DJ Shiva is an techno artist with 2 decades of experience behind the decks and many quality releases to her credit on labels including Dystopian Rhythm, 611 Records, Different Is Different, Translucent, Gynoid Audio, and Chroma. Known far and wide as a tastemaker to reckon with, she runs the bi-monthly SubTerror Radio show, which is moving into it’s fifth year hosting the top names in techno from all over the world. We got a chance to speak with her about how she began so long ago, and what continues to inspire her dedication to this art form. Always outspoken and insightful, she also shares her thoughts and experiences on the electronic music industry and what is helping and hurting its progress in terms of leveling the playing field for all artists, especially women. In the podcast we’ll share bits and pieces of her music including her latest release on Detroit Underground under the moniker .noncompliant. Please join us for this fascinating conversation.   Connect with DJ Shiva online. Twitter: @djshiva https://www.facebook.com/djshivamusic/   Tracklisting used in podcast: DJ Shiva – In Bloom .noncompliant. – Airless Spaces .noncompliant. – Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum .noncompliant. – Ailed/Delia DJ Shiva – Whomp Rat Kroman Celik – Krater (DJ Shiva Remix)...

DJ Mag, a monthly British publication featuring electronic music and DJs has come under fire recently for their 25 year anniversary special featuring 25 pioneers of dance music of the last quarter century, where not one woman was deemed worthy of inclusion. It’s not very surprising coming from a magazine that holds reader poll based top 100 DJ contests where year after year less than a handful of women ever make the cut. But this anniversary feature was not poll based. It was fully in the hands of the editors to decide. You would think that a magazine that touts itself as the “global voice of dance music” would be a bit more inclusive to women instead of playing up the brofest sausage party. Sadly, this was not the case, although hurried apologies and promises to do better next time have been issued, in a feeble attempt to fix what in hindsight has been called a bad PR move by the magazine. Here was a great opportunity to be cultural innovators and use their voice to bring attention to the contributions of women, but they dropped the ball, or maybe they never actually picked it up. How many times throughout history have tallies and lists been made of pioneers in art, music, science or any other field of study that have systematically excluded women? This is why it’s called history, and not herstory. Women have been doing the work alright, but have been consistently relegated to the shadows of pop culture by false positives like DJ Mags top 25 list. The fact is that DJ Mag is not enough of a pioneer itself to address the issues of inequality within the music industry that would help to propel it toward the status of authority...