by raags » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:17 am
There seems to be a real wave of female producers in electronic music gaining a lot of exposure in a traditionally male-dominated space at the moment. It's pretty cool to see uber talented and intelligent artists like Jlin, Fatima Al Qadiri, and my personal favourite Holly Herndon blowing up a bit!
Holly's album is really cool and I'm still wrapping my head around it a bit. A recurring theme in avant-garde electronica seems to be exploring the theme of the 'digital self', and I think Holly does this pretty well through both her videos and her music. Her clips are very fucking weird and great particularly to watch if you're cooked. They're surreal and bizarre and full of 'digital leftovers' and weird technological motifs and artefacts. Her production reflects this, with so many bizarre samples and clips and bleeps and bloops that she is talented enough to combine beautifully to form a symphony of cascading anomalies.
Chorus isn't off her recent album but it's still my favourite track of hers.