Electric indigo

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Susanne Kirchmayr (2015)
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Electric Indigo (* 15. December 1965 in Vienna ; bourgeois Susanne Kirchmayr ) is an Austrian music producer , Techno - DJ and feminist .

Life

Her stage name is based on her preference for the color indigo and her affinity for electronic music .

She started her music career in Vienna in 1989 as a jazz and funk DJ. After a short time she switched to Detroit Techno and Chicago House . From 1993 to 1996 she was in Berlin for the distribution of the record labels Hard Wax responsible. In 1998 she started female: pressure , an international platform for female DJs, producers and artists who deal with electronic music. female: pressure is a web-based database for female talents and was created to promote mutual support and communication, and as a source of information about female artists. In 2000 she was a presenter at the Vienna television station TIV .

In 2002 she had the opportunity to perform on the main stage at Detroit's Electronic Music Fest . She has had a major impact on the Detroit music scene. In 2003 Electric Indigo founded her own label, indigo: inc recordings . In 2004 she started a cooperation with Mia Zabelka and Dorit Chrysler : colophony circuit . The three artists were invited to play a concert as part of the Reinventing Radio Show in Vienna's Radiokulturhaus , which was broadcast twice on Ö1 .

In 2006 she acted as a juror at the protest song contest .

Electric Indigo plays regularly in the famous Viennese music club Flex . She also performed on August 3, 2007 at the Urban Art Forms Festival in Wiesen .

The song Skyscraper was chosen in 2020 by the pop culture magazine The Gap as part of the AustroTOP ranking at number 13 of the “100 most important Austrian pop songs”.

Awards

Discography

  • Electric Indigo: 5 1 1 5 9 3 (imbalance computer music) March 2018
  • Electric Indigo & Dorit Chrysler: Sheets (Chicks On Speed ​​Records / Girl Monster Compilation) Aug 2006
  • Exil System remixed - Electric Indigo: The Sons And The Beast (Pripuzzi 001) Nov. 2005
  • Toktok - Dendenden / Electric Indigo & Hautmann Remix (v-records) Sep. 2005
  • Markus Güntner feat. Rich - Everybody / Electric Indigo Remix (Spring) May 2005
  • Electric Indigo - Six-Trak Reworks 2 (indigo: inc) Dec. 2004
  • T21 - Personal Feelings / Electric Indigo Remix (Le Maquis) Nov. 2004
  • Electric Indigo - Six-Trak Reworks 1 (indigo: inc) Nov. 2004
  • SPG - Yes We Are / Electric Indigo Remix Soundlab Entertainment Oct. 2004
  • Gwenn Labarta - Vortexx Voice Track / Electric Indigo Remix (UMF 025) Sep. 2004
  • Microthol - Sexy Lady / Electric Indigo Remix (indigo: inc) 2004
  • Reinhard Voigt - How We Rock / Electric Indigo Remix ( Kompakt 91) 2003
  • Electric Indigo - Six-Trak EP 2 (indigo: inc) 2003
  • Electric Indigo - Six-Trak EP 1 (indigo: inc) 2003
  • Electric Indigo / Acid Maria - Welttour Mix CD (True People) 2003, feat. her tracks Beautiful Angelica, The Puzzle
  • Electric Indigo - Leitmotiv Mix CD (Leitmotiv) 2002, feat. Indigo's Dirty Floor
  • Electric Indigo - Tribute to Gazometer Mix CD (XXX Records) 2001
  • Electric Indigo & David Carretta - I Want You (folk dance) 2000
  • USA - Electric Indigo Mix CD (Petra) 2000
  • Electric Indigo & David Carretta - Comin 'at You (Pornflake) 2000
  • Electric Indigo & David Carretta - Automat ( International Deejay Gigolos ) 2000
  • Electric Indigo - Hitchhiker (Mueller) 1999
  • DJ Rush - Oh La La / Electric Indigo Mix (Mental Groove) 1996
  • Electric Indigo Mix Tape (International Deejay Gigolos) 1996
  • Loisaida Sisters - Home Cooking ep (Pharma) 1996
  • Electric Indigo & Walker - Golden Gate Bridge (Temple) 1995
  • Electric Indigo & Walker - SP 12 Trax (DJungle Fever) 1994
  • Northstar - Figure Skating ep ( Disko B ) 1994
  • DJ Hell - My Definition of House / Northstar RMX, released on the album Geteert & gefedert (Disko B) in 1994
  • Northstar - Electro Silence / Energy 93 Compilation (Disko B) 1993
  • Electric Indigo & Richard Bartz - Skyscraper (Disko B) 1993
  • Electric Indigo - Skyway (Experimental, NY) 1993

Web links

Commons : Electric Indigo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ distorting mirror: Interview with Electric Indigo / Female Pressure. In: coloRadio, first broadcast on April 19, 2014
  2. ↑ Tour dates on the Electric Indigo website
  3. ↑ AustroTOP - The 100 most important Austrian pop songs - page 20 from April 28th, 14th 2020, accessed on April 23rd, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ ÖFR awards 2015 Women's Ring Prize . APA notification dated March 5, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Electric indigo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirchmayr, Susanne (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian music producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna