Distaff Distortion

Spinning on Air | May 18, 2010
Female singers are featured, especially if their accompaniments are glitchy. In this show we'll hear from Bjork, and also the groups Broadcast, Europa 51, Team Doyobi, and many others.
Singer/composer Bjork seems to have mothered a lot of singers who emulate her mix of voice, abstracted percussive sounds, and computerized electronics. Or maybe these women are simply on a similar musical path, one which takes them to strange but compelling territory.
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