List of female musicians in electronic music

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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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Maryanne Amacher 2006
Laurie Anderson
Mira Aroyo with Ladytron 2008

B.

Julianna Barwick
Ayalah Bentovim as Sister Bliss 2013
Grimes 2012
  • 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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Jennifer Cardini at the Share Conference 2011 in Belgrade
Dorit Chrysler
Magda
  • 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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Cobra Killer, Annika Line Trost (left) and Gina V. D'Orio (right)
Erica Dunham / Below Zero

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Liza 'N' Eliaz
Nic Endo at Atari Teenage Riot

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Ellen Allien (2006)
Oy (Joy Frempong right) 2013

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Charlotte Gainsbourg 2010
Merrill Garbus as tune yards
Gillian Gilbert with New Order 2012
Miquette Giraudy
Marusha
Gudrun Gut 2010
  • 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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Emily Haines
Imogen Heap 2006
Miss Kittin 2010 Bataclan Paris
  • 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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Computer Magic 2013
  • 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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Natasha Khan (right) with Bat for Lashes
Monika Kruse 2014
Pamelia Kurstin 2012
  • 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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Victoria Legrand 2010
Acid Maria

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Helen Marnie from Ladytron
Keiko Matsui
ZiaMcCabe
Caralee McElroy and Jamie Stewart by Xiu Xiu 2004
Juana Molina
Barbara Morgenstern
Ikue Mori
Nicole Moudaber
  • 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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Amy X Neuberg

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Karin Park, live in Munich 2013
Hannah Peel 2014
Zeena Parkins 2009

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Clara Rockmore and Leon Theremin
Elaine Radigue with cat

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Lætitia Sadier live with Stereolab
Kate Simko
Mina Špiler from Ljubljana
Émilie Simon 2009

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Hiromi Uehara
  • 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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  • 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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Miss Yetti CT
  • 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

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