List of female musicians in electronic music
This list of musicians in electronic music contains well-known musicians , composers and sound artists who are active in various areas of electronic music .
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- Sara Abdel-Hamid ( Ikonika ) * 1980, British producer, DJ, garage, house, dubstep, released on the Hyperdub label
- Muhsinah Abdul-Karim ( Muhsinah )
- Ada (also Michaela Dippel), German minimal house and pop musician
- Ryoko Akama , Japanese musician, with the electronic improvisation band The Lappetites with Antye Greie-Ripatti , Kaffe Matthews and Éliane Radigue in the 2000s
- Susan Alcorn , * 1953, American composer and guitarist (pedal steel guitar)
- Nadia Ali , * 1980, Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
- Liz Allbee , * 1976, American trumpeter specializing in noise , power electronics and new improvisation music
- Dot Allison (Dorothy Elliot Allison), * 1969, Scottish singer / songwriter and electronic musician with Massive Attack and One Dove
- Maryanne Amacher , * 1938, American composer and improviser
- AMWE , (pronounced "Amuui"), * 1984, Japanese new wave and electronica musician and singer
- Beth Anderson , minimal composer who arranges samples into collages
- Laurie Anderson , * 1947, American composer, performance artist, musician, violinist and developer of electronic instruments
- Ruth Anderson , * 1928, electronic composer and producer of sound poetry
- Karin Dreijer Andersson , * 1975, Swedish singer with The Knife and musician under the name Fever Ray
- Leila Arab ( Leila ), * 1971, Iranian-British music producer in the IDM and ambient area
- Mira Aroyo , * 1977, Bulgarian musician, singer with Ladytron and DJ
- Mathangi Arulpragasam ( MIA ), * 1975, British singer and music producer
- Tone Åse , * 1965, Norwegian sound artist who works with electronically processed voice recordings
- Estelle Asmodelle (Estelle Maria Croot), * 1964, Australian musician, performer, scientist and trans-activist
- Virginia Astley , born 1959, British singer-songwriter and experimental musician
- Ana-Maria Avram , 1961–2017, Romanian electroacoustic composer
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- Gry Bagøien ( Gry ), Danish indie / electronica musician or band (1998–2002), which included Gry Bagøien and the German musician FM Einheit (ex-member of the Einstürzende Neubauten ), electronic music with elements of trip-hop , Loops and Samples
- Tahliah Barnett ( FKA twigs ), * 1988 British electronic musician, R&B singer and dancer
- Danielle Baquet-Long (pseudonym Chubby Wolf, 1982–2009), American musician, music therapist, singer, poet, painter and member of the band Celer
- Elaine Barkin , * 1932, American composer and author
- Natasha Barrett , born 1972, Norwegian electro-acoustic composer, with field recordings works
- Bebe Barron (Charlotte May Wind), * 1925, American film composer and pioneer of electronic music, 1956 first completely electronic film music
- Sarah Barthel, singer and keyboard player for the band Phantogram
- Julianna Barwick , American ambient folk musician who combines looped speech samples with piano and percussive instruments
- Franziska Baumann , * 1965, Swiss musician of improvisation and composed music (vocals, flute, live electronics) and composer
- Eve Beglarian , * 1958, American composer, performance artist and audio producer
- Shannon Behm ( Storm Calysta ), * 1993, American indietronica singer-songwriter
- Xenia Beliayeva (also Xenija Beljajewa), * 1980, Russian electro musician and DJ in the fields of electro, techno , acid , dark wave and pop
- Sydney Loren Bennett ( Syd tha Kyd ), * 1992, American music producer for Odd Future and singer
- Ayalah Bentovim, British classical pianist and Sister Bliss musician in the trip-hop and dance band Faithless
- Natalia Beridse , (also TBA, TB, Tusha, Tusia, Tutta, TBA Empty or Nate Fisher), * 1979, Georgian electronic musician in Leftfield , IDM and Electronica , also with the artist group Goslab
- Elizabeth Bernholz, British record producer, singer and musician under the Nemen Gazelle Twin
- Johanna Magdalena Beyer , 1888–1944, German-American composer and pianist, pioneer of electronic music, produced / composed the very first piece of electronic music with Music Of The Spheres
- Eithne Ní Bhraonáin ( Enya ), * 1961, Irish singer, musician and songwriter
- Sara Blackwood , * 1971, British sound artist, singer with the indietronica band Dubstar and under the name Client B with the electro-pop band Client
- Rebecca Blaul (with Trio Pupkulies & Rebecca ), singer-songwriter in the field of electronica and house , since 2006 together with Janosch Blaul and Sepp Singwald at Pupkulies & Rebecca
- Ursula Bogner , * 1946, private musician, who attended courses with Herbert Eimert and from the end of the 1960s produced her own pieces and recorded them on tape, Jan Jelinek published her works posthumously in 2 albums on his Faitiche label
- Bettina Bormann , poet and musician with the EBM band Oberer Totpunkt
- Claire Boucher ( Grimes ), * 1988, Canadian singer and music producer
- Michèle Bokanowski , * 1943, French composer of musique concrète , film composer
- Kitty Brazelton , * 1951, American singer, flautist, composer in various musical fields
- Fiona Brice , composer, songwriter, violinist, writes orchestral arrangements for pop music, active in the band Placebo
- Kathleen Brien ( Katy B ), * 1989, British singer-songwriter and music producer specializing in hip-hop , dubstep , drum and bass , R&B , funk , house and garage , also with the hip-hop band The Illersapiens
- Leanne Brown (with the Duo Sweet Female Attitude , Sweet FA for short ), British 2-step duo
- Phillipa Brown, * 1979, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician under the name Ladyhawke
- Barbara Buchholz , 1959–2012, German composer in the field of new music , theremin player and jazz bassist
- Kate Bush , born 1958, British singer, pianist, songwriter and record producer
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- Geneviève Calame , 1946–1993, Swiss pianist, composer and music teacher
- Allison Cameron , * 1963, Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, experimental music and improvised music
- Toby Campbell ( Anomie Belle ), American musician, singer, record producer and film composer
- Alexandra Cardenas , * 1976, Colombian-Mexican musician, electric guitar and real-time sound synthesis with the SuperCollider program
