EQLovesFestival 2021 took place on October 16th 2021 at 6:30 p.m. and could be watched for free live on facebook or youtube. You can now watch it afterwards here:
This year it’s in the form of a creative collaboration project, and the non profit organization has done things a bit differently. The focus has been on the members, many of whom are artists as well as producers. In preparation for the festival, the organization has gathered and collaborated, and the members have created a soundbank together inspired by carefully selected keywords centering around the theme equality. The soundbanks have then been compiled into five different representation designs with the help of Ableton Live.
For previous years, EQLovesFestivals main theme has been to present thoughts about equality and its progress in the field of music production. Through panels among other things, and to shine a light on role models in the field that are not CIS-males, all the while networking with different sister organisations. The festival has presented live performances where prominent female and non-binary producer artists have performed their original music. EQLovesMusic has collaborated with many sister organisations through the years by creating events both in Sweden and abroad, notably New York.
Like last year, this year’s festival has been affected by the pandemic, causing the Festival to be streamed online only with no live audience, as the preparation work started in January with the state of the world still uncertain.
EQLovesMusic wanted the representation designs performed at the festival to be in line with the issue the association is working with:
How can the sound designs convey condescending attitudes, prejudice, gender discrimination, exclusion, sexism but also strength, courage, stamina, sisterhood, sense of belonging and support systems? How could we facilitate, and create possibilities, for all the members who wanted to participate in this project?
The answer was to create a soundbank inspired by carefully selected keywords, that were then compiled in Ableton Live in preparation for performance. This enabled members who could not participate physically to contribute with their own sound designs in the finished production, bringing their ideas to fruition.
Seeing as most members, more than a good 40, in EQLovesMusic had only worked previously with other DAWS than Ableton Live, the association booked a webinar with Loljud. Loljud is a producer and artist that has previously performed at the festival using Ableton Live for it, as for most of her performances . After the webinar the members would meet up online to create the soundbank.
EQLovesMusic was further supported by Ableton, contributing to the project in the form of Ableton Live Lite-versions of the program that everyone could access.
EQLovesFestival has previously sported big producer names in the festival like Leila Arab, a producer that has worked with Björks Live DJ. Grammy winning producer Sylvia Massy and Linn Fijal from Benny Anderssons music studio Riksmixningsverket, Ebony Bones, Ayla, Ida Redig, the producer and Denniz pop-award-nominated Selen Özan, the artist and producer Loljud, Ana Diaz, Erin Tonkon (David Bowie), Gloria Kaba (Madonna, Beyonce, Phil Ramone, Kanye West, Salaam Remi, Aretha Franklin and Frank Ocean), Heba Kadry (The Mars Volta, Slowdrive, Lightning Bolt, Beach House, Björk) are just some of the many other names.
This year we’ve decided to focus on our members and the creation of a collaboration to perform at the festival. The final result is a diverse collection of sound designs from the members leading up to a culmination of soundbanks that Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie and Melisha from EQLovesMusic have been able to compile and focus into 5 different representation designs.
“We’re very happy and proud about completing this project this year with so much focus on our members and the collaboration between them. The result is an exciting compilation of the different sound designs created”, //Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie & Melisha from EQLovesMusic.
“To explore the idea ‘Equality’ in connection to our community, and at the same time on my own, and then morphing the feelings and the collected sounds into a composition was an emotionally revolutionary process. I’ve found a completely new sound than enables me to readily adorn the work with poetry and prose. It amplifies and crystallizes my own journey in an unbalanced and unequal music business . The process has been purifying.”// Nadja Itäsaari, one of the sound compilers from EQLovesMusic who will perform the representation design SmurFAAN!
In connection to the festival there was also a pre-party where the live performers talked about the process of creating the compositions and collaborations performed. The pre-party was streamed on October 11th 6.30 and is in swedish:
EQLovesFestival 2021 takes place on October 16th 2021 at 6:30 p.m. and you can watch it for free live on facebook or youtube. (GMT + 2) This year it’s in the form of a creative collaboration project, and the non profit organization has done things a bit differently. The focus has been on the members, many of whom are artists as well as producers. In preparation for the festival, the organization has gathered and collaborated, and the members have created a soundbank together inspired by carefully selected keywords centering around the theme equality. The soundbanks have then been compiled into five different representation designs with the help of Ableton Live.
For previous years, EQLovesFestivals main theme has been to present thoughts about equality and its progress in the field of music production. Through panels among other things, and to shine a light on role models in the field that are not CIS-males, all the while networking with different sister organisations. The festival has presented live performances where prominent female and non-binary producer artists have performed their original music. EQLovesMusic has collaborated with many sister organisations through the years by creating events both in Sweden and abroad, notably New York.
Like last year, this year’s festival has been affected by the pandemic, causing the Festival to be streamed online only with no live audience, as the preparation work started in January with the state of the world still uncertain.
EQLovesMusic wanted the representation designs performed at the festival to be in line with the issue the association is working with:
How can the representation designs convey condescending attitudes, prejudice, gender discrimination, exclusion, sexism but also strength, courage, stamina, sisterhood, sense of belonging and support systems? How could we facilitate, and create possibilities, for all the members who wanted to participate in this project?
The answer was to create a soundbank inspired by carefully selected keywords, that were then compiled in Ableton Live in preparation for performance. This enabled members who could not participate physically to contribute with their own sound designs in the finished production, bringing their ideas to fruition.
Seeing as most members, more than a good 40, in EQLovesMusic had only worked previously with other DAWS than Ableton Live, the association booked a webinar with Loljud. Loljud is a producer and artist that has previously performed at the festival using Ableton Live for it, as for most of her performances . After the webinar the members would meet up online to create the soundbank.
EQLovesMusic was further supported by Ableton, contributing to the project in the form of Ableton Live Lite-versions of the program that everyone could access.
