Alison Wonrland helps women propose at Atralian show honor of gay marriage

HOW WOMEN IN EDM ARE FIGHTG SEXISM WH SUCCS'MIC IS UNIVERSAL. IT SHOULD BE OPEN.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFAUGT 15, 2019/4:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}GETTY IMAGBY MTV NEWS STAFFAUGT 15, 2019 / 4:37 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW WOMEN IN EDM ARE FIGHTG SEXISM WH SUCCS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-15T20:37:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-15T20:37:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","KEYWORDS":"ELECTRONIC","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY SHAMMARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I'M AN ARTIST. I'M NOT A FEMALE ARTIST. I'M A WOMAN AND I'M PROUD OF BEG A WOMAN AND I LOVE BEG A WOMAN. BUT MY ART DON'T HAVE A GENR AND NEVER HAS,” ALISON WONRLAND (NéE ALEXANDRA SHOLLER) EMPHATILLY SAYS OVER THE PHONE TWO DAYS BEFORE HER EARLY AUGT HEADLG SET AT HARD SUMMER OUT FONTANA, CALIFORNIA. A NVERSATN ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE TREAT WOMEN EDM HAS THE SYDNEY-BORN AND LOS ANGEL-BASED DJ-PRODUCER RILED UP — AND UNRSTANDABLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG A WOMAN MIC WH A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENG — HOEHOLD NAM LIKE TIëSTO OR MART GARRIX DON’T GET ASKED ABOUT BEG A MAN EDM — AND IS RIFE WH PEOPLE NSTANTLY MENTG ON YOUR GENR STEAD OF YOUR WORK. ALISON WONRLAND IS OVER . SHE’S A SONIC POWERHOE HER OWN RIGHT, HEADLG SOLD-OUT ARENAS AROUND THE GLOBE AND CLOCKG LNS OF STREAMS ACROSS SPOTIFY AND ITUN. HER 2018 SOPHOMORE ALBUM AWAKE H NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD'S TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUMS CHART. TO DATE, SHE’S HIGHT-BILLED FEMALE DJ AT COACHELLA ALONGSI CANADIAN DJ REZZ (WH HOPEFULLY MORE TO E SOON). AND RECENTLY, BILLBOARD NAMED HER ONE OF THE 100 TOP DJS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[SPEAK] ABOUT ME AS AN ARTIST WHO JT SOLD OUT TWO RED ROCKS [SHOWS AND IS] MAKG ALBUMS AND PHG MIC FORWARD,” SHE TELLS MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RECENT YEARS, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF NVERSATN ABOUT REPRENTATN OF WOMEN EDM, WHICH IS, LIKE THE MAJORY OF THE DTRY, DOMATED BY MEN. THEY LE THE CHARTS, RAD AIRWAV, AND MEDIA HEADL. BUT NOWHERE IS THE GENR DISPARY MORE VISIBLE THAN FTIVAL LPS. SN THE POSTERS OF YOUR FAVORE DANCE FTIVALS AND YOU'LL GENERALLY FD JT A UPLE OF FEMALE NAM, IF ANY AT ALL. IN A 2016 STUDY, THE DANCE MIC WEBSE THUMP REVEALED ONLY 17 PERCENT OF HEADLERS AT ELECTRONIC MIC FTIVALS WERE WOMEN. SO WHAT N BE DONE TO DIVERSIFY EDM AND THE LIVE MIC SCENE? MEAGAN DCHEN, THE HEAD OF HARD EVENTS, HAS A SIMPLE ANSWER: PRRIZE DIVERSY BOOKGS. IN HER ROLE, SHE OVERSE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATNS OF ALL HARD-BRAND NCERTS AND FTIVALS FOR INSOMNIAC EVENTS. ONE OF THEIR BIGGT EVENTS IS HARD SUMMER, THE HIP-HOP-CUM-EDM FTIVAL HEADLED BY WONRLAND THIS YEAR, AND NCEIVED BY GARY RICHARDS, THE FOUNR AND FORMER CEO OF HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE CURATG EACH YEAR’S LP, DCHEN, WHO’S BEEN WH THE PANY SCE 2007, MAK HER MISSN TO AMPLIFY EMERGG TALENT, PECIALLY WOMEN. “I REALLY LIKE TO BOOK NEW PEOPLE [OTHER] PEOPLE MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT, JT TO TE MORE FANS ON OTHER GOOD MIC THAT'S OUT THERE. .... AND I REALLY MAKE A NSC EFFORT TO FD AS MANY WOMEN AS I N. IF [ONLY] PEOPLE ULD SEE HOW MANY OFFERS I SENT OUT TO BOOK WOMEN VERS HOW MANY I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET. I SENT SO MANY. I REALLY TRY TO MAKE THE LP DIVERSE [SO HAS] SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE,” SHE TELLS MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIC HAS NO BOUNDARI AND SPANS CULTUR., SO PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE WHOUT JUDGMENT, SAYS GG MAGREE, AN ATRALIAN DJ, PRODUCER, VOLIST, WHO’S BEEN MAKG WAV THE DANCE-MIC SPHERE FOR HER MMERIZGLY SWEET VOLS AND HIGH-ENERGY LIVE SETS. “I JT THK THAT IF YOU POCKET THGS, 'S JT NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THGS. MIC IS UNIVERSAL. IT SHOULD BE OPEN,” MAGREE STRS TO MTV NEWS OVER THE PHONE AFTER A WHIRLWD WEEKEND PERFORMG AT HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE 12TH YEAR, 170,000 MIC FANS NVERGED AT THE AUTO SPEEDWAY FONTANA OM AUGT 3 TO 4 TO WATCH A MEDLEY OF ARTISTS — OM HEAVI LIKE ALISON WONRLAND, KID CUDI, MAJOR LAZER, AND CL VONSTROKE TO UP-AND-ERS SUCH AS CAM GIRL, DREAMDOLL, AND LP GBBI. NOTABLY, AN ARRAY OF FEMALE TALENT WAS ONT AND CENTER, THANKS PART TO DCHEN’S BOOKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GG MAGREE SHOOK SATURDAY’S CROWD WH HIGH-OCTANE ENERGY. LATER AT NIGHT, ALISON WONRLAND’S TREATED FANS TO AN EXPLOSIVE AND HEADBANGG MIX. AND ON SUNDAY, FANS GOT A TASTE OF SOME GRTY TRAP OM CAM GIRL AND NEW MIC OM LP GBBI. THIS KALEIDOSPIC AND VARIEGATED LP JECTED SOME MUCH-NEED DIVERSY TO A GENRE HISTORILLY LED BY WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET MANY FEMALE DANCE MICIANS OFTEN FD THEMSELV HAVG TO PROVE TO THEIR PEERS THAT THEY’RE NOT JT NOT A PRETTY FACE. “PEOPLE ON THE OUTSI [ARE ALWAYS] THKG YOU FUCKED YOUR WAY TO THE DTRY. I WORKED MY FUCKG ASS OFF TO BE HERE,” CAM GIRL TELLS MTV NEWS. “I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHG TO DO THAT EXCEPT FOR HARD WORK, NOT SLEEPG, [AND] NOT GOG OUT. I LOST ALL OF MY IENDS OM PRACTICG AND GETTG BETTER AT MY CRAFT. I JT WANT SOME REGNN FOR THE HARD WORK THAT GO BEHD THIS STEAD OF [PEOPLE BEG] JT LIKE, ‘OH, YOU'RE JT CUTE.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS AN L.A.-BASED DJ/PRODUCER, A -OWNER OF ANIMAL TALK RERDS, AND AN ALL-AROUND SYNTH MASTER, LP GBBI KNOWS HOW TRATG N BE FOR WOMEN THE DTRY, NSTANTLY HAVG THEIR TALENTS AND PABILI QUTNED. SO 2019, SHE CREATED AN CLIVE NONPROF WORKSHOP LLED FEMMEHOE, AN TNAL PLATFORM ADDRSG THE LACK OF REPRENTATN OF WOMEN ELECTRONIC MIC BY HOLDG MONTHLY WORKSHOPS WHERE MICIANS N LEARN HOW TO PRODUCE AND ENGEER MIC. “WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM WH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHG NEW, I WANT YOU TO FEEL EMPOWERED; YOU