- Janet Cardiff , * 1957, Canadian sound artist specializing in sound installations and audio walks
- Jennifer Cardini , * 1974, French DJ and musician specializing in minimal techno , electro and house
- Wendy Carlos , * 1939, American composer and electronic musician, released the album Switched-On Bach in 1968 , an adaptation of works by Johann Sebastian Bach on the then new Moog synthesizer
- Robin Miriam Carlsson ( Robyn ), * 1979, Swedish singer-songwriter and music producer
- Catherine Cassidy (in the Sweet Female Attitude duo , Sweet FA for short ), British 2-step duo
- Michelle Chamuel , * 1986, American musician, singer, record producer with the band Ella Riot and solo as The Reverb Junkie
- Maria Chavez , Peruvian sound artist, improviser, curator, dealing with sound installation, Turntable performances and visuals deals
- Sharon Cheslow , * 1961, sound artist and punk musician with the band Chalk Circle
- Chicks on Speed , electronic women's band and artist collective consisting of Alex Murray-Leslie (Bowral, New South Wales, Australia), Melissa Logan (Upstate New York, USA), AL Steiner (Miami, Florida, USA), Kathi Glas (Munich, Germany ), Anat Ben David (London, UK / Israel), Kroot Juurak (Estonia)
- Mary Ellen Childs , * 1957, American composer and multimedia artist, founder of the Ensemble Crash , dancer, composes music on the basis of dance rhythms
- Insook Choi , * 1962, South Korean composer and software developer for the Scoregraph program
- Magdalena Chojnacka ( Magda ), * 1975, Polish-German-international music producer and DJ in the field of minimal techno
- Dorit Chrysler (Dorit Kreisler), * 1966, Austrian music producer, singer, theremin player, sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist
- Suzanne Ciani , * 1946, Italian-American composer, pianist and pioneer of electronic music
- Anne Clark , * 1960, British songwriter, singer, poet, pianist and electronic musician in the post-punk and new wave fields
- Annie Clark, * 1982, as a St. Vincent American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter
- Sonia Clarke ( Sonique ), * 1968, British singer and musician
- Jay Clayton , * 1941, American vocalist between jazz and new music
- Christine Clements ( Vaccine ), American music producer and singer in the field of dubstep
- Alice Cohen (also Alice Desoto ), American singer-songwriter and visual artist
- Beth Coleman , American electronic composer in the Illbient field , researcher in the field of communication studies (new media), co-founder of SoundLab , a turntablism art group that makes site-specific sound performances
- Maya Jane Coles , British-Japanese music producer, composer, sound engineer and DJ in the field of house , as Nocturnal Sunshine in the field of dubstep and together with Lena Cullen under the band name She Is Danger in the field of dub
- Nik Colk Void, member of Factory Floor , a band producing electronic post-industrial, minimal techno and tech house
- Juliette Commagere , American singer-songwriter and keytar player with the band Hello Stranger
- Jane Conneely ( DJ Storm ), drum and bass pioneer , co-founder and label owner of Metalheadz , collaborates with Kemistry , member of Feline , a female DJ and MC collective
- Inga Copeland , together with Dean Blunt Band Hype Williams , British electronic music band , with conscious cheap aesthetics, stylistically in the area of the music genre Low Fidelity , Abstract Music, Leftfield and Experimental
- Nina Cording ( Yendri ), * 1977, German musician, music producer in the techno / house sector with borrowings from the 80s synthpop , electro funk , house and electronica , also a painter, photographer
- Cindy Cox , * 1961, American composer and musician, professor at the University of California at Berkeley
- Romy Madley Croft , singer and guitarist of the indie band The xx
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- Valerie Day (at Dou Nu Shooz ), singer and musician in the field of synthpop , together with John Smith Duo Nu Shooz in the mid-1980s, well-known song I Can't Wait
- Patricia A. Daniels (also Adeva ), * 1960, American house and R&B singer, very valued person in the New York garage and UK garage / house scene, the a cappella version of her single In and Out of My Life (1988) et al. a. her songs have been sampled many times in the house scene
- Nika Roza Danilova, as Zola Jesus American singer-songwriter and music producer
- Camille Davila , songwriter, musician and record producer
- Delia Derbyshire , 1937–2001, British musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète
- Emma Lou Diemer , * 1927, American composer and keyboardist
- Monika Dietl , (West) Berlin radio maker in the late 1980s and early 1990s ( SFBeat broadcast on SFB 2 ), multiplier and promoter of the Berlin techno scene in its early days
- Shikhee D'iordna, produces electropop and industrial with classic elements under the name Android Lust
- Melanie Di Tria , * 1971, German-Italian DJ , musician and agency owner specializing in techno, trance, acid and hardstyle
- Cio D'Or , * 1958, German music producer and DJ in the field of minimal techno , dub techno and ambient
- Kui Dong , * 1966, Chinese-American composer, musician, music teacher and professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, USA, transfers traditional Chinese musical forms into contemporary contexts
- Gina V. D'Orio (Gina Vaporjieff-D'Orio), * 1976, German musician and music producer, with the bands Lemonbabies , Throw That Beat in The Garbagecan! , EC8OR and Cobra Killer
- Suzanne Doucet , * 1944, German-American composer, producer and label owner in the field of New Age music
- Candida Doyle , * 1963, Northern Irish-British musician (Farfisa Compact Professional, Roland XP-10-Synthesizer, Akai-S3000-Sample), member of the band Pulp since 1984
- Dana van Dreven (including Dana , Lady Dana and DJ Dana), born 1974, Dutch hardstyle - and hardcore techno - DJ , Remixerin and label owner
- Marine Drouan (Kritzkom), Techno - and electronic dance music - DJ , born 1983, French musician and music producer, with the bands Miko , Anna Otto
- Anne Dudley (Anne Jennifer Beckingham), * 1956, British composer and musician (synthesizer and sampling), member of The Art of Noise
- Erica Dunham ( Unter Null ), * 1981, American noise musician, pianist, cellist and guitarist
- Charlotte de Witte Charlotte de Witte , * 1992, Belgian techno DJ and music producer .
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- Skye Edwards , lead singer for the trip-hop band Morcheeba .
