QueerAF Podcast: Season Five, Episode Ten. Without Wendy Carlos, electronic music would have taken a vastly different shape. Working with Robert Moog, she changed the course of electronic music. Today, in a specially sound designed epside using the field she pioneered, we celebrate Trans+ people's contribution to the scene – listen now.
In this episode:
Figures like Wendy Carlos not only defined the genre but were also instrumental in developing the modern synthesizer. Meanwhile, SOPHIE redefined the boundaries of pop and experimental music. And then there are the musicians and sound artists working today. All Trans+.
Learning about how they came to their craft, exploring where they have blurred the lines between music and other mediums as well as asking why transgender musicians and artists are drawn to these genres in particular, this episode explores Trans+ History Week's theme: We are more than Trans+, with guests:
- Cai Gwilym Pritchard (they/them) – Sound Designer, Noise Artist and Writer
- Chi B Williams (she/her) – Sound Artist, Writer
- Zoe Blade (she/her) – Musician, Writer and Programmer
- Roshanak Kheshti (she/her) – Writer and Academic – University of Berkeley
The history lesson we never had
The episode was produced as part of the QueerAF launchpad initiative Trans+ History Week. Season five of the podcast has been made by six trans+ creatives who have been paid, mentored, and supported by the not-for-profit publisher QueerAF to make a show.
Each creative has also been given equipment to make the show, which they can keep forever, as part of an initiative to help more Trans+ creatives break into and succeed in the audio industry.
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