Episodes
Published 05/18/20
In this adventurously precarious and thrilling episode 11 of Girl monster we zoom in with Afro/Vietnamese/Cambodian artist, DJ, producer & lecturer Chooc Ly Tan – aka DJ Chooc Ly. We discuss the connections between sci- fi aesthetics, conceptual club nights, cultural heritage, alternate galaxies, musical exploration and the process of de-colonialization. We also shared tips on how to get rid of zombies in these end times and we listened to their remix of Kepler 183f by musician Richard...
Published 05/18/20
In this 10th edition of Girl Monster radio (corona special), guest host Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir makes a zoom call from Norway to Berlin, where she has a lengthy and in-depth conversation with Icelandic musician Salka Valsdóttir. Salka is a rapper, producer and sound engineer that began her career in an all female rap group named Reykjavíkurdætur (daughters of Reykjavík). The band was a big success in Iceland, but we look into some of the darker sides and challenges that come with being a...
Published 04/20/20
In this 10th edition of Girl Monster radio (corona special), guest host Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir makes a zoom call from Norway to Berlin, where she has a lengthy and in-depth conversation with Icelandic musician Salka Valsdóttir. Salka is a rapper, producer and sound engineer that began her career in an all female rap group named Reykjavíkurdætur (daughters of Reykjavík). The band was a big success in Iceland, but we look into some of the darker sides and challenges that come with being a...
Published 04/20/20
This edition of Girl Monster celebrates the prolific artist NO BRA, an electronic musician, producer and performer - aka Susanne Oberbeck. Alex interviews Susanne live in the studio, discussing themes from her third album Love & Power. Love & Power is Oberbeck’s challenge to power hierarchies and binaries, imagining a future of relations and sex outside of traditional structures.Also featured are sonic works and pop songs by new artists and zeitgeist legends: Kiki Moorse, Kamura...
Published 02/18/20
Alex Murray-Leslie presents an ultra-sublime Girl Monster 8 with a dystopian flair, for her December show on Radio Primavera Sound, featuring a world-first listen to L.Twills’ new album of rough-edged experimental pop [Freedom/Fiction]. Listeners also get a world-first stream of Shanghai-born, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art-based artist Qianhui Qian and her sound piece "In Abyss We Live”, which leads the listener to an uncomfortable meditation experience and traumatic thoughts. It’s the...
Published 12/02/19
A GIRL MONSTER special around the climate strike week, featuring incredible sound art, including a sound piece by Pablo de Soto titled "RESIST as FOREST”
Published 10/07/19
This 5th edition of Girl Monster features music and an exclusive interview with members of Trondheim voices (established 2001 in Trondheim Norway) a Norwegian cutting edge vocal ensemble, best known for their improvised performances in the jazz genre and sound art. Current members include: Tone ÅsTone Åsee , Heidi Skjerve, Ingrid Lode, Siri Gjære, Kirsti Huke, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Maria Roggen, Anita Kaasbøll , Torunn Sævik , Silje Karlsen .http://www.trondheimvoices.no/ Also featured is...
Published 09/09/19
Girl Monster, episode 4 features the new remix of Fantasy by Chicks on Speed & Anthem, THE NET by Voocha, other unreleased songs premiering include 'Mr Bone' by Mallard Drake (aka Anat Ben-David). Her album is out in June. Then we take a trip to Trondheim, Norway to interview the emerging feminist electronic music technologist and artist Ada Hoel and listen to the new unreleased song by Trondheim based, Icelandic musician and artist Prince Heka (aka Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir).
Published 04/15/19
GIRL MONSTER curated and presented by Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks on Speed) celebrates the real herstory and digital musical futures of feminist women/trans/queer/indigenous/cyborgs, to pioneer and blurr the boundaries between art music/research, and pop music around the world!
Published 03/08/19
In Episode 2 of Girl Monster, Alex Murray-Leslie interviews Mira Calix
Published 02/10/19
In episode 1 of Girl Monster!, Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks on Speed) plays music from Sally Dige, Gudrun Gut and Cosmic Heaven among others, as she celebrates the real herstory and digital musical futures of feminist women/trans/queer/indigenous/cyborgs.
Published 01/11/19