- Hanin Elias , * 1972, German musician and former label owner, co-founder of Atari Teenage Riot , pioneer of breakcore , musician with the industrial band Pigface (alongside Steve Albini , Jello Biafra , Danny Carey , Flea and Trent Reznor )
- Liza 'N' Eliaz , 1958–2001, Belgian DJ , music producer and label owner in the areas of hardcore techno and gabber
- Missy Elliott (Melissa Arnette Elliott), * 1971, American rapper , singer and music producer
- Kate Elsworth , Australian-British songwriter, singer, DJ and record producer in the field of electronic dance music
- Nic Endo , * 1976, Japanese-German-American noise and breakcore musician with Atari Teenage Riot
- Lindsay van der Eng ( DJ Korsakoff ), * 1983, Dutch hardcore techno DJ and music producer
- Liz Enthusiasm (Justinne “Jussi” Gamache), American singer from the indie synthpop band Freezepop
- Mary Epworth , British singer-songwriter in the field of electronic folk
- Kristin Erickson ( Kevin Blechdom ), * 1978, American musician and performance artist
- Pozzi Escot , * 1933, Peruvian-US-American composer, author and editor, member of the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA, wrote Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music and edited the academic journal Sonus: Journal of Investigation Into Global Musical Possibilities out
- Laura Escudé , American music producer , composer, violinist, music educator (Ableton Certified Trainer) and owner of the music technology company Electronic Creatives
- Carolina Eyck , * 1987, theremin musician, composer and author
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- Nanna Øland Fabricius, * 1985, Danish musician, singer and visual artist under the name Oh Land in the field of electropop
- Johanna Fateman , * 1974, musician, record producer and songwriter, member of the electronic bands Le Tigre and MEN
- Maddalena Fagandini , 1929–2012, British electronic musician ( musique concrète ) and sound designer in television (at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop )
- Beatriz Ferreyra , * 1937, Argentine composer of musique concrète
- Flava D , music producer in the field of grime , released on the Butterz label
- Lauren Flax , DJ, record producer and member of The Committee to Re-elect the President (Band) (CREEP)
- Ellen Fraatz ( Ellen Allien ), * 1969, German techno and electro DJ, musician, record producer, promoter and label owner of BPitch Control
- Aluna Francis, member of the duo AlunaGeorge , who are musically active in the R'n'B and 2step fields
- Joy Frempong , * 1978, Swiss-Ghanaian jazz singer, vocal artist and electronic musician, among others with her band Oy , which combines its electronic-futuristic style with African sounds
- Ellen Fullman , * 1957, American composer, instrument maker and performance artist
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- Charlotte Gainsbourg , * 1971 French actress, singer and musician
- Diamanda Galas , * 1955, Greek-American avant-garde performance artist, singer and composer
- Anja Garbarek , born 1970, Polish-Norwegian singer-songwriter and Filmmusikkomponistin (including soundtrack for the film Angel-A by Luc Besson )
- Merrill Garbus , musician at tune yards , life looping with percussion, ukulele and vocals
- Iris Garrelfs , * 1969, German-British composer and performer in the connection of voice and machine noise, curator of the SPRAWL series
- Beth Gibbons , * 1965, British singer in the trip-hop group Portishead and film music composer
- Gillian Gilbert , * 1961, British musician (keyboard) and member of the band New Order
- Miquette Giraudy , * 1953, French musician (keyboard), with the spacer rock band Gong since 1974 and member of the ambient electronics band The Orb since 1990
- Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß ( Marusha , originally Marion Gleiß), * 1966, German-Greek DJ, music producer, actress, label owner, as a radio maker at DT64, setting the style for the German techno scene, with Dancehall one of the first techno music broadcasts on German radio , after switching off DT64 broadcast Rave Satellite (1992–2007) on Rockradio B and Radio Fritz , known as producer and singer from Somewhere over the Rainbow (1994)
- Alison Goldfrapp (Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp), * 1966, British singer, songwriter, music producer with the electronica duo Goldfrapp
- Delia Gonzalez , musician (analog synthesizer) and visual artist who bands together with Gavin Russom Fight Evil With Evil , Black Leotard Front , DFA Records made
- Karen Gordon ( Dajae ), American R & B - and House - singer , singer-songwriter and record producer
- Annie Gosfield , * 1960, American improvisation musician and composer in the field of new music
- Cary Grace , American musician (analog synthesizer and guitar), singer-songwriter and music producer in the psychedelic and spacerock fields
- Antye Greie-Ripatti (also AGF, Antye Greie, Antye Greie-Fuchs), * 1969, German singer, musician, music producer, poet and conceptual artist
- Simina Grigoriu (Ana Simina Kalkbrenner) * 1981, Romanian-Canadian DJ and techno producer
- Beverly Grigsby , * 1928, American composer, music theorist and pioneer of electronic music
- Cornelia Grolimund , * 1967, Swiss singer and actress, best known for her Eurodance version of France Galls Poupée de cire, poupée de son
- Isa GT , Colombian singer, DJ, music producer, label owner and radio maker in the fields of cumbia, house, baile funk and kuduro
- Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( Björk ), * 1965, Icelandic singer, music producer, composer, songwriter and actress
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir), * 1982, Icelandic cellist and composer in the field of drone and noise , who collaborated with Múm , Hauschka , Pan Sonic and Schneider TM , co-operator of the label and artist collective Kitchen Motors
- Shilpa Gupta , * 1976, Indian sound artist and visual artist
- Gudrun Gut , * 1957, German musician, DJ, presenter, producer and label owner of the Monika Enterprise label
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- Katja Hah (Duo Die Perlen ), musician, songwriter, music producer together with Ferdinand Ess in the field of electropop, punk, chiptune , new German wave
- Emily Haines , Canadian musician and singer with the indie pop band Metric , participates in the musician collective Broken Social Scene
- Barbara Hallama (Barbnerdy), * 1965, German DJ in the garage, initiator of "Support Your Local Ghetto"
- Laurel Halo , American electronic musician and music producer in the field of post-dubstep, released on the Hyperdub label
- Ayumi Hamasaki , * 1978 Japanese singer and composer in the J-Pop genre
- Kelli Maria Hand (alias K. Hand, By Kely, Etat Solide, Gorsch, Messenger and Queen Mecca), * ca.1965, American techno musician and DJ, published a. a. on the label Warp Records
- Kathleen Hanna , * 1968, American musician with Bikini Kill , Le Tigre and Julie Ruin , feminist activist and author
- Louise Amanda Harman ( Lady Sovereign , Lady SOV), * 1985, British MC and grime music producer
- Elizabeth Harris, musician and visual artist under the name of Grouper
- Miho Hatori , * 1970, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician, a. a. at Cibo Matto
- Kirsty Hawkshaw , British singer, singer-songwriter and producer in the field of electronic dance music. Hit the charts with the Opus III project and the cover of Jane Lancaster's classic Its a Fine Day .
- Sorrel Hays , * 1941, American composer and musician in the field of electroacoustic music and film music, also university teacher
- Imogen Heap (Jennifer Heaps), * 1977, British singer, composer, musician and music producer, a. a. in the Frou Frou project
- Heather Heart , * 1971, New York DJ, music producer, journalist and founder of the techno magazine Under One Sky , first techno record dealer in New York with the Groove Records store together with Frankie Bones and Adam X, published magnetic on the sonic groove labels north and communique
- Mara Margaret Helmuth , * 1957, American composer, director of the Center for Computer Music at the University of Cincinnati
- Holly Herndon , * 1980, American composer, music producer, sound artist, performance artist, with Max / MSP works
- Caroline Hervé, * 1973, as Miss Kittin, French music producer, DJ and singer in the fields of techno , electro and industrial
- Victoria Christina Hesketh, * 1984, as Little Boots, is an English electropop singer and musician
- Joanne Judith-Mary Hill ( Sydney Blu ), * 1977, Canadian music producer, DJ and label owner (Blu Music, Mau5trap, Black Hole Recordings)
- Shelley Hirsch , * 1952, American singer and composer of improvised and electronic music, also active in the field of multimedia, theater and performance, installation and radio play, publications on John Zorn's label Tzadik in the series "Radical Jewish Culture"
- Nicola Hitchcock, solo musician and singer in the trip-hop band Mandalay .