EQLovesFestival has previously sported big producer names in the festival like Leila Arab, a producer that has worked with Björks Live DJ. Grammy winning producer Sylvia Massy and Linn Fijal from Benny Anderssons music studio Riksmixningsverket, Ebony Bones, Ayla, Ida Redig, the producer and Denniz pop-award-nominated Selen Özan, the artist and producer Loljud, Ana Diaz, Erin Tonkon (David Bowie), Gloria Kaba (Madonna, Beyonce, Phil Ramone, Kanye West, Salaam Remi, Aretha Franklin and Frank Ocean), Heba Kadry (The Mars Volta, Slowdrive, Lightning Bolt, Beach House, Björk) are just some of the many other names.
This year we’ve decided to focus on our members and the creation of a collaboration to perform at the festival. The final result is a diverse collection of sound designs from the members leading up to a culmination of soundbanks that Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie and Melisha from EQLovesMusic have been able to compile and focus into 5 different representation designs.
“We’re very happy and proud about completing this project this year with so much focus on our members and the collaboration between them. The result is an exciting compilation of the different sound designs created”, //Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie & Melisha from EQLovesMusic.
“To explore the idea ‘Equality’ in connection to our community, and at the same time on my own, and then morphing the feelings and the collected sounds into a composition was an emotionally revolutionary process. I’ve found a completely new sound than enables me to readily adorn the work with poetry and prose. It amplifies and crystallizes my own journey in an unbalanced and unequal music business . The process has been purifying.”// Nadja Itäsaari, one of the sound compilers from EQLovesMusic who will perform the representation design SmurFAAN!
In connection to the festival there is also a pre-party where the live performers will talk about the process of creating the compositions and collaborations performed. The pre-party is on October 11th 6.30 P.M. (GMT + 2).
EQLovesFestival 2021 går av stapeln den 16 oktober 2021 kl 18:30 och kan ses på EQLovesMusics facebook och youtube. I år är festivalen ett kreativt samverkansprojekt där föreningen gjort saker lite annorlunda. Fokuset har legat på medlemmarna i föreningen som är musikproducenter och många är även artister. Inför festivalen har föreningen haft ett kreativt samverkansprojekt där medlemmarna tillsammans har skapat ett ljudbibliotek utifrån valda nyckelord kring temat jämställdhet som slutligen sammanställts i fem olika gestaltningar med hjälp av Ableton Live.
Tidigare år har EQLovesFestival främst handlat om att lyfta frågan om jämställdhet inom musikproduktion genom panelsamtal, att belysa stora musikproducent-förebilder som är icke-män, knyta samman systerorganisationer och liveframträdanden där större producentartister framfört egenproducerad musik. Föreningen har genom åren samarbetat med många systerorganisationer, skapat branschevent och även knutit kontakter och genomfört festivalevenemang i New York.
Precis som i förra årets festival så är årets präglad av pandemin och huruvida den kunde genomföras inför livepublik. Eftersom förberedelserna påbörjades redan i januari valde föreningen därför att genomföra EQLovesFestival 2021 online.
EQLovesMusic ville att gestaltningarna och musikskapandet som skulle framföras på festivalen skulle ligga i linje med den frågeställning som föreningen jobbar med:
I projektet ställdes frågorna: hur kan de audiovisuella gestaltningarna förmedla nedlåtande attityder, fördomar, könsdiskriminering, exkludering och sexism men även styrka, mod, uthållighet, systerskap och känsla av samhörighet och stöttande av andra? Och samtidigt möjliggöra att alla medlemmar som ville kunde delta och skapa till detta projekt?
Svaret blev att skapa ett ljudbibliotek utifrån valda nyckelord kring temat som kunde sammanställas i Ableton Live och framföras. Detta innebar att de medlemmar som inte ville vara med i själva festivalen ändå kunde ha med sina skapade ljudbilder med i slutproduktionen, men även vara med och utveckla idéerna tillsammans.
Eftersom de flesta i EQLovesMusic med ett 40-tal medlemmar främst arbetat med andra musikprogram än Ableton Live så bokade föreningen en workshop med Loljud, en artistproducent som tidigare framträtt på festivalen. Därefter träffades medlemmarna i onlinemöten för att skapa ljudbiblioteket tillsammans.
Föreningen fick dessutom stöttning av Ableton som bidrog till projektet i form av Ableton Live Lite-versioner av programmet så att alla medlemmar kunde få tillgång till det.
EQLovesFestival har tidigare haft stora producentnamn med i festivalen som till exempel Leila Arab, producent och har jobbat som Björks Live DJ, grammyvinnande världsproducenten Sylvia Massy och Svenska Linn Fijal från Benny Anderssons studio Riksmixningsverket, Ebony Bones, Ayla, Ida Redig, producenten och Denniz pop-award-nominerade Selen Özan, artisten och producenten Loljud, Ana Diaz, Erin Tonkon (producerat David Bowie), Gloria Kaba (Madonna, Beyonce, Phil Ramone, Kanye West, Salaam Remi, Aretha Franklin and Frank Ocean), Heba Kadry (The Mars Volta, Slowdrive, Lightning Bolt, Beach House, Björk) med flera.
Men i år har alltså EQLovesMusic valt att fokusera på medlemmarna i föreningen och skapat ett kreativt samverkansprojekt som framförs på festivalen. Det slutgiltiga resultatet är alltså skapat utifrån ett större samarbete mellan föreningens medlemmar som har lett till att medlemmarna Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie och Melisha från EQLovesMusic har kunnat sammanställa, fokusera och slutproducera varsin gestaltning.
“Vi är mycket stolta och glada att få genomföra detta projekt som i år har gett så mycket tillfällen till samarbete och fokus på våra medlemmar. Det har resulterat i en spännande sammanställning av de olika ljudbilderna som skapats”, säger Maria, Kimtina, Nadja, Zukie och Melisha från EQLovesMusic.