N NOW TAKE THIS SKILL SET AND ALSO JT KNOWG THAT YOU N DO SOMETHG AND MAKE SOMETHG OTHER PARTS OF YOUR LIFE. THAT’S A POWERFUL TOOL,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE NOTABLE REASON LP GBBI BELIEV THERE MIGHT BE A BIG GENR AND RACIAL GAP THE DANCE WORLD IS BEE OF HIGH STS ASSOCIATED WH CREATG MIC, WHICH N BE A HDRANCE FOR PEOPLE WHOUT THE NECSARY ROURC. FEMMEHOE IS ON A MISSN TO CHANGE THAT. “A BIG, BIG BARRIER FOR PRODUCERS IS MONEY. GEAR IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, PUTERS ARE EXPENSIVE, HEADSETS ARE EXPENSIVE. IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO TRY TO HELP LOWER THAT BARRIER TO ENTRY AND THEN ALSO CREATG A SAFE SPACE WH A BUNCH OF OTHER WOMEN TO ASK WHATEVER QUTNS YOU NEED TO ASK. I'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNI AND 'S MY DUTY TO PAY THAT FORWARD,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE LATE 1970S, HOE MIC — TO WHICH MANY OF TODAY’S DANCE MICIANS N TRACE THEIR ROOTS — WAS BORN OUT OF CHIGO’S GAY, BLACK PARTY SCENE TO RADILLY BREAK DOWN RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND GENR BARRIERS. SCE THEN, THE SOUND HAS TRANSFORMED, DUE PART TO THE REBRANDG EFFORTS OF THE U.S. MIC DTRY, AND TURN, THE FACE OF HAS PLETELY CHANGED — WH NAM LIKE CALV HARRIS, DAVID GUETTA, AND MART GARRIX LEADG THE PACK. BUT FOR A GENRE SCEND OM A SUBCULTURE THRIVG WH BOTH DIVERSY AND POLIL STGGLE, DANCE MIC WILL SUFFER IF ONLY A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS ARE SHOWERED WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAM GIRL LOOKS AT THE PROGRS MA SO FAR AND THKS ’S JT A MATTER OF TIME. BUT SHE ALSO STRSED HOW IMPORTANT IS FOR ANIZERS TO KEEP MAKG HAPPEN. “WHEN I STARTED GOG TO ELECTRONIC MIC FTIVALS, THERE WAS LIKE MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO FEMALE DJS. NOW, SHOUT OUT TO ALISON WONRLAND, SHOUT OUT TO ANNA LUNOE — THEY'RE KILLG . MIJA, ALL THOSE GIRLS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT GIRLS LIKE ME AND OTHER ON, WE'RE NOT PLAYG THE MA STAG AND WE'RE NOT PLAYG THE MA SET TIM. AND I'M JT WAG UNTIL 'S LIKE 50/50,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THIS YEAR’S HARD SUMMER PROVED, WOMEN ARE KILLG THE GAME ACROSS THE SPECTM OF DANCE MIC, PROVG THAT YOUR GENR DO NOT FE YOUR SUCCS. AND ALL THE WOMEN TERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY REMA HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EDM, PECIALLY DCHEN, WHO’S BEEN WORKG THE DTRY FOR OVER A . “I'VE SEEN EVOLVE A LOT. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HARD, THERE REALLY [WERE NOT] ANY WOMEN, SO OM THEN TO NOW, THERE ARE SOME BIG TOP WOMEN THAT N HEADLE A STAGE [AND] N HEADLE A FTIVAL AND ARE MAKG EQUAL MONEY [TO] MEN,” SHE SAID. “IT'S JT FDG MORE OF THOSE, BEE NOW THERE'S ONLY SO MANY AND NOW THERE'S SO MANY FTIVALS, 'S KD OF A FIGHT TO GET TO SHARE THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
ALISON WONRLAND HELPS WOMEN PROPOSE AT ATRALIAN SHOW HONOR OF GAY MARRIAGE