- Mary Ann Hobbs , * 1964, British music journalist, radio maker and DJ, pioneer of Dubstep and Grime with her program Dubstep Warz on BBC Radio 1
- Julia Holter (Julia Shammas Holter), American composer, singer-songwriter and music producer
- Yuka Honda , Japanese musician, record producer and founder of the band Cibo Matto , also active in the Plastic Ono Band
- Margarete Huber , German composer - among others for electroacoustic music - and concert and opera singer, experimental and traditional composition techniques with the inclusion of soundscapes , e.g. B. Musiktheater Springteufel based on a text by Kathrin Röggla
- Brenda Hutchinson , composer and conceptual sound artist with participatory concepts
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- Susie Ibarra , * 1970, American percussionist, drummer and composer in the field of new improvisation music, jazz, opera music and avant-garde music
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey , 1923–2010, American composer of electronic music
- Adina Izarra , * 1959, Venezuelan composer
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- Eleanor Jackson ( La Roux ), * 1988, British singer-songwriter and music producer
- Jarboe Deveraux (also Jarboe , Jane Jarboe, The Living Jarboe) , American singer, musician and performance artist in Industrial range
- Joan Jeanrenaud , * 1956, American singer cellist
- Kim Jin-hi , * 1957, South Korean geomungo player and composer
- France Jobin ( i8u ), * 1958, French-Canadian minimal composer and sound artist
- Danielle Johnson, a computer magic singer-songwriter, composer and record producer
- Ema Jolly ( Emika ), * 1986, British musician and music producer in the field of post- dubstep
- Glynis Jones , British musique concrète composer and member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Victoria Jordanova , * 1952, Yugoslav / Serbian composer, performance artist, multimedia artist, music producer and label owner of the ArpaViva label , which she founded in 2003
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- Yoko Kanno , * 1964, Japanese composer
- Nil Karaibrahimgil , * 1976, Turkish pop singer and author
- Laura Karpman , * 1959, American composer and professor at the University of California , Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Lydia Kavina , * 1967, Russian theremin musician
- Trish Keenan , member of the British indietronic band Broadcast
- Bevin Kelley ( Blevin Blectum ), electronic musician and multimedia composer
- Alicia Keys , * 1981 (Alicia Joseph Augello-Cook), American soul and R&B singer, producer, songwriter and actress
- Natasha Khan, British singer-songwriter and music producer for Bat for Lashes , sound and performance artist
- Morgan Kibby , American singer-songwriter
- Heidi Kilpeläinen, under the name HK119 singer, music producer and multimedia artist
- Mari Kimura Japanese violinist, composer and university professor, developed playing with undertones on the violin, teaches Interactive Computer Music Performance at The Juilliard School
- Susanne Kirchmayr (also Electric Indigo), Austrian music producer, techno DJ and feminist, founder of the feminist network for female musicians of electronic music female: pressure
- Judy Klein , * 1943, American composer, pianist and professor of computer music and composition at New York University
- Annette Krebs , German sound artist, improvisation musician on guitar and mixer, composer
- Kateryna Kremko ( Miss K8 ), Ukrainian hardcore techno - DJ and music producer
- Jutta Koether , * 1958, German-American painter, performance artist, musician, writer, critic, theorist and university professor, worked a. a. with Sonic Youth musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore as well as with Steven Parrino and Ei Arakawa
- Merja Kokkonen ( Islaja ), * 1979, Finnish singer-songwriter and electronic musician
- Barbara Kolb , * 1939, American composer
- Rachael Kozak ( Hecate ), American-Austrian experimental Breakcore- and Industrial Musician, released on the label Ad Noiseam has with Venetian Snares under the name Nymphomatriarch collaborated
- Pilocka Krach , German music producer and singer
- Nina Kraviz , Russian DJ, music producer and singer
- Simone Kromer (also Lady Tom ) * 1978 Swiss techno - DJ , record producer , label owner in the area trance and hardstyle , also Model
- Monika Kruse , * 1971, German techno DJ, music producer and label owner
- Christina Kubisch , * 1948, German installation artist in the field of sound art
- JoAnn Kuchera-Morin , composer and professor for media art and head of the UC Santa Barbara's Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE)
- Pamelia Stickney (formerly Pamela Kurstin), * 1976, American theremin player in the field of new music, released on John Zorn's label Tzadik, band Blueblut
- Kyoka , Japanese music producer and musician, released on the Raster-Noton label
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- Joan LaBarbara , * 1947, American singer and composer of contemporary music, as a musician and singer in the ensembles of Steve Reich and Philip Glass
- Anne LeBaron , * 1953, American harpist , composer and university lecturer, specializes in avant-garde jazz , new music and free improvisation
- Anne LaBerge , * 1955, Dutch flautist, composer and improvisation musician
- Martha Ladly , Canadian musician, designer and university professor, with the Canadian new wave band Martha and the Muffins since 1977 , later with the British new wave band Associates , singing for Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark , Roxy Music and Robert Palmer
- Jessy Lanza , Canadian music producer and electronic singer-songwriter
- Elodie Lauten , 1950–2014, French-American composer in the field of post- minimal and totalism (both minimal music tendencies of the 80s)
- Jennifer Lee ( TOKiMONSTA ), American record producer and DJ
- Jonna Lee (Jonna Emily Lee Nilsson), * 1981, Swedish singer-songwriter, with the electronic and audiovisual band iamamiwhoami
- Victoria Legrand , * 1981, French-American singer-songwriter, with Beach House , a dream pop duo
- Šarlote Lēnmane , * 1998, Latvian singer
- Annie Lennox , * 1954, Scottish singer, songwriter, with the synthpop duo Eurythmics in the 80s
- Tania León , * 1943, Cuban international composer, conductor, music teacher and consultant
- Angelika Lepper ( Acid Maria ), German DJ and music producer in the techno and house area, collaborations with Electric Indigo , Steve Bug , Markus Guentner and the Teichmann brothers , supported by DJ Hell
- Lesbians on Ecstasy , Canadian electronica band with members Fruity Frankie, Veronique Mystique, Jackie “the Jackhammer”, Bernie Bankrupt
- Jordana LeSesne, under the name 1.8.7 American musician and drum and bass producer
- Elainie Lillios , composer in the field of electroacoustic music
- Annea Lockwood , * 1939, New Zealand-American composer in the field of Fluxus and music teacher, often uses field recordings and, in the sense of Fluxus, the sound of burning and sinking pianos
- Gabriele "Mo" Loschelder , * 1962, German painter, DJ, musician, record label and club owner, artist agent and label owner with Elektro Music Department , is considered one of the key figures in Berlin's techno and club culture
- Olivia Louvel , French-British composer, music producer and performance artist, works with laptop and voice
- Olivia Lufkin , * 1979, Japanese-American singer-songwriter under the name OLIVIA
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- Sarah McIntosh (also The Good Natured , Lovestarrs), * 1991, British electro pop singer and music producer
- Kazu Makino , * 1969, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician (guitar), a. a. with the American dream pop band Blonde Redhead
- Rekha Malhotra ( DJ Rekha ), * 1971, British musician, DJ , music producer, curator and political activist, pioneer of the fusion of Indian bhangra music with hip-hop and electronic beats
