Beats by Girlz MN Interview Podcast
Beats by Girlz is a non-traditional music technology curriculum, collective and community founded in 2012 by Erin Barra, who is an Associate Professor at the berklee college of music. The program was launched to empower young women in music technology by providing access to tools, guidance and role-support in order to develop their interest and career opportunities in music production and composition, and engineering. BBG has chapters all over the world, including NYC, Los Angeles, Berlin, Madrid and more. In this episode of Femmecult Radio, Christina Broussard (SciFiSol Music) is in conversation with three facilitators of the Minneapolis chapter of Beats by Girlz: Christine Hoberg, Christin Light and Tanya Leigh, all of whom are also accomplished electronic musicians. Please join us for an exciting conversation about how the BBG collective functions to provide creative opportunities to their community, and the wonderful effects on the lives of those involved with the program. At the end of the podcast, we will highlight the creative backgrounds this episode’s guests and more about what brought them to working with Beats by Girlz. Thanks for listening!
Tracks in the episode in order of appearance:
wk-es – Two (Axkan + Tanya Leigh Remix)
Christin Light – SL (Radio Edit)
Christine Hoberg – New in the Morning (live at Daytrotter)
Here’s more on our episode guests:
Tanya Leigh
Tanya Leigh is a DJ, producer, engineer, teacher and co-founder of OMEN Recordings. She has an extensive career in music and the techno scene. In 1998 she discovered the sound of techno and started supporting events in the Minneapolis underground dance scene. From 2009-2016 she was 1/2 of the duo known as Complicit, (DJ & Live techno music). The pair performed multiple shows in the US and Canada, and hold a respected discography of tracks released on record labels from the US, Canada, and Mexico. She just moved back to Minneapolis, MN after working in Los Angeles for the last year and a half supporting OMEN and working at the Ableton office in Pasadena, CA teaching Beats By Girlz. She continues to support the scene by releasing, performing and producing techno. She also recently joined Slam Academy, located in the NE Minneapolis Arts District, as their Recruitment Specialist, supporting the music community by enriching and mentoring creative lives.
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tanyaleigh_dj
Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/artist/tanya-leigh/563578
OMEN Website:
http://omenrecordings.com/
OMEN Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/omenrecordings
Christine Hoberg
Christine Hoberg is a singer-songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis-New York City, formerly Wisconsin. She has written and recorded music since her childhood growing up in her parent’s radio station, bouncing vocals and instrumental tracks to cassette and later producing on various DAWs she learned in her teenage years.
Her style is ethereal, dark electronic pop. Her style is well-loved by fans of Björk, Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, Radiohead, Portishead, and Fiona Apple. She loops live and integrates her production featuring moody vocals, synthesizers, and live percussion.
She has earned a Platinum record for her writing and vocals on Flight Facilities and her track, ‘Clair de Lune’. ‘Clair de Lune’ was voted #17 on Triple J’s Hot 100. She won Song of the Year and Album of the Year at the Radio Milwaukee Music Awards for her collaborations with Milwaukee producers Kiings. Her writing has been featured on Grey’s Anatomy, Telstra, Liberty Bank, BBC Radio 1, Spin Magazine, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at Iceland Airwaves, Homegrown Music Fest, and Summerfest, as well as in seven countries and across the United States.
Bandcamp:
https://christinehoberg.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/christine-hoberg
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ChristineHobergMusic/
Christin Light
Christin Light is an electronic artist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Playing within the intersection of analog synthesis, digital production, and programming. Christin creates intricate tapestries of sound and texture across spacetime, weaving pure melodic threads that unravel into dissonance. Denizen of underground & forest, Christin blends the boom of the late night bass with the rustling of moonlit trees.
As a music technology educator, Christin partners primarily with She Rock She Rock, Beats by Girlz and Franklin Library Teen Tech Squad. Focusing on electronic music production and synthesis for beginners, Christin has been involved in events for Ableton, female:pressure, Camp Spin Off, Art-A-Whirl, Slam Academy, the Lake Street Council, the Bakken Museum and Saint Paul Public Libraries.
Bandcamp:
https://christinlight.bandcamp.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/christinlightmusic/
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/christin-light
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