“Att undersöka begreppet jämställdhet utifrån en gemenskap och samtidigt på egen hand, för att sedan göra om känslor och samlade ljud till en komposition var en känsloomvälvande process. Jag har hittat ett helt nytt sound som möjliggör att jag enkelt kan ornamentera verket med poesi och prosa för att förstärka, tydliggöra och sätta ord på min egen resa i en ojämställd musikbranch. Processen har känts renande.”, säger Nadja Itäsaari, en av kreatörerna från EQLovesMusic och som även kommer att uppträda med sin gestaltning SmurFAAN!
Inför festivalen hålls det även ett försnack där de som kommer framträda live kommer att berätta om processen inför att skapa kompositioner och samarbetet kring festivalen. Denna hålls nu på måndag den 11 oktober kl 18:30 och sänds på facebook live och youtube i EQLovesMusics kanaler.
Vi i styrelsen på EQLovesMusic är glada att kunna meddela att Loljud kommer hålla i en workshop i Ableton Live för våra medlemmar den 29 mars kl 18:30.
Det är gratis för våra medlemmar att vara med i denna workshop som endast är till för våra medlemmar och vi har också spännande saker på gång i samband med detta för våra medlemmar och EQLovesFestival 2021 då vi har teamat upp med Ableton Live.
Filmen har filmats av Rebecka Wijk Fagerberg under EQLovesFestival 2019 och editerats av EQLovesMusic
Website: www.eqlovesfestival.com
För fjärde året i rad anordnades EQLovesFestival den 25:e och 26:e september. År 2020 fick vi verkligen tänka om, och festivalen skapades så vis i ett nytt online format på grund av den rådande pandemin. Fokus låg fortfarande på jämställdhet inom musikproduktion och under årets festival valde vi att lyfta och fördjupa oss i musikskapandet och musikproducentens personliga processer.
I år lyfte vi de göteborgsbaserade artist-producenterna: Sea Lion, MANX och Vanessa Liftig som även blev intervjuade av musikjournalisten, fd. radioprataren och författaren Hanna Jedvik. Vi intervjuade även producenterna: Erin Tonkon(NYC), Gloria Kaba(NYC), Dajana Indy(STHLM) och musikstuderande producenten och musikjuristen Sara Idani (GBG/UMEÅ) samt Anya Trybala (AUS). Vi lyfte även våra samarbetsparter från tidigare årets festival som var: Beats by Girlz (NYC) samt Synth Babes (Malmö)
Utöver detta fick medlemmar ur vårt eget nätverk ta mer plats än tidigare år och berätta om sitt musikskapande. Vi berättade också om hur vi arbetat fram en ny logotyp tillsammans med QueensLab i Göteborg.
Nedan följer vår sammanfattning av projektet.
Syfte och Mål:
EQLovesFestival är en inspirationsfestival för att skapa skillnad för yrkesutövande musikproducenter, ljudtekniker och låtskrivare som inte tillhör normen. Festivalen är återkommande och har gått av stapeln årligen i Göteborg sedan 2017. Arbetet kring festivalen har hittills lett till många nya nätverk och byggt broar mellan olika systerorganisationer och samarbetspartners.
Festivalens huvudsakliga syfte handlar om att på ett inspirerande vis öka medvetenhet, lyfta förebilder och skapa nätverk mellan producenter, musikskapare och musikorganisationer för att bygga en jämställd framtid. Modellen är unik på så vis att dess huvudsakliga fokus ligger på musikproduktion/musikskapande och inte enbart på artisteri.
Målet med festivalen är att lyfta och belysa kvinnliga förebilder inom musikproduktion och göra det på ett inspirerande sätt, genom liveintervjuer på scen där musik- och kulturjournalister modererar, detta varvas med musikinslag av artister/producenter. Vårt fokus för festivalen är att skapa inspirationsseminarier, upplevelsekonserter/liveproduktion, samt nätverksträffar för aktiva inom branschen.
EQLovesMusic arbetar mot tre huvudsakliga mål:
1) Att vara en levande förening för musikproducenters möjlighet till nätverkande/ samverkan, utveckling och stöttning.
2) Ett årligt arrangerande av EQLovesFestival för att sätta jämställdhetsfrågan på agendan, samtidigt som vi vill bredda bilden av en musikproducent genom att lyfta och dela med oss av nya aktörer som faller utanför normen.
3) Vi har som syfte att samverka och skapa länkar mellan olika organisationer runt om i Sverige och övriga världen som arbetar mot samma mål. Som förening har vi regelbundna nätverksträffar online och arrangerar då och då workshops där vi utvecklas tillsammans.
Medlemsantal 2020 är 45 st.
För att skapa mer intresse för våran organisation online gjordes även ett beslut om att uppdatera organisationens logotyp för att ytterligare lyfta föreningens och festivalens syfte. Samarbetet gjordes med Pia Olsson på QueensLab, den nya logotypens mål var att tydligare förmedla att vårt arbete står för jämställdhet inom musikproduktion. Läs mer om arbetet med logotypen här: https://www.eqlovesmusic.com/2020/06/18/our-new-logotype-stands-for-equality/
EQLovesFestival ONLINE2020
FRIDAY 24:th of September – Festival Programme.
19:00-19:10 Presentation of EQLovesFestival and EQLoves music lead by Zukie Fioxu and Nadja Itäsaari. 19:10-19:35 Showcase with Sea Lion 19:35-20:10 Couch Wizdom with: Vanessa Liftig, Sea Lion and MANX lead by Hanna Jedvik. 20:10-20:30 Showcase with Artist Producer MANX 20:30-20:45(15min) EQLovesMedley: Zukie Fioxu, Shadi G, Adeé 20:45-21:10 (25min) Couch Wizdom with EQLovesMusics own – Maria Bohm, Kimtinaproducer and ZUKIE FIOXU. 21:10-21:30 (15min) EQLovesMedley: SheTrance, Maria Bohm, Kimtinaproducer 21:30 End of Stream – See you tomorrow at 15:00( Central European Time)
Länk till fredagens stream: https://youtu.be/SDUXHJ0PNUo
SATURDAY 25:th of September – Festival Programme.