- Elizabeth Maniscalco ( Elizabeth Rose ), Australian Electronica - DJ and music producer , singer-songwriter, released on the label Inertia and Grizzly UK
- Helen Marnie ( Ladytron ), * 1978, Scottish musician (keyboards) and singer of the electronic band Ladytron, solo as Marnie since 2012
- Carolina Márquez , Colombian-Italian electronic singer-songwriter
- Miya Masaoka , * 1958, American koto player, avant-garde musician, composer and multimedia artist, plays with Fred Frith and Larry Ochs in the trio Maybe Monday , founder and director of the San Francisco Gagaku Society
- Riz Maslen (also Neotropic and Small Fish With Spine ), British experimental electronic musician, music producer and filmmaker, worked with 4hero and Future Sound of London in the 1990s, a . a. with the band The Beloved
- Sachiko M. (also Sachiko Matsubara ), Japanese musician, sound artist and photographer, a. a. the band Ground Zero , working with sampling technique , still in the bands filament , ISO , Cosmos , avant-pop band Hoahio , working with European improvisers such as Keith Rowe , Evan Parker , Steve Beresford , Günter Müller , but also with David Sylvian , Jon Rose and Jim O'Rourke
- Keiko Matsui , (also Matsui Keiko , Keiko Doi ), * 1961, Japanese keyboard player and composer specializing in smooth jazz and new age
- Kaffe Matthews , British electronic musician, composer, sound artist, sound engineer, lecturer in performance technology at Dartington College of Arts , owner of the Annette Works label , deals with errors and coincidences in sound synthesis in the sense of clicks and cuts , works with the LiSA program (Rodgers), work with Zeena Parkins and in the electronica live band The Lappetites (with Eliane Radigue , Antye Greie-Ripatti and Ryoka Amako )
- Agathe Max , French experimental violinist who also works with electronic devices and a loop station
- Lauren Mayberry , * 1987, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician (drums, keyboards, synthesizer) and journalist, singer of the synthpop band Chvrches , also the band Blue Sky Archives
- Zia McCabe (also Aimee Springer), * 1975, DJ , keyboardist, percussionist, bassist, a. a. with the band The Dandy Warhols and with Brush Prairie
- Linda McCartney (born Lady Linda Louise McCartney, née Eastman, divorced See), 1941–1998, American-Jewish photographer and musician (keyboards, vocals), founded the band Wings with Paul McCartney 1971 , solo album Wide Prairie (1998 )
- Caralee McElroy , * 1983, American musician, a. a. with the experimental postpunk and synthpop band Xiu Xiu and the synthpop band Cold Cave
- Christina McGeehan ( RYAT ), musician and music producer in the fields of electronica and jazz, released on the Brainfeeder label
- Priscilla McLean (née Taylor), * 1942, American composer, performance artist, video artist, author, music critic and university teacher, works with singing and vocal techniques, plays the piano, synthesizer, violin, percussion, Indian wooden flutes and self-made instruments
- Cindy McTee , * 1953, American composer, music teacher and university teacher
- Zoë Mc Pherson ( Empty Taxi ), French-Northern Irish-Belgian World Electronica producer
- Elle Mehrmand , musician (trombone), photographer, author, multimedia and performance artist, works on the connection of sound and body, member of the assembly of Mazes musicians who make dark electronic jazz rock influenced by Central Asia, member of the Electronic Disturbance Theater , publication "Reading the Transborder Immigrant Tool "
- Rosa Menkman , * 1983, Dutch visual artist in the glitch field , curator, art theorist, visual artist and musician
- Micachu (also Mica Levi,), * 1987, British singer-songwriter, composer, music producer, musician, etc. a. in the band Micachu & The Shapes , also producer of experimental music and film music composer
- Takako Minekawa (also Minekawa Takako, Mamene Kirerie), * 1969, Japanese musician, composer and author, works in the J-Pop tradition with old Casio keyboards, analog Moog synthesizers, vocoders, among others in the band Fancy Face Groovy Name , Journalist at Keyboard Magazine
- Maria Minerva (also Maria Juur), * 1988, Estonian musician, art and music critic, musicologist, did her doctorate on Estonian sound art, published on the labels Not Not Fun and its dance-oriented sub-label 100% Silk , her sponsor is Simon Reynolds
- Aira Mitsuki , Japanese Eletronica singer-songwriter
- Kelela Mizanekristos ( Kelela ), * 1983, American singer-songwriter, mixes her vocals using existing instrumental tracks
- Juana Molina , (also Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe), * 1962, Argentine singer-songwriter, and actress, in the field of folktronica and experimental ambient
- Meredith Monk , * 1942, American singer, composer, choreographer and performance artist, who developed her musical forms directly from dance
- Charlotte Moorman (also Madeline Charlotte Moorman), 1933–1991, American musician (cello) and Fluxus performance artist, close collaboration with the Fluxus artists Nam June Paik , John Cage , Joseph Beuys , Wolf Vostell , Yoko Ono , Carolee Schneemann u. a., Founding of the New York Avant-Garde Festival (1963), advocate for the New York City Council for unusual and provocative art performances
- Barbara Morgenstern , * 1971, German keyboardist, organist, singer and music producer, collaboration with To Rococo Rot , released on Gudrun Gut's label Monika Enterprise
- Nicole Morier , American singer-songwriter and music producer, with the band Electrocute , among others , where she plays guitar, sings and builds beats
- Heidi Mortenson , Danish composer, singer and music producer of avant-garde dance music, theater musician, Honorable Mention at Laurie Anderson's Remix Contest
- Ikue Mori (also Ikue Ile), * 1953, Japanese avant-garde musician (drums, electronics, laptop, sampler) composer and graphic designer, pioneer of electronic sound manipulation in jazz and pop, collaboration with Kim Gordon , Thurston Moore , Jim O ' Rourke and Stephen Malkmus in the Kim's Bedroom project (1999), with pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and drummer Susie Ibarra as Trio Mephista , collaboration with Marina Rosenfeld (2002), film music composer
- Nicole Moudaber , Nigerian-Lebanese techno DJ and music producer
- Georgia Anne Muldrow , * 1983, musician and music producer in the fields of experimental, funk, blues, electro, jazz fusion, hip-hop, co-founder of the label SomeOthaShip Connect , collaboration with Mos Def
- Róisín Murphy (Róisín Marie Murphy), * 1973, Irish singer-songwriter and music producer, singer with the duo Moloko , collaboration with the band Crookers
- Thea Musgrave , * 1928, Scottish-American composer
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- Audrey Napoleon , American singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ
- Laura Naukkarinen ( Lau Nau ), * 1980, Finnish singer-songwriter and music producer, also active in the psychedelic folk bands Kiila (Band) and the trio Hertta Lussu Ässä together with the singer-songwriters Islaja and Kuupuu
- Aérea Negrot , Venezuelan singer and music producer in the fields of Nu-Disco , Electronica, formerly singer with Hercules and Love Affair
- Christina Nemec aka Chra, Austrian ambient noise musician and music producer as well as label owner of comfortzone , a label with a queer-feminist approach
- Amy X Neuburg , American composer, vocalist and electronic musician, studied with Pauline Oliveros
- Christine Newby ( Cosey Fanni Tutti , Throbbing Gristle , Chris & Cosey ), * 1951, industrial pioneer and performance artist, a. a. at Throbbing Gristle, COUM Transmissions , Chris & Cosey and later Carter Tutti
- Dika Newlin , 1923–2006, pianist, music theorist, composer and punk singer, studied with Arnold Schönberg
- Lee Newman , † 1995, British music producer , pioneer of the European techno scene, with Michael Wells as Greater Than One , hit single I Wanna Be A Hippy
- Nicolette , British singer-songwriter and DJ in the field of electronica.
