Femmecult attended the 11th annual Decibel Festival of Electronic Music, Visual Art, and New Media in Seattle, Washington. Here is our review of selected performers including Steffi, Midnight Magic, JusMoni and many more.

Pussy Riot Freedom compilation is now online! Across a variety of countries, these electronic music producers of female:pressure offer their music in solidarity with Pussy Riot calling for freedom for imprisoned Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.

I was lucky enough to catch up with Scottish/Burmese producer and vocalist Fiona Soe Paing for an interview in support of her new EP, Tower of Babel, coming out on November 30, 2012. It will be a free download release by Black Lantern Records, so be sure to get it here: www.fionasoepaing.bandcamp.com Evolving her unique sound since 2007, Fiona Soe Paing’s music has been described by Tom Robinson of BBC 6 Music as “weirdness to soothe your soul,” seemingly an early insight into the brilliance that was to come. Tower of Babel can be described as an exploration of the world in a state of flux; a haunting translation cloaked in an apocalyptic backdrop. Fiona’s compelling voice is woven into minimal yet well placed instrumentation that wastes no time pulling you into its mutant world. Expressive in her ability to convey a type of carnival futurism that is reminiscent of a bladerunner-esque reality, Fiona stands on the precipice where genres are redefined and transcended. Her work is at once strikingly original and sure to be supremely influential. Tower of Babel was funded in part by a grant through Creative Scotland and is accompanied by a limited edition DVD of music videos by the New Zealand animation artist Zennor Alexander which have been screened on Sky TV New Zealand and film festivals including Digital Fringe Melbourne and NEON digital arts festival. The DVD is available at her bandcamp page. A series of tour dates are planned for 2013 with a follow up EP of remixes by other Black Lantern artists planned for the spring. Here is the interview: FEMMECULT:  Would you tell me a bit about your background? Where did you grow up? What did you do in your youth? FIONA: I grew up just...