HOW WOMEN IN EDM ARE FIGHTG SEXISM WH SUCCS'MIC IS UNIVERSAL. 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I'M NOT A FEMALE ARTIST. I'M A WOMAN AND I'M PROUD OF BEG A WOMAN AND I LOVE BEG A WOMAN. BUT MY ART DON'T HAVE A GENR AND NEVER HAS,” ALISON WONRLAND (NéE ALEXANDRA SHOLLER) EMPHATILLY SAYS OVER THE PHONE TWO DAYS BEFORE HER EARLY AUGT HEADLG SET AT HARD SUMMER OUT FONTANA, CALIFORNIA. A NVERSATN ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE TREAT WOMEN EDM HAS THE SYDNEY-BORN AND LOS ANGEL-BASED DJ-PRODUCER RILED UP — AND UNRSTANDABLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG A WOMAN MIC WH A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENG — HOEHOLD NAM LIKE TIëSTO OR MART GARRIX DON’T GET ASKED ABOUT BEG A MAN EDM — AND IS RIFE WH PEOPLE NSTANTLY MENTG ON YOUR GENR STEAD OF YOUR WORK. ALISON WONRLAND IS OVER . SHE’S A SONIC POWERHOE HER OWN RIGHT, HEADLG SOLD-OUT ARENAS AROUND THE GLOBE AND CLOCKG LNS OF STREAMS ACROSS SPOTIFY AND ITUN. HER 2018 SOPHOMORE ALBUM AWAKE H NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD'S TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUMS CHART. TO DATE, SHE’S HIGHT-BILLED FEMALE DJ AT COACHELLA ALONGSI CANADIAN DJ REZZ (WH HOPEFULLY MORE TO E SOON). AND RECENTLY, BILLBOARD NAMED HER ONE OF THE 100 TOP DJS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[SPEAK] ABOUT ME AS AN ARTIST WHO JT SOLD OUT TWO RED ROCKS [SHOWS AND IS] MAKG ALBUMS AND PHG MIC FORWARD,” SHE TELLS MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN RECENT YEARS, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF NVERSATN ABOUT REPRENTATN OF WOMEN EDM, WHICH IS, LIKE THE MAJORY OF THE DTRY, DOMATED BY MEN. THEY LE THE CHARTS, RAD AIRWAV, AND MEDIA HEADL. BUT NOWHERE IS THE GENR DISPARY MORE VISIBLE THAN FTIVAL LPS. SN THE POSTERS OF YOUR FAVORE DANCE FTIVALS AND YOU'LL GENERALLY FD JT A UPLE OF FEMALE NAM, IF ANY AT ALL. IN A 2016 STUDY, THE DANCE MIC WEBSE THUMP REVEALED ONLY 17 PERCENT OF HEADLERS AT ELECTRONIC MIC FTIVALS WERE WOMEN. SO WHAT N BE DONE TO DIVERSIFY EDM AND THE LIVE MIC SCENE? MEAGAN DCHEN, THE HEAD OF HARD EVENTS, HAS A SIMPLE ANSWER: PRRIZE DIVERSY BOOKGS. IN HER ROLE, SHE OVERSE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATNS OF ALL HARD-BRAND NCERTS AND FTIVALS FOR INSOMNIAC EVENTS. ONE OF THEIR BIGGT EVENTS IS HARD SUMMER, THE HIP-HOP-CUM-EDM FTIVAL HEADLED BY WONRLAND THIS YEAR, AND NCEIVED BY GARY RICHARDS, THE FOUNR AND FORMER CEO OF HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE CURATG EACH YEAR’S LP, DCHEN, WHO’S BEEN WH THE PANY SCE 2007, MAK HER MISSN TO AMPLIFY EMERGG TALENT, PECIALLY WOMEN. “I REALLY LIKE TO BOOK NEW PEOPLE [OTHER] PEOPLE MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT, JT TO TE MORE FANS ON OTHER GOOD MIC THAT'S OUT THERE. .... AND I REALLY MAKE A NSC EFFORT TO FD AS MANY WOMEN AS I N. IF [ONLY] PEOPLE ULD SEE HOW MANY OFFERS I SENT OUT TO BOOK WOMEN VERS HOW MANY I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET. I SENT SO MANY. I REALLY TRY TO MAKE THE LP DIVERSE [SO HAS] SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE,” SHE TELLS MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIC HAS NO BOUNDARI AND SPANS CULTUR., SO PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE WHOUT JUDGMENT, SAYS GG MAGREE, AN ATRALIAN DJ, PRODUCER, VOLIST, WHO’S BEEN MAKG WAV THE DANCE-MIC SPHERE FOR HER MMERIZGLY SWEET VOLS AND HIGH-ENERGY LIVE SETS. “I JT THK THAT IF YOU POCKET THGS, 'S JT NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THGS. MIC IS UNIVERSAL. IT SHOULD BE OPEN,” MAGREE STRS TO MTV NEWS OVER THE PHONE AFTER A WHIRLWD WEEKEND PERFORMG AT HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE 12TH YEAR, 170,000 MIC FANS NVERGED AT THE AUTO SPEEDWAY FONTANA OM AUGT 3 TO 4 TO WATCH A MEDLEY OF ARTISTS — OM HEAVI LIKE ALISON WONRLAND, KID CUDI, MAJOR LAZER, AND CL VONSTROKE TO UP-AND-ERS SUCH AS CAM GIRL, DREAMDOLL, AND LP GBBI. NOTABLY, AN ARRAY OF FEMALE TALENT WAS ONT AND CENTER, THANKS PART TO DCHEN’S BOOKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GG MAGREE SHOOK SATURDAY’S CROWD WH HIGH-OCTANE ENERGY. LATER AT NIGHT, ALISON WONRLAND’S TREATED FANS TO AN EXPLOSIVE AND HEADBANGG MIX. AND ON SUNDAY, FANS GOT A TASTE OF SOME GRTY TRAP OM CAM GIRL AND NEW MIC OM LP GBBI. THIS KALEIDOSPIC AND VARIEGATED LP JECTED SOME MUCH-NEED DIVERSY TO A GENRE HISTORILLY LED BY WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET MANY FEMALE DANCE MICIANS OFTEN FD THEMSELV HAVG TO PROVE TO THEIR PEERS THAT THEY’RE NOT JT NOT A PRETTY FACE. “PEOPLE ON THE OUTSI [ARE ALWAYS] THKG YOU FUCKED YOUR WAY TO THE DTRY. I WORKED MY FUCKG ASS OFF TO BE HERE,” CAM GIRL TELLS MTV NEWS. “I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHG TO DO THAT EXCEPT FOR HARD WORK, NOT SLEEPG, [AND] NOT GOG OUT. I LOST ALL OF MY IENDS OM PRACTICG AND GETTG BETTER AT MY CRAFT. I JT WANT SOME REGNN FOR THE HARD WORK THAT GO BEHD THIS STEAD OF [PEOPLE BEG] JT LIKE, ‘OH, YOU'RE JT CUTE.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS AN L.A.-BASED DJ/PRODUCER, A -OWNER OF ANIMAL TALK RERDS, AND AN ALL-AROUND SYNTH MASTER, LP GBBI KNOWS HOW TRATG N BE FOR WOMEN THE DTRY, NSTANTLY HAVG THEIR TALENTS AND PABILI QUTNED. SO 2019, SHE CREATED AN CLIVE NONPROF WORKSHOP LLED FEMMEHOE, AN TNAL PLATFORM ADDRSG THE LACK OF REPRENTATN OF WOMEN ELECTRONIC MIC BY HOLDG MONTHLY WORKSHOPS WHERE MICIANS N LEARN HOW TO PRODUCE AND ENGEER MIC. “WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM WH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHG NEW, I WANT YOU TO FEEL EMPOWERED; YOU N NOW TAKE THIS SKILL SET AND ALSO JT KNOWG THAT YOU N DO SOMETHG AND MAKE SOMETHG OTHER PARTS OF YOUR LIFE. THAT’S A POWERFUL TOOL,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE NOTABLE REASON LP GBBI BELIEV THERE MIGHT BE A BIG GENR AND RACIAL GAP THE DANCE WORLD IS BEE OF HIGH STS ASSOCIATED WH CREATG MIC, WHICH N BE A HDRANCE FOR PEOPLE WHOUT THE NECSARY ROURC. FEMMEHOE IS ON A MISSN TO CHANGE THAT. “A BIG, BIG BARRIER FOR PRODUCERS IS MONEY. GEAR IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, PUTERS ARE EXPENSIVE, HEADSETS ARE EXPENSIVE. IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO TRY TO HELP LOWER THAT BARRIER TO ENTRY AND THEN ALSO CREATG A SAFE SPACE WH A BUNCH OF OTHER WOMEN TO ASK WHATEVER QUTNS YOU NEED TO