- Chelsea Nikkel ( Princess Chelsea ), New Zealand composer and experimental space pop musician with the bands The Brunettes and Teenwolf , with the collective Lil 'Chief Records and others
- Merrill Beth Nisker ( Peaches ), * 1968, Canadian electroclash singer and music producer
- Sarah Nixey , * 1973, British singer-songwriter, a. a. at the band Black Box Recorder
- Tujiko Noriko , * 1976, Japanese musician and filmmaker, works primarily with the MPC 2000 sampler , published by the Mego and Tomlab record labels
- Doris Norton ( Jacula ), member of the space rock band Jacula, founded in 1968
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- Jocy de Oliveira , * 1936, Brazilian pianist, composer and author, performed in concerts with John Cage and Lukas Foss , is considered the most important Brazilian composer
- Pauline Oliveros , 1932–2016, American composer and accordionist in the field of minimal music , music theorist and university professor, since 1961 working with Steve Reich , Terry Riley , Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick at the San Francisco Tape Music Center , 1967–1981 director of the Center for Music Experiment at the University of California in San Diego , USA
- Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya ( Kemistry ), 1963-1999, British drum-and-bass - DJ , music producer and label operator, jointly u. a. with Goldie founded the label Metalheadz and released it, worked musically with Storm
- Yoko Ono , * 1933, Japanese-American artist, filmmaker, composer of experimental music and singer, is considered an important representative of the Fluxus movement, her song Walking on Thin Ice became an influential track in the club scene in 1981
- Daphne Oram , 1925–2003, British composer and electronic musician, has been experimenting with sound generation since the 1940s, sound designer in the radio field at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop , inventor of the film-based optical sound generation technique Oramics (1957), pioneer of electronic music
- Luci van Org (also Ina Lucia Hildebrand ), * 1971, German singer , writer , songwriter , music producer , screenwriter , actress , presenter and bassist
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- Else Marie Pade , * 1924, first Danish female composer in the field of electronic music and musique concrète (since 1954), worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Karin Park , * 1978, Swedish-Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Andrea Parker , * 1969, British musician and music producer in the field of 80s electro , DJ and label owner of the Touchin 'Bass label
- Elizabeth Parker (Liz Parker), composer in the field of film music and television, worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from the 1970s to 1998, composed a. a. Contribution to the soundtrack for Doctor Who , published as Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Jennifer Parkin ( Ayria ), Canadian musician in the field of future pop , synthpop (with Ayria) and electronic body music with the band Epsilon Minus
- Zeena Parkins , * 1956, American harpist , keyboardist, accordionist and composer in the fields of avant-garde jazz , improvisation music , live electronics and noise music , pioneer of the electric harp
- Chantal Passamonte ( Mira Calix ), * 1969, South African musician and music producer in the field of experimental electronica , released on the British label Warp Records
- Maggi Payne , * 1945, composer, flutist, video artist, recording engineer and editor, engineer for historical remastering
- Annette Peacock , * 1941, American composer, music producer, musician and singer-songwriter, experiments with voice and synthesizer
- Sarah Peebles , American-Canadian composer who works in the field of microtonal music with digitally processed found sound or field recordings , improvisation musician on the Japanese Sho in the field of Gagaku music and installation artist in the field of BioArt
- Hannah Peel (Hannah Mary Peel), Irish-British singer-songwriter, composer and music producer, solo as well as with the bands The Magnetic North and John Foxx and the Maths , works with self-made music boxes , with which she composes, records and performs
- Sasha Perera (also Mother Perera and Perera Elsewhere ), * 1979, British-international musician, singer, MC, DJ, composer and lyricist, a. a. with the band Jahcoozi and solo as Perera Elsewhere with experimental electronica, as a DJ under the name Mother Perera in the Future-Bass division , UK Garage a . a.
- Susan Philipsz , * 1965, Scottish sculptor and sound artist
- Liz Phillips , * 1951, sound artist, pioneer of interactive sound sculpture, collaborated with Nam June Paik and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Danielle de Picciotto , * 1965, American multimedia artist, musician, painter, draftsman, author and filmmaker, 1989 together with Dr. Motte initiates the first Love Parade in Berlin, musician with the bands Space Cowboys, Crime & the City Solution and Ministry of Wolves, 1997 together with Gudrun Gut founding the Ocean Club , artist / curator with the “Berliner Clubkunstkultur” movement
- Elizabeth Hayden Pizer , * 1954, American composer, music journalist, radio writer and archivist
- Lena Platonos , * 1951, Greek pianist, composer and performer of electronic music
- Andrea Polli , * 1968, author and artist who devotes herself to ecological topics, works with sonification , for example to make weather phenomena audible
- Paula P-Orridge (Alaura O'Dell), * 1963, British musician
- Valerie Anne Poxleitner (also Lights and Lights Bokan ), * 1987, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter in the field of synthpop and electro-pop
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- Stacey Q (also Stacey Lynn Swain), * 1958, American pop singer , dancer and actress as well as voice actress , also with the synth-pop band Q , famous song Two of Hearts (1986)
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- Éliane Radigue , * 1932, contemporary French composer and a pioneer of electronic music, electroacoustic composition, in the 1960s assistant to Pierre Schaeffer and assistant to Pierre Henry in the Apsome studio , working with the ARP 2500 modular system and tape machines , then working with microphone feedback and tape loops , worked with Laurie Spiegel with a Buchla synthesizer at New York University in the field of minimal music , in the 2000s with the electronic improvisation band The Lappetites with Antye Greie-Ripatti , Kaffe Matthews and Ryoko Akama
- Teresa Rampazzi
- Maja Ratkje , * 1973, Norwegian experimental avant-garde jazz singer, musician ( theremin , laptop and violin ), experimental live electronics engineer and composer, band Spunk together with Hild Sofie Tafjord , Kristin Andersen and Lene Grenager , together with Tafjord Noise duo Fe -mail or extended by Lotta Melin to the Trio Agrare , film composer, work u. a. with Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins
- Angie Reed , * 1976, American singer, musician in the field of electronica and rock, actress and performance artist
- Mathias Rehfeldt , * 1986, German organist and composer who combines church organ with electronic music.
- Sally Johnston Reid , * 1948, American composer, music teacher and editor of the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) Journal (1991–95), President of the International Alliance for Women in Music (1999–2000)
- Louise Rhodes , English singer and songwriter for the band Lamb .
- Susanna Ridler is an Austrian vocalist, composer in the border area of jazz, electronics, improvised music, new music and literature.
- Clara Rockmore (Clara Reisenberg), 1911–1998, Russian-American theremin player , pioneer and theorist of the theremin game, collaboration with the inventor of the theremin Leon Theremin
- Tara Rodgers (also Analogue Tara ), * 1973, Canadian musician, record producer, DJ, author and professor at the University of Maryland , is an author who deals with sound and audio technologies as well as gender relations in electronic music, authored the book Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound , works as a musician or music producer with SuperCollider
- Samantha Ronson , * 1977, Jewish-British singer-songwriter, DJ , philosopher and writer
- Lucie Bigelow Rosen , 1890–1968, theremin player who made the theremin popular in the 1930s and 1940s, founder of the Caramoor Festival
- Marina Rosenfeld , American composer, sound artist and visual artist
- Vanessa Rossetto , American composer, sound artist, works with field recordings, electronics, found sounds, improvisation.
