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AMIINA

Kolapot

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AMIINA

Kolapot

In their spare time these girls arrange those amazing strings for Sigur Ros.

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DAPHNE ORAM

Pulse Persephone

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DAPHNE ORAM

Pulse Persephone

"one of the most important people in the history of electronic music" Indeed.

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LAU NAU

ruususuu

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LAU NAU

ruususuu

creaky old guitars, decrepit violins and manipulated music boxes...just lovely.

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Hildur Gudnadottir, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa

The direction was foggy or cloudy

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Hildur Gudnadottir, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa

The direction was foggy or cloudy

Arch collaborator Hildur Gudnadottir with a harrowing, sublime mood piece.

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Eleanoora Rosenholm

Pyhäpietarinaukio

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Eleanoora Rosenholm

Pyhäpietarinaukio

Sweeping strings from this Finnish 3-piece band fronted by Noora Tommila.

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Tara Jane Oneil

Without Push

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Tara Jane Oneil

Without Push

Utterly unconventional approach to classic songwriting from Portland's TJO

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MICHAELA MELIAN

Locke-Pistole-Kreuz

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MICHAELA MELIAN

Locke-Pistole-Kreuz

Electronic edits with a deeply organic spine from the acclaimed Michaela Melian.

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KIMYA DAWSON

anthrax

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KIMYA DAWSON

anthrax

Genius anti-folk from sometime Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson.

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SAWAKO

Far Away

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SAWAKO

Far Away

Field recordings and instrumental sketches from this Japanese classical pianist.

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JANA HUNTER

You Will Take It And Like It

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JANA HUNTER

You Will Take It And Like It

Sublime reduction from this much overlooked singer songwriter.

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Zeena Parkins And Ikue Mori

Blue Noon

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Zeena Parkins And Ikue Mori

Blue Noon

Harp and Laptop collaboration from two legends of the Avant-Garde...

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EGLANTINE GOUZY

Zone A

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EGLANTINE GOUZY

Zone A

Parisian cinematic narrative meets modern electronics from Églantine Gouzy

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SANSO-XTRO

Blue Signal

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SANSO-XTRO

Blue Signal

Antipodean experimentation from the multi-talented Melissa Agate.

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Jessica Bailiff and Annelies Monsere

Shadow

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Jessica Bailiff and Annelies Monsere

Shadow

Synth oscillations and morose vocals from these two adventurous songwriters.

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This time on 14tracks:

“14 tracks Saluting Ladies who Experiment”

Ever since Daphne Oram joined the BBC in 1942 and eventually founded the Radiophonic Workshop, the fairer sex has contributed to the development of new and experimental music with a freshness and originality that belies the male dominated, antiquated and often stale focus of the music industry. From Daphne and Delia's pioneering tape edits to the ever inventive pop language of Bjork, ladies have influenced music-making through every genre imaginable, inventing a few new ones in the process. This selection is just a snapshot of that influence, featuring music from the avant-garde, folk, indie, modern classical and ambient movements, all united by an unconventional and experimental approach to music making at its best. Ladies, we salute you....

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On 30 Jul 10:58 Ella Jasmer said:

“Radiophonic Workshop”

I've never even heard of Daphne Oram but this track here is incredible. when does it date from? strange that Delia Derbyshire is so much better known. Also really like the Lau Nau track. Best listen to the rest now - brilliant selection so far and so nice to find out about music that's actually worth knowing about - more please.

On 30 Jul 13:01 Matix said:

“Play all button!!!!”

Pleeeaaaase!

On 30 Jul 13:33 jdreng said:
http://jdreng.dk

“Something missing”

Brilliant selction, although I do miss one essential lady: Else Marie Pade, who did beatiful abstract tapeedit electronic pieces back in the fifties.

On 30 Jul 15:46 grainy said:
http://nowebsite.com

“1 click to play all 14 tracks”

Yes, really, "Play all button!!!!" +1 .... if it is now possible to buy a playlist of all 14, surely it should also be possible to be able to play all 14, no ? The whole idea of this "curatorial" approach is to "give yourself over" to the selection as proposed, not to have to drop what you're doing to go back to the page and re-select something every 3 or 4 mins ???

On 30 Jul 17:46 Matt said:
http://14tracks.com

“Play All”

The Play All button - it’s coming. Not sure when yet, but it’s on the laundry list with a bunch of other things that we want to see ourselves.

@jdreng - thanks for the tip, I listened to a couple of samples over on last.fm that I really liked. Any release in particular you’d recommend to get me going?

On 30 Jul 21:29 Sam said:

“Please zip all 14 tracks up into one file!”

Just bought the selection again this week - loving the music. BUT... the download process is getting quite tedious - clicking on each file and waiting for the download dialogue to appear puts a bit of a downer on what is otherwise a great thing. Please - make it easy for us. Zip em all up into one file. The current process takes the gloss off it and almost defeats the point of having a nice and easy, ready made selection.

On 31 Jul 01:15 Buccaneer said:

“Never satisfied”

Please mush up all my food and feed it to me on a spoon... Why, every week, do we get a bunch of moanie minnies swamping the comments?...I'm guessing some people will never be satisfied... Personal I'm loving your work here, keep it up... or I maybe forced to moan... What do you mean I'm already moaning...

On 31 Jul 10:23 Lee said:

“download nightmare”

Fully agree with Sam - downloading each individual track is laborious - please enable us to download them as a whole abum.

On 31 Jul 13:54 zerocarbon said:

“What about”

Laurie Spiegel?

On 03 Aug 11:00 Chris said:

“Download”

Downloaded my first 2 14 tracks yesterday. my only comment is about the actual download page, is there anyway to click one button and download everything? C

On 04 Sep 16:09 Dayan Silva said:
http://www.myspace.com/liberationpatchank

“eMMa Sound Sista”

Check her music, is awsome. How can more experimental ladies participate?

On 22 Sep 20:49 Stephen said:
http://www.twoplayer.net

“Esther & Mimi”

Should have included something by Esther. And how about Mrs Mimi Magick on Irdial. Tut tut.