15:00-15:25 Stream is Starting! Presenting all the crew in @powahstudio in @Brewhouse.
Videoparty 1: Anna Grelle, Shadi G, ADÉE, Sara Idani. 15:25-16:00
Interview with Sara Idani – Music Production and Music law. Lead by Kimtina Malmcrona.
16:00-16:35
Interview with Erin Tonkon – Audio engineer, Music Producer, Mixing Engineer, credits include: David Bowie, Esperanza Spalding och Lady Lamb etc. Lead by Nadja Itäsaari.
16:35-17:00
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Videoparty 2: Daniella Linan, Bara Karin, SVENSSONJANSSON, Elsiope.
17:00-17:30
Presentation Dajana Indy – Musicproducer, Songwriter and Artist about the Challenge ”12 Songs”, honoring the 12:step program. Lead by Melisha Linnell.
17:30-18:00
Interview with Gloria Kaba – Music Producer, Artist, Songwriter and Audio Engineer who has worked with artists like: Madonna, Q-TIP, Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Aretha Franklin, John Legend etc. Lead by Melisha Linnell.
Interview with Anya Trybala aka. Ninoosh the funder of Synth Babes Malmö- A Malmö and Melbourne based Songwriter, Artist, Music Producer.
18:50-19:20
A short presentation of our sister organizations Synth Babes and Beats by Girlz NYC and about the Documentary ”Women in Music Production” by Rebecka W.Fagerberg, filmed in New York and Sweden.
Videoparty 4: Beats by Girlz New York – VALERIEORTH and Dolltrick.
19:20-19:50(30 min) Documentary premiere “Women in Music Production” by Rebecka W. Fagerberg.
The Documentary – “Women in Music Production” highlights the challenges within the music industry today. The main focus is production and the people behind the music –
professional engineers and producers who want to share their story and experiences. To aspire to a career within creative technology is common, however, somewhere along the way, people are phased out in a way that reinforces gender stereotypes. The industry has been like this for years, yet far from everyone is aware that it is something that still happens every day, all around the world. To inspire a change, music creators from both Sweden and the United States share their goals and achievements, and discuss how to create a sustainable future that includes everyone.
Linn Fijal, chief at RMV-Studios (Riksmixningsverket), more known as Benny Anderssons or ABBAS studio. Ana Diaz, credits include; David Guetta, Britney Spears, Wyclef Jean and more.
The Organisation Beats By Girlz New York: Valerie Orth – Musicproducer, Songwriter &Artist. Krithi Rao – Musicproducer, Songwriter and Artist. Claire Marie Lim – Musicproducer, Songwriter and Artist.
The organization EQLovesMusic: Melisha Linnell – Musicpricucer, Audio Engineer, Mixing&Mastering Engineer, Songwriter and Artist who is also a music production teacher at the Academy of Music and Arts in Gothenburg. Kina Nyman – Musicprocucer, Artist and Songwriter. Annika Rembe – Consul General at the Swedish Consulate General in NYC.
20:00 End of Stream and thank you for joining this years EQLovesFestival! NOTE! There may be changes in the schedule
Länk till lördagens Stream:
Länk till Dokumentär:
Intervju med Rebecka W.Fagerberg, skapare av dokumentären “Women in Musicproduction” i samarbete med EQLovesMusic:
Maria Nyström refererades för några år sedan till som ”sveriges okrönta loopdrottning” under namnet The Naima Train.
2019 startade hon om och släppte sin debut-EP “Shell” under det nya epitetet MANX.
En skiva med ett tydligt tema kopplat till havet som togs emot med otroligt mycket kärlek av lyssnare och press.
Jonathan Eklund på podcasten Singelfesten uppmanade sina lyssnare att varsamt lyssna sönder låten “Im giving u art” och Elin Strömberg i P3 kallade den beroendeframkallande.
MANX är byggd av drömmen och tanken om full konstnärlig frihet. En dröm som blir till världar där varje intro är en dörr till något nytt och oväntat. Maria använder sig av allt hon samlat på sig under åren; heta darbukas samsas med bl a jazzinslag i en elektronisk och lo-fi ljudbild.
Ljuden och samplingarna skapar en känsla av en nostalgi du inte riktigt kan sätta fingret på.
Det är musik med många passager som får lyssnaren att både koppla av och vara på tårna samtidigt.
Sea Lion är singer/songwritern Linn Österbergs musikaliska alias som är känd för att producera melankoliska och atmosfäriska låtar och för sina intima live-spelningar. Efter en uppväxt nära naturen på västkusten valde Linn vid nitton års ålder att flytta till Melbourne i Australien för att se något annorlunda och bo i en större stad. Det var där hon började göra sina första spelningar och skriva den musik som sedan skulle bli de första inspelningarna.
I tidig tjugo-årsålder flyttade Linn tillbaka till Sverige och bosatte sig i Göteborg där hon satte ihop en egen studio och började intressera sig för produktion. Hon spelade in ett antal låtar och la ut online som resulterade i att hon blev kontaktad av det Brittiska indie-bolaget Turnstile som
bland annat släppt artister som Perfume Genius, Girls och Cate le Bon. De ville ge ut Linns debutskiva och 2015 släpptes egenproducerade ‘Desolate Stars’. Under de kommande åren följde turnéer runt Europa och i USA. Två år senare kände Linn att om hon skulle orka och vilja hålla på med musik så behövde hon ändra om hur hon jobbade med det.
År 2017 lämnade hon skivbolaget för att börja ge ut sina egna skivor och fokusera på inspelningar istället för turné. Hon gjorde enstaka spelningar i Skandinavien medan hon spelade och gav ut de två akustiska albumen ‘Moonlight Here’ (2018) och ‘Pass This Way’ (2019).
Under vintern 2020 är Linn aktuell med nya skivan ‘I Heard there’s Music on the Town’. Första singeln ‘Some Kind of Angel’ finns ute att lyssna på nu: https://open.spotify.com/track/1clzUFU9Bjakdh83AeeZXa?
