Formation | 2014 |
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Type | Artist management, Booking agency |
Location | |
Origin | New York City |
Founders | Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Christine McCharen-Tran, Emma Burgess-Olson |
Website | http://www.discwoman.com |
Discwoman is a New York-based collective, booking agency, and event platform representing and showcasing women and non-binary artists in the electronic music community. It was founded in 2014 by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Emma Burgess-Olson ( Umfang), and Christine McCharen-Tran. [1] Discwoman aims to address issues of gender imbalance in club and festival lineups. [2] [3]
Discwoman roster as of August 2022. [4]
Since its inaugural event at Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Bossa Nova Civic Club, [5] Discwoman has presented showcases in Boston, [6] Detroit's Movement Festival, [7] Mexico City, [8] [9] Montreal, [10] Philadelphia, [11] Pittsburgh's VIA Festival, [12] San Juan, [13] Seattle's Decibel Festival, [14] and Toronto. [15]
Co-founder Hutchinson, was involved in the 2017 campaign that repealed New York's anti-dancing Cabaret Law [16] claiming it contained a disproportionate targeting of black and other minority communities. [17] Hutchinson curated the Dweller Festival, promoting black underground talent in New York City. [18]
[1] female:pressure report 03, 2015
Formation | 2014 |
---|---|
Type | Artist management, Booking agency |
Location | |
Origin | New York City |
Founders | Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Christine McCharen-Tran, Emma Burgess-Olson |
Website | http://www.discwoman.com |
Discwoman is a New York-based collective, booking agency, and event platform representing and showcasing women and non-binary artists in the electronic music community. It was founded in 2014 by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Emma Burgess-Olson ( Umfang), and Christine McCharen-Tran. [1] Discwoman aims to address issues of gender imbalance in club and festival lineups. [2] [3]
Discwoman roster as of August 2022. [4]
Since its inaugural event at Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Bossa Nova Civic Club, [5] Discwoman has presented showcases in Boston, [6] Detroit's Movement Festival, [7] Mexico City, [8] [9] Montreal, [10] Philadelphia, [11] Pittsburgh's VIA Festival, [12] San Juan, [13] Seattle's Decibel Festival, [14] and Toronto. [15]
Co-founder Hutchinson, was involved in the 2017 campaign that repealed New York's anti-dancing Cabaret Law [16] claiming it contained a disproportionate targeting of black and other minority communities. [17] Hutchinson curated the Dweller Festival, promoting black underground talent in New York City. [18]
[1] female:pressure report 03, 2015