- Olesya Rostovskaya , * 1975, Russian composer specializing in classical and electroacoustic music, organist , carillon (carillon) and thereminvox player
- Jam Rostron (also Planningtorock and Janine Rostron), British musician, record producer, singer, performance artist and multimedia artist, processes her singing voice with effects to make it appear gender ambiguous in order to criticize the prevailing gender relations, published on Chicks on Speed Records , Mute Records and DFA Records , collaborated artistically with The Knife
- Ina Rotter ( Quio ), rapper and musician, whose music moves stylistically between pop , hip-hop , clicks & cuts , two step , dubstep , grime and jungle , one of the few female MCs in Germany who has drum & bass , garage and Dubstep rhyme
- Anna Rubin , * 1946, American composer of electroacoustic music and author, director of the International Alliance for Women in Music
- Ursula Rucker (also Ursula Desiré Rucker), American musician and songwriter, collaboration with King Britt as Supernatural , with Josh Wink , 4hero and The Roots
- Vivian Adelberg Rudow , * 1936, American composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, performance artist, conductor, producer
- Nomi Ruiz , American singer and music producer specializing in nu-disco , hip-hop , former singer with Hercules and Love Affair , The Ones , band member of Jessica 6
- Dasha Rush , Russian international music producer, DJ and musician, releases on the Raster-Noton label
- Jessica Rylan , * 1974, American sound artist, musician in the fields of noise pop and folk noise , sound engineer and instrument maker, builds and plays modular synthesizers and works musically with her singing voice
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- Kaija Saariaho , * 1952, Finnish composer in the field of computer-aided composition, working with tape and live electronics
- Lætitia Sadier (also Seaya Sadier ), singer, musician, co-founder of the bands Stereolab and Monade , pioneer of post rock
- Jocelyn Rachel “JD” Samson, * 1978, American musician, record producer, singer-songwriter and DJ, as JD Samson in the feminist electropunk band Le Tigre and founding member of MEN
- Gayle San , * 1967, Singaporean DJ and music producer in the field of electronic dance music
- Santigold (also Santi White and Santogold ), * 1976, American singer, producer and composer
- Charissa Saverio, * 1969, as a DJ Rap, British drum and bass , jungle , house and electronica producer and DJ
- Carla Scaletti , * 1956, American harpist , composer and music technology, inventor of Kyma , a programming language that generates sound in real time, and co-founder of Symbolic Sound Corporation (1989), which brought various sound generation technologies to the market, such as B. Granular Synthesis
- Polly Scattergood , * 1986, British indie pop singer and composer, a graduate of the London School for Performing Arts & Technology , published on Mute Records
- Elisabeth Schimana , * 1958, Austrian composer, performer, radio artist, music theorist, ethnologist, active in the field of space body electronics
- Marina Schiptjenko (Anna Marina Schiptjenko), * 1965, Swedish musician and singer, since the 80s with the synthpop band Page , later with Bodies Without Organs
- Anja Schneider , German DJ , music producer , radio maker and label owner in the field of electronic dance music
- Cécile Schott (Colleen), * 1976, French electronica and ambient music producer , composer, published on the Staalplaat label
- Martha Schwendener , co-founder of Bowery Electric (1994, together with Lawrence Chandler ), a pioneering post-rock band that performed with a laptop, mixer and sampler
- Daria Semegen , * 1946, American classical contemporary and electronic composer
- Judith Shatin , * 1949, American electroacoustic music composer and music teacher, co-founder and director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music
- Ann Shenton, co-founder of the electropunk band Add N to (X) (1994–2003), released on Mute Records , and label owner of White Label Music
- Alice Shields , * 1943, American electronic music composer and opera singer
- Sick Girls , German DJ and music producer duo in the field of bass music
- Juliet Sikora , * 1979, Polish house DJ and remixer
- Kate Simko , American minimal techno and deep house producer, musician and composer
- Émilie Simon , * 1978, French singer-songwriter of the Nouvelle Chanson , contemporary electronic composer and musicologist
- Saskia Slegers (also Miss Djax), * 1962, Dutch music producer, DJ and with Djax Records label owner in the fields of techno , acid , Schranz and hip-hop
- Pril Smiley , * 1943, American composer of electronic music and pioneer of electronic music
- Laetitia Sonami , * 1957, French-American sound artist, performance artist, composer of interactive electronic music (with Max / MSP )
- Laurie Spiegel , * 1945, American composer, guitarist, lutenist and pioneer of electronic music, developer of the algorithmic composition software Music Mouse (1986), continues to develop visual music and computer programs for visuals or video art
- Mina Špiler (near Laibach , also Mina, Mina Harker, Mina Spiler, Mina Šiler), Slovenian singer and musician (synthesizer) in the field of industrial , well-known track Across the Universe
- Bev Stanton, * 1966, under the name Arthur Loves Plastic American musician, record producer, film composer and DJ
- Ivana Stefanović , * 1948, Yugoslav-Serbian composer and radio maker
- Maya Consuelo Sternel (also Donna Maya, Die Godparents and Maya Princess), DJ, musician, producer, sound engineer, film composer, label owner of Rudel Records , author ("Beat Programming") and music teacher
- Lindsey Stirling , * 1986, American violinist, stage artist and composer specializing in rock and hip-hop
- Nicolette Suwoton ( Nicolette ), * 1964, British electronica singer-songwriter and DJ, collaborated a. a. with Alec Empire
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- TĀLĀ , British electronic pop musician with Iranian influences
- Hild Sofie Tafjord , * 1974, Norwegian horn player and composer in the field of experimental electronica
- Mari Takano , * 1960 in Tokyo, Japanese composer specializing in world, jazz and new music
- Anna Virginia Taylor ( Anna Domino ), indie rock musician
- Fiorella Terenzi , Italian astrophysicist, author and musician, transforms radio waves from space into music
- Terre Thaemlitz (also Miss Take, DJ Sprinkles ), * 1968, American-Japanese electronica and IDM musician, essayist, owner of the record label Comatonse Recordings and transgender activist
- Chloé Thévenin (DJ Chloe), * 1976, French DJ, artist and composer
- Diane Thome , * 1942, American composer
- Ebony Thomas ( Ebony Bones ), * 1982, British actress, songwriter, singer and music producer
- Lynda Thomas (Lynda Aguirre Thomas), * 1981, Mexican Eurodance singer, later experimental world beat
- Noriko Tsujiko ( Tujiko Noriko ), * 1976, Japanese musician and filmmaker, works primarily with the MPC 2000 sampler , published by the record labels Mego and Tomlab
- Barbara Tucker , * 1967, American singer-songwriter in the house sector, actress, dancer, choreographer, best known for the track Beautiful People (1994) on the label Strictly Rhythm , collaboration with Deee-Lite , George Clinton , David Guetta , Blaze
- Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby), * 1951, industrial pioneer and performance artist, a. a. at Throbbing Gristle , COUM Transmissions , Chris & Cosey and later Carter Tutti
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- Hiromi Uehara , * 1979, Japanese pianist in the fields of jazz, avant-garde and rock, incorporates electronic beats into her playing
- Ludmila Ulehla , 1923–2009, American composer, music teacher and author
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- Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir , * 1982, Icelandic musician, singer with múm , Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan and temporarily with the Animal Collective