Hanna Jedvik är kulturjournalist och författare. Genom åren har hon jobbat på bland annat Sveriges television, Sveriges Radio och Göteborgsposten. Hon bor i Göteborg och tidigare i höst kom hennes senaste ungdomsroman “På andra sidan bron”.
Fotografens namn: Ulrika Campbell Här är länk till min hemsida https://hannajedvik.se/
Vanessa is a singer/composer/arranger/producer and lyrical writer from Gothenburg SWE. She has appeared in various constellations and in different contexts over the years. Her musical history and work varies over a broad field of genres, from solid roots in jazz to classical to electro to hip hop to soul and singer/songwriter.
Currently Vanessa finished producing jazz vocalist Alexander Lövmarks soloalbum “Perfect Storm” released in Januari 2018. In may of 2018 she released a new soloalbum called “Göteborgs Pyramider”. website: http://www.vanessaliftig.com/
Zukie is a soulfull Neosoul singer while she writes heartbroken countrysongs and producing funky dance beats. She is a reflection of a multiartist with a passion for playing live and creating a feeling of joy and celebration of life.
Shadi G is a Swedish songwriter, producer and singer whose soulful voice and unique RnB/Soul sound is striking the attention of some of Swedens biggest music magazines. Being schooled in classical music from a young age, growing up with music all from jazz, RnB, soul, hip hop to Persian music, where she has her roots, Shadi is crossing borders with her own soulful sound, both in style and language. Straight after high school she went off to London to learn music production and in 2016 she released her debut single “Lost”, which got her on to some of Sweden’s biggest playlists. In 2017 she started her own record label, Goldamin Records, from which the second single “Where We Go”, was released. From the label followed her first EP “No Fear” and singles “Disconnection” and “Mind”. A new artist but already carving out a clear space in her field, and as stated by Soundlooks Magazine – “Discussions are quietly surfacing aboutwhether Shadi G may become an important face of contemporary R&B”.
Adée är en artist med lång resume som bara under 2019 fick öppna för superstjärnan Koffee, var huvudakt på Veckans Affärers gala för kvinnliga företagare på Grand Hotel, var inbjuden att spela på i Kenya och släppte sitt andra album där hon samarbetat med flera up and coming artister från England som Vital, Call Me Unique and Thomas Seminar Ford. Hon har tidigare bla. spelat på SXSW, Midem och Mondo NY, gjort anthem låten till en av världens största jämställdhets konferenser Nordiskt Forum och spelat flera gånger för kungafamiljen och mer.
The Gothenburg-based Singer/Songwriter, Producer and Arist Maria Bohm has loved singing and playing the piano ever since she was alittle toddler. Searching for new ways to play instruments and exploring sounds has been her leader ever since.
Maria’s etherial style will haunt you, the subversive comments she makes with her music and lyrics may haunt you even more. Flirting with the genre where Kate Bush and Tori Amos have left their mark, but never copying, her artistry is unique and hard to forget. A serious, but at the same time, dreamy and captivating art pop soundscape.
She has studied several music educations in both Sweden and in England, including music production which has been a favourite topic of hers. The core of her inspiration has most often been revolving round equality, human and animal rights, which is also why she single handedly produced an album as an introduction to her artist career, completely made by women, from the instruments, to the layout and photos and even the printing.She has six releases under her belt, the most recent one being the EP ”Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” responding to, among other things, sexism, racism, the petty men in power and the
wrecking of the environment. The earth shaking video ”Me Too” has her filming her own panic attack due to PTSD, as women in the intro say the words out loud that they have only used as hashtags before.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2tySzdCKtTD0eR4EkA8JOe?si=3f6P9Cy-T7CCiKZ1BS-MSw Music Video Me Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUukljboJA Photo by: Almira Osmanovic Thunström
Kimtinaproducer is a musicproducer/ artist/ DJ from Sweden, with Bosnian roots, educated artist/performer and music producer since 2005. She has been performing for nearly 25 years, singing and rapping on stage but decided to get more involved in what she calls ”behind the music” almost 15 years ago. Main music genres are Happy hardcore and dubstep but she loves to mix it up with others genres as well like, rnb, trap, synth wave, metal and much more.
In 2018 Sara moved to Gothenburg to attend Popkollos music producer program Vem Kan Bli Producent (Who Can Be A Producer). During thatautumn she dropped the singles ”My Choice” and ”Cruise” that were played in p3 Osignad (P3 unsigned) In 2019 she released her second EP ”Fangirl”, an Electro Pop record with a so called geek theme inspired by TV shows and books like Doctor Who, Breaking bad and Harry Potter. The EP was the first to be released on Windsång Music, her own company. The EP was received warmly and the song ”Expecto Patronum” was picked up by an American radio show.
Apart from the geek culture, human rights stokes Sara’s fire and she has performed at human rights project demonstrations such as Sång för Mångfald and 1Göteborg.
In 2019 she has credits as a producer on 2 versions of that year’s EQLovesFestival anthem ”We are here”.
On March 8th 2020 she released her first official music video to the song “My Choice” that she produced and directed herself and on July 1st she released the single ”Leaving”, about breaking free from a destructive relationship and taking an independent stand.
Anna Grelle är en musikproducent, låtskrivare och artist från Uppsala. Hennes låtar och artistiska uttryck blandar det dramatiska med det sköra och kan jämföras med artister såsom Aurora, Björk och Florence and the Machine. Anna har gått Linnéuniversitetets musikproduktionsprogram samt Solviks folkhögskolas musikproduktionslinje. Hon har hittills släppt fyra digitala singlar och jobbar nu på ett fullängds debutalbum.
Erin Tonkon is a New York based producer, engineer, and mixer. She is a graduate of NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Erin formerly worked for several years as engineer for legendary producer Tony Visconti. Her credits include David Bowie, Richard Hell & Esperanza Spalding.
