https://zoemcpherson.xyz zoemcpherson Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:28:44 +0000 https://zoemcpherson.xyz en http://zoemcpherson.xyz/About-u Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:28:44 +0000 zoemcpherson 458248 ABOUT VIDEOS MUSIC SHOWS INSTAL-LATIONS MIXES&amp; RADIO PHOTOS MOVING BIOGRAPHY Zoë Mc Pherson embodies the unexpected. Their vibrant, nuanced music tests sonic extremes and musical pleasure, grapples with politics and raw emotion, shapes fantasy concepts and meditates on reality. Contrasts are hardwired into their projects, performances and collaborations, bringing bold forms into sharp relief — the constant in their art is evolution.&nbsp; Mc Pherson has developed an arc of accomplished albums and EPs which strike out into uncharted zones, moving from the acute percussive angles of earlier albums through to more melodious, vocal-charged exploration. The sonic elements shifting within their sound reach from the physicality of soundsystem music to the hyper-kinetic rhythms of singeli, avant-garde synthesis, textural experimentation and the unfiltered emotive impact of club-ready pop.&nbsp; Alongside their releases, Mc Pherson has performed live and DJ'd at a steady stream of esteemed events and venues across the world from Berlin's CTM Festival to MUTEK Mexico, The Hague's Rewire to Novas Frequências in Rio de Janeiro. They also undertake a wide variety of installations, commissions and collaborations, taking in residencies with the 4DSOUND System at MONOM in Berlin and Montréal's PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art and curating events with bULt for a queer-run club in Almaty, Kazakhstan. They've performed with French sound artist Jessica Ekomane and worked with Ugandan singeli pioneers Jay Mitta and DJ Diaki as 30K, created sound design for Maison Taskin and Elastique and taught workshops, notably at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing arts, while running a regular radio show at Refuge worldwide. From leading workshops to artistic direction for professional clients, educational initiatives and personal projects, their multifaceted practice taps into the self-sustaining, DIY spirit of creative communities across continents. Mc Pherson's own node within the global information exchange is SFX, a multimedia platform they founded in 2020. SFX serves as an outlet for most of Mc Pherson's musical releases and ambitious audio-visual works in collaboration with Alessandra Leone such as the collaborative project XquisiteForce.AV. The SFX events also extends the reach of the project into live settings.&nbsp; Being across all aspects of their creative output, from concept to production to distribution, affords Mc Pherson complete control to carve out their space on their own terms. Freedom and self-reliance are intrinsic to understanding Zoë Mc Pherson as they stand right now. Possibility beats at the core of everything they do, responding acutely to the intensity of the modern experience and exploring new angles of expression in sharply sophisticated, compelling ways.PRESS&nbsp;  MORE PRESS HERE  The Wire magazine |&nbsp;review 2025 <img width="1284" height="1666" width_o="1284" height_o="1666" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/12556385e0918b32f9beb0e6375a0e36ea018353d6a1037a017c35f742551526/-.png" data-mid="1421668" border="0" data-scale="42"/> Edwin | mix and interview 2025 <img width="1020" height="1026" width_o="1020" height_o="1026" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f0becfc364855511bfe2ab4d858859e4fc72d90f0935265a86e0cb45c89b7103/Screenshot-2025-10-21-at-21.46.15.png" data-mid="1421673" border="0" data-scale="38"/>Techno 100 Book |&nbsp;2025 <img width="1614" height="1548" width_o="1614" height_o="1548" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/75aaa411efe0fe34fd20dfbc1b191daac1765b4937d89735c2de7cd89c91433b/Screenshot-2025-02-18-at-15.35.03.png" data-mid="1421669" border="0" data-scale="43"/> DJ Mag | premiere | 2025 FACT video | Zoë Mc Pherson on mangling sound and multimedia collaboration | 2020 DAZED | interview 2023 Hemisphere son | Zoë Mc Pherson, les polyrhytmes dans la peau | feature 2024 Resident Advisor |&nbsp;2023 DJ Mag&nbsp; | selections series | 2023 <img width="1178" height="1640" width_o="1178" height_o="1640" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9036d77f4a2dfec25a9af2dd965e8f3dd367b7f4c24d7e512baf4fae3c80cd47/Screenshot-2023-02-08-at-12.09.17.png" data-mid="1421672" border="0" data-scale="45"/> CDM / AV show / 2025 CURATION, DIRECTION SFX events &amp; partnerships | 2020-now SFX label | 2020-nowSELECTED PRESS The Wire review | 2025 DJ Mag | premiere of together we ride | 2025 FACT Signal Path : Zoë Mc Pherson on mangling sound