'What I really crave is not just more trans voices, but uncompromising trans voices...'
and many others in recent years. But the genre's still haunted by the specter of the white male genius — that embodied by, say, James Murphy. Russom remains a member of LCD Soundsystem and is diplomatic about her experiences in the scene."Electronic music is a place where I, as a trans person, was able to find a voice and a context," she says."But it's also a place where I've absolutely struggled."tour with the band's only other female member, Nancy Whang.
"Kemmer," Russom says, is ultimately about the desire to speak."The whole thing is a conversation with her, as two women who have very different experiences, but there are these key places where we're connected."and their collaboration to learn more.Starting around 2013, I got really interested in how, using a kick drum, I could create clouds of sounds that move far from a fixed pitch center, which is something I'm very interested in challenging.
Rayna: There's so many ways to approach that question, so I'll do the easiest one. Something that I've come to understand in the last ten years, is that I began making the kind of music I make now, as a child. Partly because I am a transgender person who had an awareness of my transgender identity from before I can remember, but had no way to contextualize or express it until recently.
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