Gloria is a Ghanaian – American sound engineer, producer, mixer and writer with over 10 years experience in the studio, often operating under the moniker Redsoul. A Temple University alum, she began her career in NYC as an intern at Battery Studios and later as an assistant engineer at MSR Studios. At MSR Studios, Gloria spent 6 years honing her skills under the tutelage of the industry’s most proven engineers, producers, and artists. Amongst well known names like William Orbit, Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Madonna etc. She is now a freelance engineer, finding her niche working closely with legendary hip-hop artist and producer Q-tip.
Her recent credits include work on A Tribe Called Quest’s final album “We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service” and Solange’s breakthrough release, “A Seat At The Table”. She has also recorded or mixed Andre 3000, Anderson .Paak, Frank Ocean, Jack White, Kanye West, and Amber Mark among others. With a return to her songwriting and production roots, Gloria hopes to continue forging a road forward with a perspective and voice all her own.
Dajana — a Singer-Songwriter and Music Producer from Sweden. She’s half Nigerian and Serbian, born in former Yugoslavia in 1983 but adopted to Sweden at the age of three. Dajana Lööf was a promising athlete during her teen years. But she also grew a passion for music, and pursued that career instead.
Dajana was one of the participants in the Swedish Fame Factory 2003, and after that, she had a career as TV-host in different shows, entered Eurovision 2012 as a songwriter and toured around singing and rapping behind the Swedish rapper Cleo.
Eventually, Dajana left the spotlight for a while, as she was struggling with mental health issues. She was diagnosed with ADHD and ended up using weed to get by. A combination of addiction to drugs and alcohol and being a perfectionist, she composed a lot of music that never was released.
On the 15th of August 2019, Dajana entered a twelve-step program. She is now sober and ready to make music again. And you can follow her creative journey on her official website dedicated to her youtube channel and her music-production, and above all, her fans.
An intense sound sculptor using Ableton Live as her prime instrument, Anya Trybala AKA Ninoosh has been steadily carving out her unique musical style and production prowess. With Polish roots, and hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Ninoosh has finally found solid contentment and thriving creativity in her new home of Malmö, Sweden.
Ninoosh absorbs and records the intricate sounds of nature, contrasted with those of harsh industry, layering her tracks with bursts of synths, vocals and muted brass. Her live show is equally unique, offering of “music that shifts from intense IDM through to experimental electronic pop music” (hymn.se) and 2018 saw her move bodies at Extreme Chill Festival in Iceland, play Eter Festival in Sweden and support the luminous Zola Jesus.
Through her frustration at the lack of role models in electronic music, Anya founded Synth Babes in 2015 as a platform for emerging women and non-binary electronic music artists. She has since moved back to Melbourne and through these COVID-19 times has been working on a new album Pause Magic as a follow-up to her album Floodgates set for release in 2021.
Rauður is the stage name of Icelandic musician and producer Auður Viðarsdóttir. Formerly a keyboardist and singer of Nóra, a band active in Iceland’s music scene a few years back, she has now emerged as a solo artist. Through the making of her debut album ‘Semilunar’, she developed her unique sound, merging electronic and acoustic elements into an ethereal soundscape. Her voice weaves together with eccentric beats and captivating melodies that take us through highs and lows, while her accompanying lyrics tend to reverberate with different types of disasters – sometimes pretty, sometimes crude – always fascinating.
On stage, rauður usually performs on her own, inviting us into her enticing world of synthesisers, beats and samples – safely guided by her beguiling, almost angelic, voice. She is a versatile performer, easily shifting between electronic and acoustic moods, while keeping the audience captivated and engaged.
Although a solo artist and performer, she thrives best in collaboration. She is a part of the international collective and label Synth Babes, including artist such as Ninoosh (Australia) and Loljud (Sweden). She is also involved in a vast network of ‘girls rock camps’ and has initiated international music projects and collaborations. In Iceland, she works together with her brothers from the duo Andy Svarthol.
Loljud, who has been compared to artists like The Knife, Björk and Sia, is recognizable because of her distinct omni-artistic and unpredictable
approach to electronic music. As a collector of sounds she sieves the world through a hoop-net. With it she catches sounds like water drops, white noise and mobile phone alarms. The Swedish word for noise is “oljud”, and you can literally just pick that word out of her stage name. And the noise is not just unexpected elements of the production, it forms conceptual building blocks ushering the storytelling ever forward.
Spring 2020 saw the release of her debut album The Phases, a triptych divided into three EP:s, by the label Synth Babes. The Pre Phase was released in November 2018, the Acute Phase in December 2019 and the final piece, The Recovery Phase, was released march 27th 2020, together with the whole album available exclusively on vinyl.
Collaborating with the performance collective Absurdum Temporary Art, Loljud performed the sold out, captivating concert I’m Out Of Order Until Further Notice, at Inkonst in Malmö. 16 speakers, sub woofers, room acoustics, visual imagery and choreography mesmerized the audience. The performance used the album The Phases as a manuscript and took form during a residency with Inter Arts Center in Malmö. At the Inter Arts Center Loljud experimented with ambisonics – a fully spherical surround sound that sonically travels all levels, including overhead and underneath the listener.
Lotta Fahlén (1990) is an artist and producer based in Malmö. In addition to her solo project Loljud she composes for other artists, and stage art shows. She’s been a live musician for Maxida Märak, toured Japan, and has opened for among others Titiyo, Jenny Vhal and U.S. Girls. As a founder behind the feminist network Synth Babes, as well as a coach at hand for Vem Kan Bli Producent Malmö, she is constantly comitted to inspiring and educating women and trans people in music production, to create more representation in the business.
● ”If you don’t visualize what a mermaid sounds like, please listen to this” (Nordic Simit Mag)
Foto cred till Pablosu Photography.
With her lyrics and short novels about millenials and toxic men, Bara Karin has been described as a singing version of Lena Dunham. Bara Karin iscurrently working on her next album and music video, this time with a feverish sound telling stories about global warming and mental illness.Just like in her previous album, “I changed my voice for you”, Bara Karin experiments with her voice, as less is not always more. Together with synths and percussion, the sound can be described as space pop. Coming up next is a live streaming concert in September, and in December she’ll perform at LOUD Fest in Texas.
SVENSSONJANSSON is an electro indie duo based in South of Sweden, consisting of Sanna Svensson and Tulsa Jansson. The lyrics are about the worries and hope involved in living ones life and living it together with others. The single “Can’t Rewind” is the first single released. It is part of the EP “CODE” released 26 of June 2020. “CODE” is the first EP in the larger project of three. The two following EPs “DEEPEN” and “DENSE” are to be released end 2020 and 2021. The trilogy spells (or rather misspells) Codependence. Tulsa is a member on the board of Popkollo Malmö and has 2019/2020 taken the one year separatistic training Vem Kan Bli Producent in Stockholm. The duo is mixing and producing themselves. The single Can’t Rewind got great reviews and made PSL top 20 list.
Hymn.se writes: Bakom syntpopduon SVENSSONJANSSON hittar vi Sanna Svensson och Tulsa Jansson. I slutet av juni släpps debut-EP:n och singeln ”Can’t Rewind” och dess åttiotalsdoftande diy-produktion är ett smakprov som frestar.
Keep your ears open for this voice. Elsa Esmeralda Hedberg is known at the London underground scene for her vocal collaborations with legendary club music names. She has recently made her debut as a solo artist and producer. As a newly signed songwriting talent at Playground Music, she has a lot of colorful electronic music in the pipeline.
With the solo project Elsiope, Elsa combines her influences from soul, IDM, indie pop and industrial techno to create a new genre she calls Singer-Songwriter-Futurism. Elsiope’s lo-fi beats and synth-based landscapes merge with picturesque lyrics and airy singing – on a playful border between the gloomy and the hopeful.
She joins EQ Loves Music with the premiere of the song Two Fingers in her bedroom together with her Omnichord.
London-based indie electronica musician DANI .ELLA (@daniellalinan) creates an atmospheric, dreamy sphere incorporating influence from alternative, electronic, and indie.
Presenting a new tack in collaboration with the Swiss French Korean singer-songwriter Jinju Uncia(@jinju.uncia). An artist traveling between genres such as alternative hip-hop, cross-cultural music, experimental pop.
DANI .ELLA’s production and Jinju Uncia’s poetry came together and those pieces formed the song MOSAIC. A song about past relationships, still constituting our present. Stories that are stored in our brain’s desks. If you look at the world, you’ll see millions of mosaics flying around, searching for new stories to be built.
Audio embellished with the visual by the Swiss illustrator Wolfgang Wiler (@der_heisse_wolfgang) which elevates MOSAICs perspective.
dolltr!ck is the artist project of Singapore-born electronic musician Claire Marie Lim, who entered the scene as a DJ, remixer, and live experience designer for Grammy-nominated and Billboard-charting artists.
Known for her dynamic live electronic sets with influences from Disclosure, TOKiMONSTA, and Madeon, dolltr!ck’s palette of dreamy synths, punchy drum machines, and crystal-clear vocals lets her seamlessly meld electronica, pop, future bass, and dance music. Her music and arts advocacy endeavors have been hailed as “shattering the glass ceiling of electronic music”, with recognition from industry giants like iHeartRadio, Spotify, and the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs).
Valerie Orth is an electro alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer based in the US. Integrating live instruments with electronics, she creates a unique world of sounds drawn from life in San Francisco and Brooklyn, and experiences as an economic and racial justice activist and feminist. Valerie also spreads the love of music and empowerment of beatmaking by teaching youth with Beats By Girlz and, most recently (virtual) Song Camp.
“Valerie Orth inspires listeners to shake off self-doubt and detractors so that they can take control of their lives and relationships.”- Consequence of Sound
“There is an honesty to Valerie Orth’s music that is both brilliant and heartbreaking.”
Press: Dokumentären Women in Musicproduction nämns i Musikindustrin.se: https://www.eqlovesmusic.com/2020/11/25/dokumentaren-women-in-music-production-namns-i-artikel-i-musikindustrin/
Om EQLoveFestival ONLINE2020, intervju med projektledare Nadja itäsaari:http://www.musikindustrin.se/2020/09/22/eqlovesfestival-vill-inspirera-med-forebilder/ Notis i Djungeltrumman:https://www.djungeltrumman.se/eqlovesfestival-gar-online/I P4 med Teddy Paunkoski:https://sverigesradio.se/sida/tabla.aspx?programid=212
I en krönika den 6:e Oktober tar Christel Valsinger upp Rebecka Wijk Fagerbergs dokumentär “Women in Music Production”, en viktig samtida samhällskommentar som illustrerar hur svårt det är än idag att bryta igenom det ökända glastaket i musikbranschen, inom inriktningen musikproduktion. Ett antal av EQLovesMusics medlemmar syns i denna dokumentär.
Christel Valsinger är en frilansande krönikör som ofta tar upp jämställdhetsfrågorna inom musiken och skriver om dom i MI.
Valsinger nämner även i den här artikeln hur långsamt framstegen görs och att det inte finns någon anledning att slappna av än, utan att det snarare är dags att granska branschen på riktigt, något som dokumentären “Women In Music Production” gör.
Rebecka Wijk Fagerbers dokumentär “Women in Music Production” kan du se här:
Photo: Rebecka W.Fagerberg
For almost a year Rebecka W.Fagerberg has been filming and editing the new documentary Women in Music Production in collaboration with EQLovesMusic. The Documentary had a preview at EQLovesFestival ONLINE2020 the 26:st of September, and will officially be released the 1:st of October 2020. We wanted to highlight Rebecka and her process regarding the making of the film, and asked her a few questions:
Hi Rebecka, how and where are you currently during this pandemic? Hi! I’m good! I’ve just moved into a new apartment, so I’m sitting at my new and improved workstation right now. (The only thing new about it is a wireless lamp, but I like it.) It’s where I spend most of my time these days.
