Discwoman

Discwoman

Discwoman

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Discwoman is a New York-based collective, booking agency, and event platform representing and showcasing women and non-binary artists in the electronic music community. It was founded in 2014 by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Emma Burgess-Olson (Umfang), and Christine McCharen-Tran.[1] Discwoman aims to address issues of gender imbalance in club and festival lineups.[2][3]

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Artist roster

Discwoman roster as of August 2022.[4]

  • Ariel Zetina
  • Ashley Venom
  • BEARCAT
  • Bergsonist
  • bronz3 g0dd3ss
  • Ciel
  • Fauzia
  • Juana
  • Juliana Huxtable
  • mobilegirl
  • Riobamba
  • SHYBOI
  • Ziúr

Events

Since its inaugural event at Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Bossa Nova Civic Club,[5] Discwoman has presented showcases in Boston,[6] Detroit's Movement Festival,[7] Mexico City,[8][9] Montreal,[10] Philadelphia,[11] Pittsburgh's VIA Festival,[12] San Juan,[13] Seattle's Decibel Festival,[14] and Toronto.[15]

Co-founder Hutchinson, was involved in the 2017 campaign that repealed New York's anti-dancing Cabaret Law[16] claiming it contained a disproportionate targeting of black and other minority communities.[17] Hutchinson curated the Dweller Festival, promoting black underground talent in New York City.[18]

References

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    Vagianos, Alanna (2016-03-30). "How 3 Women Are Disrupting One Of Music's Biggest Boys Clubs". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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    "Facts 2015 – Numbers". female:pressure. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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    "Discwoman And Changing The Record Of All-Male Electronic Lineups". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Inside Discwoman, a Dance Party By Women, For Women". Bullett Media. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Discwoman Boston celebrates female-identified DJ talent - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Movement 2015: Girls Gone Vinyl and Discwoman". waynradio.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Photos From Discwoman's Epic Takeover of Mexico City | Thump". Thump. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Discwoman's Mexico City Collaborator on Using Digital Culture to Tell Women's Stories". Remezcla. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Discwoman plans Montreal weekender". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Girl power: Discwoman dance party changing the local DJ scene". Philly.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Via 2015: Main Event". Spirit. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Techno-Feminist DJ Collective Discwoman is Headed to San Juan for Two Tour Stops". Remezcla. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Discwoman Showcase at Re-bar in Seattle, WA on Thu., Sept. 24, 10 p.m. 2015 - Seattle Music Events Calendar - The Stranger". The Stranger. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    "Discwoman touches down in Toronto". Now Toronto Magazine. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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    Witt, Emily (3 July 2017). "Dance Outlaws Fight for the Right to Party". The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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    "New York City has repealed the notorious no-dancing Cabaret Law". The Fader. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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    "Decolonizing Techno: Notes From a Brooklyn Dance Floor". Afropunk. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2020-01-31.

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