ABSTRACT

There are more and more women who try their hand on electronic gear. This chapter focuses on two of them, Electric Indigo and Sweet Susie. The bulk of studies devoted to women in music argue that they are marginalised. Female musicians also complain that even when they achieve recognition, this is often not due to their creativity but their visibility. There is also a tendency to play down the importance of women in the history of music. Rather than presenting women as women in a male world, it is better to see them as operating in a 'mixed world', in which men and women are keener to collaborate with each other than the adherents of gender-based 'identity politics' want us to believe. Electric Indigo's dual interest in rhythm and pure sound/texture situates her inside, as well as in between, techno, ambient and noise music. In 2006, Sweet Susie and Montana released their co-produced album Inspired by Mozart.