ASK. I'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNI AND 'S MY DUTY TO PAY THAT FORWARD,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE LATE 1970S, HOE MIC — TO WHICH MANY OF TODAY’S DANCE MICIANS N TRACE THEIR ROOTS — WAS BORN OUT OF CHIGO’S GAY, BLACK PARTY SCENE TO RADILLY BREAK DOWN RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND GENR BARRIERS. SCE THEN, THE SOUND HAS TRANSFORMED, DUE PART TO THE REBRANDG EFFORTS OF THE U.S. MIC DTRY, AND TURN, THE FACE OF HAS PLETELY CHANGED — WH NAM LIKE CALV HARRIS, DAVID GUETTA, AND MART GARRIX LEADG THE PACK. BUT FOR A GENRE SCEND OM A SUBCULTURE THRIVG WH BOTH DIVERSY AND POLIL STGGLE, DANCE MIC WILL SUFFER IF ONLY A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS ARE SHOWERED WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAM GIRL LOOKS AT THE PROGRS MA SO FAR AND THKS ’S JT A MATTER OF TIME. BUT SHE ALSO STRSED HOW IMPORTANT IS FOR ANIZERS TO KEEP MAKG HAPPEN. “WHEN I STARTED GOG TO ELECTRONIC MIC FTIVALS, THERE WAS LIKE MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO FEMALE DJS. NOW, SHOUT OUT TO ALISON WONRLAND, SHOUT OUT TO ANNA LUNOE — THEY'RE KILLG . MIJA, ALL THOSE GIRLS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT GIRLS LIKE ME AND OTHER ON, WE'RE NOT PLAYG THE MA STAG AND WE'RE NOT PLAYG THE MA SET TIM. AND I'M JT WAG UNTIL 'S LIKE 50/50,” SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THIS YEAR’S HARD SUMMER PROVED, WOMEN ARE KILLG THE GAME ACROSS THE SPECTM OF DANCE MIC, PROVG THAT YOUR GENR DO NOT FE YOUR SUCCS. AND ALL THE WOMEN TERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY REMA HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EDM, PECIALLY DCHEN, WHO’S BEEN WORKG THE DTRY FOR OVER A . “I'VE SEEN EVOLVE A LOT. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HARD, THERE REALLY [WERE NOT] ANY WOMEN, SO OM THEN TO NOW, THERE ARE SOME BIG TOP WOMEN THAT N HEADLE A STAGE [AND] N HEADLE A FTIVAL AND ARE MAKG EQUAL MONEY [TO] MEN,” SHE SAID. “IT'S JT FDG MORE OF THOSE, BEE NOW THERE'S ONLY SO MANY AND NOW THERE'S SO MANY FTIVALS, 'S KD OF A FIGHT TO GET TO SHARE THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Is Alison Wonrland gay? As of last week, on December 7, Atralia had officially legalized gay marriage, rultg an overwhelmg amount of support for the LGBTQ muny. Her 2018 sophomore album Awake h No.

I've been given a lot of opportuni and 's my duty to pay that forward, ” she the late 1970s, hoe mic — to which many of today’s dance micians n trace their roots — was born out of Chigo’s gay, Black party scene to radilly break down racial, sexual, and genr barriers.

Atralia joed the ranks of 25 other untri to officially legalize gay marriage on December 7, g a wave of celebratn over a legal battle that has been drawn out the untry for 13 years. The battle for marriage rights began 2004, when the parliament amend the Marriage Act to ban the stutn for gays.

Sce then, an overwhelmg display of support for the return of their rights led to a new vote that officiated gay marriage as a legal right.

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