Tag: nic endo

I believe that all music is inevitably coded with emotional notions and social ideas of the person who created it. I’m half Japanese, half American, but lived most of my life in Germany. I’ve been exposed to racism and sexism more than once in my life. Often the subtle attacks are the worst, but I never saw myself as a victim. These are some of the topics and experiences, among other influences, that I process in my own music, as well as in ATR, but in a different way and style.

Being skilled and controlling the technical side of electronic music is not a ‘male’ thing. Nobody should feel limited to make electronic music only based on some ‘gut instinct’, because they’re female. Electronic music is about brains. It is about the quality of the music, what the music conveys and the person, who created it. I would like to see music, like any other art form and craft perceived and criticized based on these premises only and not by gender. Labeling music coming from women as ‘female electronic music’ or ‘female rap music’, as if they were a genre of their own, in my opinion, has done more damage than good.

We must show that girls and woman are already strong driving forces. It feels great, when I meet girls at shows who tell me that the album has inspired them, because it shows them, that it is possible to go down that path.