & Lace 20:10 A2 Synkro Images, Sieren 24:15 Day & Night, Ellen Kytto ft. James Heather 27:34 InTerjeCtions, Akkamiau 28:43 Audara, Lindahl feat. Koka 32:20 23 Seconds, CICCONE 36:00 TH (nonaame), Pilo 41:00 Fracture, Pilo & Raito

Sisu Presents: In the Key of She is stoked to bring you our first psytrance artist - Psibindi. Having cut her psychedelic DJ teeth on the squat party scene, she's been producing dance music for near on ten years, but singing and songwriting since the age of 13! Founder of female collective, platform and record label Psy-Sisters, Psibindi also heads up a five-piece band that's been described as reminiscent of an 'Asian Prodigy'. As usual Sam Warren will be chewing the fat with Psibindi, playing the whole range of her musical creations and we'll end with an up for it mix from Psibindi recorded at the Halloween TRiBE of FRoG party. Rena teamed up with top music producer Hannah V (Rihanna, Jessie J, Stormzy) to record her latest single 'Find Me', launched on Psy-Sisters Music - the global arts collective and music label. The single attracted much media interest with interviews on TV show London Live, Soho Radio, Wandsworth Radio and an exclusive interview with top British broadcaster Jasmine Dotiwala on BBC Radio London. ‘Find Me' was also featured twice on BBC Introducing London. @psibindi @threadsradio @dovetail_uk

Sound designer, composer, producer of weird and wonderful sonic textures, Johanna Bramli joins Sam Warren for Episode 9 of Sisu Presents in the Key of She. Hear about Johanna's solo project, the all-female, sonic installation choir 'The Larsens' (I have no real idea how to describe them!!) and her fantastic electro-pop band Fröst who I have fallen head over heels in love with. She also chats to Sam about life as a music tech lecturer and why she co-founded MAMI - 'Mamas across the music industry'. All this plus a load of eclectic, beautiful, infectious electronic music! @dovetail_uk @threadsradio

Episode 8 of Sisu Presents: In the Key of She with very special guest Tracie Storey, aka 10 Sui - the 'First Lady of Breaks'. Tracie has over 20 years experience in the industry, breaking through in the early 2000s as one of the hottest breaks DJs and producers of the time. With releases and residencies with TCR and Ninja Tune Tracie is no stranger to the life of an international professional DJ, regularly playing all over the world throughout the noughties. But her story takes a fascinating twist as she downed tools behind the decks to train as a Vibrational Sound Therapist and now uses her musical power to heal others through her project Elemental Resonance. @10sui https://www.elementalresonance.com @threadsradio @dovetail_uk

Episode 7 of Sisu Presents: In the Key of She with Sam Warren Some updates from the project and a summer mix from Dovetail featuring all gals on the DAWs... exclusively female producers and/or remixers to go with your poolside sundowners! @Dovetail_uk @threadsradio

Xylo Aria's soundcloud page: @xyloaria and Facebook artist page: www.facebook.com/xyloaria/ Music Production for Women: musicproductionforwomen.com Join Sam Warren for two hours of music and chat with Xylo Aria, singer songwriter, turned producer of hauntingly beautiful downtempo vocal electronic tracks. Xylo Aria is also the brains behind 'Music Production for Women' an online course teaching the basics of Ableton in a 'back to basics' style, and within a supportive community for like-minded women, all starting out in the daunting world of music production. Xylo hails from Melbourne, Australia and is currently seeking her gold-paved streets in London town, but her musical heritage is from her Indian grandmother who taught her to sing in traditional Indian chromatic scale as a child. As Xylo is not a DJ herself, this episode is wrapped up by a 'guest' mix by Sam (aka Dovetail), beaming out some glorious vibes from her favourite music by female producers. Songs by Xylo Aria featured in this show: Pig xyloaria.bandcamp.com/track/pig MR xyloaria.bandcamp.com/track/mri Consumerism (unreleased) Wisened Eyes (unreleased) Think About Yesterday (unreleased)

A special episode of Sisu Presents: In the Key of She discussing how Noisily Festival addressed the male dominance of their line-up for the 2019 festival. Charles Audley (co-founder of Noisily) and Sam Warren talk all things gender and society, the show previews tracks from some of the female identifying producers who will be playing at the festival in 2019and ends with a guest mix from Snowdrop (Maia Snow) @maiasnowdrop

ItKoS on Threads Radio Ep. 4: Jay Hill Jay Hill is, undoubtedly, a future star of the ever inventive and evolving underground House and Techno scene. Having packed up her world in 2011 and headed east from her childhood home beside California's Pacific Ocean, this exceptionally talented DJ/Producer has patiently studied and perfected her chosen art in the Big Apple and is now based in her own studio in Philadelphia. Driven by her innate ability to create and play beautiful, soul rising music, she has never looked back. MANAGEMENT: Worldwide Exclusive Management by SOUNDZ (soundzlimited@europe.com) https://www.beatport.com/artist/jay-hill/398574 @jayneuf @dovetail_uk @threadsradio

SAYA is a UK based DJ/Producer/Percussionist with an interestingly varied palate. Her intriguing fusion of Deep, Uplifting Tech and Future House puts her into a promising niche position within the industry as her standout sonic signature draws attention from the crowd. SAYA has played up and down the UK and further afield, with international bookings becoming an exponentially frequent occurrence. The likes of Finland, Greece and France being just some of the many countries on her resumé, she is steadily establishing herself as an international artist. As well as her blossoming career as an artist, SAYA is no stranger to the promotion game. She has built an increasing presence through the medium of initiatives such as ‘I Am The Music'; a respective platform that have helped to nurture her talent and passion for music as well as developing the potential of other artists and brands. With self-releases and further releases on Ryde Music; she is quickly finding her confidence with production and strengthening her reputation as a credible contributor to the industry. The former being the catalyst to her picking up several club and festival bookings, as well as securing her a residency as a bi-weekly radio host on the increasingly-popular ‘Full House Sessions' and 'House party radio' for Goat Shed Music.

ItKoS on Threads Radio EP. 2: Just Her Just Her (aka Claire Spooner)is a Brighton based producer, DJ, head of Constant Circles record label and art project. She's a prolific producer of haunting, groove-heavy deep and progressive beats spanning melodic and vocal techno and tech house. I spent a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours with her back in 2018 chatting about how she got into production and all manner of tricks of the trade, including how best to impress record labels when you're starting to promote your music. @justhermusic @constantcircles @dovetail_uk @threadsradio

The first in a series of radio shows hosted by Threads Radio and produced by Sam Warren and Sisu. Showcasing music and stories from female electronic music producers in a range of genres, and across the globe, the shows are part of an academic research project to investigate gender diversity (or lack of) in technological, creative industries through a case study of electronic music production. Find out more at www.inthekeyofshe.org Sarah Miller Born and raised in the former Soviet Union, classically trained musician Sarah Miller has been composing and producing music since the age of 15. Making the move to London to study and teach music, Sarah launched headlong into the city's electronic netherworld and has not stopped working since. With her first release on Eton Messy getting picked up for Radio 1 airplay by Pete Tong, her productions have gone from strength to strength, appearing on such labels as Skynet, Alumni, D2, and Pete Dorling and Spatial Awareness's rising imprint Interzone Music Club. Drawing influence from such luminaries as Sasha, Len Faki, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettman, Mark Knight, D Ramirez, has been gathering many fans, and her star is most definitely rising. She now proudly presents the first release on her own brand new label – Power Station Recordings. A weighty three tracker showing out her distinctive style of muscular house and melodic techno. @sarah-miller-44 @dovetail_uk @threadsradio