It’s been a year since you started creating the EQLovesMusic Documentary. Women in Music Production. Can you tell us a little about the journey and the idea from the idea to do this documentary and a bit about the process? We started talking about this project two years ago, but didn’t start shooting until we got to New York in June last year. Going into this project, I had no idea how much time and effort it would take to make a 30 minute documentary. I had only made videos that were around five to ten minutes before, and never anything that depended on this many people. But I felt motivated to try something new. I’ve always loved music but never really been on the performing side of it so I was looking for a way to bring more music into my work. And then I got this opportunity to work with EQLovesMusic which has been really exciting.
About the topic of the movie and equality, how did you come across the subject? And why did it resonate with you ? A few years back I remember my friend telling me that I should be more feminist. And at that time I didn’t really understand why that was important. But as time went on I began to see what she meant, and one day I came across this tweet that asked female followers to write down what they would do at night if all men had a 9 pm curfew. The answers were as simple as “I would go for a walk.” As women we are taught at a very young age that we should always be careful. And I wish I could say that the fear is irrational, but it’s not. We also still have to work a little harder to be recognized for our work. Sometimes it’s so subtle that other people don’t even notice it, and that’s exactly why we need to listen to each other. Film is a great way to share your experiences and reach out to people so I’m really happy that I can help shed some light on this issue.
Is there anything in your own career as a photographer/filmmaker that you would like to be changed for the better? What and how? Any profession that requires technical proficiency tends to be dominated by men, and the same goes for photography and filmmaking. So I would love to see more women at local workshops and seminars and in tutorials on YouTube. Being a creator can be scary because you have to showcase your work. But we all have something in common and that is that we love to create things. Keep that in mind when you feel intimidated by other people in the room. I’ve learned that asking questions—and being asked—is actually kind of flattering. It means that someone else is interested in the same thing as you are and/or look up to you. If we can make the most of that and treat everyone as colleagues and as people on the same team, I think we will have a better and more sustainable working environment.
How was the trip to NYC? And how was it like meeting all the role models? The trip to NYC is the most memorable experience of my career so far. I got to see how it’s possible to connect to people across nations and work together towards the same goal. The meetup at The Consulate General of Sweden in New York was so warm and welcoming. Everyone was laidback and there was no pressure to act a certain way despite the fact that we all came from such different backgrounds. Some had worked in the music industry for years, and some were just starting out, but it didn’t really matter. It was very inspiring to listen to the role models talking about their work and achievements and how they handle difficult situations. I can relate to a lot of it as a photographer.
Did you develop any specific skill during this production? I’ve learnt so much, maybe not a specific skill but the way I work and how I collaborate with others will be different from now on. I know how to manage a larger project and I know that working with others is the best way to make great things happen. I’ve also learnt how to have fun while working because I used to be so focused on what I was doing that I forgot to be present in the moment.
Film and photography can be a bit of a lonely working environment, as well as music production. What is it that inspires you to continue creating? What inspires me is that I can use the things that I’m good at to help others. Visual communication is about taking something complex and presenting it in a way that is accessible to more people. It’s a challenge but that’s what makes it fun.
What are your future hopes regarding this documentary? I hope that whoever watches it will take a moment to just sit down and listen. We don’t always have to react to everything immediately. Sometimes it’s enough to ask yourself how this affects you and how you can make a change for yourself and the people around you. The film is also meant to inspire young girls and female identifying youth to pursue a career in creative technology. The documentary will be released on YouTube on October 1st.
Do you have any more projects lining up in the near future? If yes what? What’s your main focus right now in this moment? I’m currently studying at the Digital Designer programme at Yrgo here in Gothenburg so that’s my priority. As far as freelancing goes, I don’t have any projects lined up right now so I’m looking forward to a calm fall, spending more time outside and watching the leaves change color. It’s a perfect season for photography so hopefully that’s what I’ll be doing.
Thank you ever so much for creating this important film to help us continue with our work regarding raising awareness!
We stand for equality in Music Production!
This event is supported by Kulturrådet and will be streaming live 25-26 sept from Brewhouse Gothenburg – a free event brought to you by EQLovesMusic, a non profit organization in Gothenburg Sweden working with equality and music production.
This video is featuring: @nadja_itasaari @kimtinaproducer dj_melisha
Filming and video edit: Tic tricks
Music by: Melisha MusicProduction
For more info and schedule visit:
http://www.eqlovesfestival.com/
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During this ongoing pandemic EQLovesMusic has started working towards developing an easily accessible approach digitally. In collaboration with QueensLab in Gothenburg we want to present our new logotype!
This Logotype is designed by Pia at QueensLab, and Pia Olsson is a graphic designer with a passion for equality and feminism. During the process of this logo creation, a slogan was also stated “We stand for equality in music production!”. Pia gathered some valuable information about our organization and pinned it down to totally nail this challenge! Some inspirational words that she used for our organization, while planning this logotype was: Music Production, Inclusiveness, Stylish&Modern, Recognition, Form and a Color Scale-Building Emotion.
This resulted in our clean and recognizable logotype with the beautiful pride rainbow colors incorporated in an equalizer, that symbolizes Inclusiveness and equality in the music production field/line of work. Elin Forsner stepped in later to create a pulsating animation for the equalizer for the AVI version of the logo. So from this process we now have a wonderful package of logotypes, both for our organization and for the festival!
The rainbow colors in the new logo is a symbol for openness and inclusiveness, due to us striving to be inclusive and supportive of non binary and trans people, we find it perfect with the all the beautiful colors! With this new logotype we also feel determined and empowered continuing working with EQLovesFestival ONLINE 2020 and developing other online solutions for our members in our organization, and creating a clear and stylish layout for our followers.
Thank you Pia, Elin and QueensLab!
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