New book Minor Keys investigates gender inequality in electronic music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA<\/title><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"\/><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Due out October 9th, the book compiles 63 interviews that author, producer and DJ Samantha Parsley compiled over the course of a six-year research study.\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83363\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New book Minor Keys investigates gender inequality in electronic music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Due out October 9th, the book compiles 63 interviews that author, producer and DJ Samantha Parsley compiled over the course of a six-year research study.\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83363\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.ra.co\/images\/news\/2025\/genderineqbook.jpg\"\/><link 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data-tracking-id=\"news-article\" class=\"Section__StyledSection-sc-1smdbhi-0 elYREK\">\n<div class=\"Layout-sc-1rwgres-0 ddXYFK\">\n<ul class=\"Grid__GridStyled-sc-si5izk-0 jDLXQE grid\">\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iugREN\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 bGnrTR\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 dHbEva jjFEXj\">Due out October 9th, the book compiles 63 interviews that author, producer and DJ Samantha Parsley compiled over the course of a six-year research study.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iEOQQR\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 dDKClb\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-abq4qd-0 Alignment-sc-1405w7f-0 dtgzXA lafiII\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 jeSXW jjFEXj\">A new book coming out this autumn will explore gender inequality in electronic music, with a focus on how female and gender nonconforming survive\u2014and thrive\u2014in an often male-dominated space.<\/p>\n<p><i>Minor Keys<\/i>, written by DJ, producer and University of Portsmouth professor Samantha Parsley, is the result of a six-year research study by the author. (Parsley is also the founder of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inthekey.org\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/inthekey.org\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/inthekey.org\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/inthekey.org\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">In the Key<\/span><\/a>: a directory championing women, trans and non-binary electronic music producers.) She describes <i>Minor Keys<\/i> as “the first research-led book to focus on gender inequality in electronic music production.” <\/p>\n<p>Adopting an intersectional lens, the book combines Parsley’s own experience in the music industry with interviews from 63 artists hailing from around the world. “I was starting to DJ and suddenly realised ‘Wow, there’s not many women DJing and even fewer producing,” Parsley told <i>Resident Advisor<\/i>. “But I didn’t want to focus on the reasons we don’t do things\u2013I wanted to focus on the reasons we do.”<\/p>\n<p>One chapter profiles collectives including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=78495\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=78495\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=78495\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=78495\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Sisu<\/span><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=138553\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=138553\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=138553\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=138553\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Change the Beat<\/span><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musicproductionforwomen\/?hl=en\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musicproductionforwomen\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musicproductionforwomen\/?hl=en\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musicproductionforwomen\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Music Production for Women<\/span><\/a> (MPW), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=114754\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=114754\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=114754\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=114754\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Psy-Sisters<\/span><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thef-listmusic.uk\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/thef-listmusic.uk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/thef-listmusic.uk\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/thef-listmusic.uk\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">The F-List<\/span><\/a>. In Parsley,’s words, these groups all represent “incredible grassroots activism in gender and electronic music,”\u2014organising she finds especially urgent in an industry that can favor homogeny over diversity. <\/p>\n<p>“Bro culture reproduces itself; if your networks only include people like you, those are the people you book and whose music you play,” she added. “Over time, what counts as ‘good music’\u2013basically that of white men\u2013comes to stand for all music.”<\/p>\n<p>Parsley said this dynamic fuels the “unseen labour” gender minorities shoulder while navigating discrimination, sexual harassment and skepticism over their abilities\u2013a burden she and University of Glasgow professor Marianna Johannson call “ameliorative work.” Parsley defined this as “the hidden, ongoing effort required just to be taken seriously in a white, male-dominated environment where you\u2019re doubted, patronised and constantly forced to prove your worth.”<\/p>\n<p>Parsley hopes <i>Minor Keys<\/i> will draw the eye of powerful gatekeepers across the industry\u2013”the cis white men basically”\u2013and inspire change. “Maybe they\u2019ll read the three manifestos at the end and realise there are small actions we can all take,”she shared. <\/p>\n<p><i>Minor Keys<\/i> is out on Bristol University Press October 9th\u2014pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/minor-keys\/samantha-parsley\/9781529240429\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/minor-keys\/samantha-parsley\/9781529240429\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/minor-keys\/samantha-parsley\/9781529240429\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/minor-keys\/samantha-parsley\/9781529240429\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iAZnAz\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 kqMgJp\"\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ra.co \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New book Minor Keys investigates gender inequality in electronic music \u00b7 News \u27cb RA Due out October 9th, the book compiles 63 interviews that author, producer and DJ Samantha Parsley compiled over the course of a six-year research study. 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