- Esther Venrooy , * 1974, Dutch installation artist and composer of electronic, mainly abstract music, mainly on Entr'acte; teaches modern music in Ghent
- Lois V Vierk , * 1951, American composer in the field of post- minimal and totalism (both minimal music tendencies of the 80s), ethnomusicologist, pianist and musician of classical Japanese Gagaku music
- Sarine Voltage , * 1959, American musician, singer-songwriter and music producer in the fields of No Wave (Band Power of 3 ), Industrial and Gothic Rock
- Antje Vowinckel , * 1964, experimental electronic musician and sound artist, performer, feature and radio play author and director
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- Shirley Walker , 1945–2006, American composer, film music composer, conductor, pianist and producer, a. a. Synthesizer player for the soundtrack for the film Apocalypse Now
- Astrid Walter ( DJ Astrid ), Dutch DJ and music producer
- Jennifer Walshe , * 1974, Irish composer, vocalist and artist in the field of new music , active a. a. in the crash ensemble
- Judy Weinstein , active in the 70s and 80s, label founder, manager in the music business, music producer, assistant to David Mancuso , founded the Record Pool For The Record , co-founder of the music production company Def Mix
- Steffi Weismann , * 1967, Swiss sound artist, performance, intermedia and video artist
- Hildegard Westerkamp , * 1946, German-Canadian sound artist, sound researcher, composer of electroacoustic music, sound ecologist, flutist, pianist and author, often works with field recordings
- Pietra Wexstun , American electronic musician (keyboard, synthesizer, theremin) and singer-songwriter, with the band Hecate's Angels since 1996
- Tina Weymouth , * 1950, American musician (bassist) and founding member of the post-punk and new wave band Talking Heads , to which Brian Eno also belonged for a time, later with Tom Tom Club
- Ruth White , * 1925, American composer and pioneer of electronic music, was one of the first to work with the Moog synthesizer
- Jana Winderen , * 1965, Norwegian sound and installation artist, field recordings and soundscape with a focus on remote ecosystems
- Julia Wolfe , * 1958, American minimal music composer in the circle of John Cage
- Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wright), * 1971, American singer-songwriter and music producer in the field of neo-soul , actress and political activist
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- Ramona Andra Xavier , musician of the Vaporwave genre , sound engineer and graphic designer, publishes under the names Vectorsroid, Macintosh Plus, New Dreams Ltd, PrismCorp, Laserdisc Visions, 情報 デ ス ク VIRTUAL, Sacred Tapestry, Fuji Grid TV, esc 不在, Tanning Salon, dstnt and Vector drum
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- Ya Kid K , rap musician and singer, best known for the Technotronic project .
- Pati Yang (also Patrycja Grzymałkiewicz, Children), * 1980, Polish singer in the field of trip-hop , as children music producer, together with Stephen Hilton The Free Association , production of the soundtrack for the film Code 46 , band FlyKKiller
- Akiko Yano , * 1955, Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer
- Toko Yasuda , Japanese singer-songwriter, keyboardist and bassist, among others with Enon and St. Vincent
- Meredith Yayanos , American violinist, singer and theremin player, among others with The Dresden Dolls
- Miss Yetti , (also Henrietta Schermall), * 1972, German musician, DJ , music producer and label owner in the field of techno and electro
- Yoshimi Yokota ( Yoshimi P-We ), * 1968, Japanese musician (drums, trumpet, keyboard, vocals), a. a. with the minimal - ambient noiseband Boredoms , with the women's band OOIOO , with the ambient project OLAibi
- Ami Yoshida , * 1976, Japanese musician who works with a wide range of sounds that she creates with her voice and which are often still electronically processed
- suGar Yoshinaga, Japanese musician, member of the electronica band Buffalo Daughter, founded in 1993
- Gayle Young , * 1950, Canadian composer, author, inventor of musical instruments and notation systems, has been writing for Musicworks magazine since 1978 and has been its editor since 1987
- Katherine Young , * 1980, American improvisation musician (bassoon, electronics) and composer, whose music is characterized by “peculiar sound colors, expressive noises and kinetic structures”
- Yasmine and Jahan Yousaf (Band Krewella ), American musician and music producer duo in the fields of house and dubstep music
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- Laurie Z , 1957–2006, American pianist and electronic musician in the fields of contemporary classical music and jazz
- Pamela Z , * 1956, African-American composer, media and performance artist who works with voice samples and loops, processes her voice live in real time with MAX / MSP and manipulates sounds and visuals live with special controllers
- Mia Zabelka , * 1963, Austrian composer, electric violinist and vocalist
- Kateryna Zavoloka ( Zavoloka ), * 1981, Ukrainian experimental musician, composer, sound artist, performance artist and graphic designer, who u. a. toured with Aphex Twin and collaborated with Antye Greie-Ripatti on an album
- Marian Zazeela , * 1940, American painter, light, performance and installation artist, designer, author and musician in the field of minimal music and classical Indian music
- Abigail (also Abigail Zsiga), British singer, songwriter and music producer in the field of Hi-NRG music
See also
- List of female jazz and improvisation musicians
- List of women composers
- Coloratura sopranos (several lists)
- Women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Women in music
literature
- Antye Greie-Ripatti : Nerdgirls - herstory of electronic music. In: Magazine of the CTM Festival . March 8, 2014 (English; extended version on nerdgirls.poemproducer.com).
- Tara Rodgers: Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound. Duke University Press, Durham NC 2010, ISBN 978-0-8223-4661-6 (English).
Web links
- Antye Greie-Ripatti : Nerdgirls - herstory of electronic music. March 8, 2014 (English; extended version).
- Jon Leidecker, Barbara Golden: Women In Electronic Music 1938-1982. Radio show Crack'O'Dawn , 2 parts, April 1, 2010 on KPFA FM in Berkeley, USA (English; with audio).
- Database: female: pressure (English; women in electronic music).
- Project page: Picture collection (English; inspired by Björk's appeal in January 2015).
- Steve Peters, Megan Mitchell: Many Many Women: An Index of Innovative Composers, Improviser and Sonic Artists. In: manymanywomen.wordpress.com. (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Betty Page: People think they're perfect men! But look up to these two, OK? Your life will go wrong! Interview with the Associates, in: The Affectionated Bunch
- ^ Website of Empty Taxi
- ^ Lara Heintz: Doris Norton Made Electronic Music for Steve Jobs. ( Memento from March 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: VICE : Motherboard. April 9, 2012, accessed February 29, 2020.
- ↑ Rosie Swash: Daphne Oram: an unlikely techno pioneer, in: The Guardian, August 7, 2011
- ↑ Sophie Jung: Beyond Form and Norm, in: Taz, February 18, 2014
- ^ Martin C. Strong: Bowery Electric . In: The Great Indie Discography , 2nd. Edition, Canongate, Edinburgh 2003, ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9 , p. 421.
- ↑ http://sabotagetimes.com/people/ann-shenton-from-add-n-to-x-interviewed-on-stage-it-was-like-warfare/
- ↑ Kiki: Interview: Ann Shenton (Add N to X). ( Memento from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: LocalSuicide.com. December 31, 2011, accessed February 29, 2020.
- ↑ http://www.connexionbizarre.net/interviews/all-numbers-great-andsmall-an-interview-with-ann-shenton/
- ↑ Steph Kretowicz: The Sick Girls' Alex Dröner on the Changing Sound of Berlin, in: Red bull music Academy
- ↑ Chloé, ça pulpe toujours . In: Liberation , September 16, 2011.
- ↑ Buffalo Daughter's deeper grooves . In: The Japan Times , August 31, 2003.