and multimedia collaboration | video itw | 2020 DAZED | interview | 2023 Hemisphere son | feature A CLOSER LISTEN | review Resident Advisor | news The Wire | interview DJ Mag&nbsp; | selections series BBC6 - Mary Ann Hobbs Music of the near future : premiere  &nbsp;More press here  SELECTED LIVE SHOWS OIL Shenzhen, China | 2025Casa Dao, Hong Kong | 2025Club Daphnia, Osaka, Japan | 2025REWIRE, Den Haag | 2025 and 2023Intonal festival, Malmö | 2025NOPA festival, Armenia | 2025ROBOT festival, Bologna, Italy | 2025The White Hotel, Manchester, UK | 2025Bogotrax | Bogota | 2024Elevate festival, Graz, Austria | 2024Gaité Lyrique, Paris, France | 2024Les Nuits Sonores, Lyon, France&nbsp; | 2024Norbergfestival, Norway&nbsp; | 2024MUTEK festival, Montréal, Canada&nbsp; | 2024Maintenant festival, Rennes, France&nbsp; | 2024Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium&nbsp; | 2024Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain&nbsp; | 2024Fuchs2, Prague, Czech Republic&nbsp; | 2024MUTEK festival | Mexico | 2023BERGHAIN Saule | Berlin | 2023ICA&nbsp; | London | 2023RSO | Berlin | 2023 Bourse de commerce | Paris | 2023Scopitone festival | Nantes | 2023Insomnia festival | Trømso | 2023MIRA festival | Barcelona | 2023Novas Frequências | Rio de Janeiro | 2023LEV festival | Gijon | 20234GB Festival, Georgia | 2023BERGHAIN Halle | Berlin | 2021CTM festival | Berlin | 2021POSITIVE EDUCATION festival | St Etienne | 2021LEV festival | Madrid | 2021INKONST | Malmö | 2021MUTABOR | Moscow | 2019CONCRETE | Paris | 2019ROOM 4 RESISTANCE | Berlin, DE | 2019ZVUK | Алматы, Kazakhstan | 2019BOILER ROOM | Berlin | 2018MEAKUSMA FESTIVAL | Eupen | 2018DE SCHOOL | Amsterdam | 2018DUBLAB | LA | 2017LES NUITS BOTANIQUE | Brussels | 2016MENGI | Reykjavik I 2015 SELECTED SOLO RELEASES [SFX10] UPSIDE DOWN | SFX | LP/Vinyl |&nbsp; 2025 [SFX09] CHAOS 3.0 LIVE | SFX | 2024 [SF04] PITCH BLENDER | SFX | LP/Vinyl | 2023 [SF02] STATES OF FUGUE | SFX | LP/Vinyl&nbsp; | 2020 [SF01] STRING FIGURES | SVS RECORDS | AV album / LP / AV Live show | 2018 OTHER SELECTED RELEASES EP SIIIX, Vol.2 by HIIIT | Maloca records | 2025 MTY-Air Mama Told ya | 2023 Ostgut Ton | Fünfzehn + 1 compilation | CD and Vinyl | Ostgut Ton | 2021 SPATIAL SOUND INSTALLATION &amp; PERFORMANCESHOLDING | 4D Sound installation | PHI, Montreal | 2024 AMBISONICS LIVE SET FOR ELEVATE FESTIVAL | Dom im Berg, Graz | 2024 WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | MONOM, Berlin&nbsp; | 2023 ; Dom im Berg, Graz&nbsp; | 2023 ; ZiMMT, Leipzig | 2023 ; Cosmo, Venice | 2023 ; Stone Nest | London UK&nbsp; | 2023 ; 3537 | Paris FR&nbsp; | 2023 , Monom Spatial sound festival | Berlin DE | 2022 IN ABSTENTIA | Multichannelsound installation | Silent Green Berlin DE | 2021 ON HOLD | Multichannel sound installation | Aljhambra Berlin DE | 2021 SELECTED RESIDENCIES SELECTED RESIDENCIES MONOME | Berlin, DE | 2022 AFROPOLLINATION | Kampala, UG | 2022 SHAPE | 2021-2022 INKONST | Malmö, SU | 2021 PALACE | PL | 2020 LYL RADIO | 2020 NOODS RADIO | 2020 RED BULL STUDIOS | Berlin and Amsterdam | 2019 RMC | Copenhagen, DK | 2018 BEURSSCHOUWBURG | Brussels, BE | 2018 ELEKTRON MUSIK STUDION | Stockholm, SE | 2017 REITIR | Siglugjördur, IS | 2016 SELECTED TALKS, WORKSHOPSWorkshop, Music for Performing Arts | Vienna | Berlin | 2024 Workshop, Music school | Vienna | Berlin | 2024 Ableton live for beginners workshop | Berlin | 2024 Sound design workshop | mediale Architekturdarstellung - mAD&nbsp; | Hannover, DE | 2022 Audiovisual collaboration workshop | CAMP&nbsp; | Pyrénnes, FR&nbsp; |&nbsp; 2022 3D sound Workshop | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2022 SOUND DESIGNMAISON TASKIN | Mixed Reality Fashion Film | 2022ELASTIQUE | Creative agency for brand communication | 2022 FUTURECORE 2000, all beats are beautiful | Dance Performance by Gloria Hockner | 2019WITHIN | Installation by Tarek Atoui at Kunstenfestivaldesarts | 2018 VOX | Dance piece by&nbsp; David Hernandez, scenography by Zdravka Kirigin | 2019In Dreams for Klara radio BE | Rework of Dion Mc Gregor’s dreamworld | 2018AZ | Dance piece by choreographer Aki Iwamoto | 2018 AWARDS, BOOKS Techno 100 Book |&nbsp; Pitch Blender one of 100 classic techno albums - by J Y Leloup | 2025 SHAPE artist&nbsp; | 2021First price ‘Les Octaves de la musique | category electronic music | 2019Best music video at Berlin Independent Film festival | 2019Best experimental video at Berlin Music Video Awards | 2018Vimeo staff pick | 2018Associated artist at Beursschouwburg Brussels | from 2017 to 2019 ABOUT VIDEOS MUSIC SHOWS INSTAL-LATIONS MIXES&amp; 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VFX – Manuela AguilarDirector Of Photography – Ginevra Marino ARTE Concert at Berghain’s Halle Performed live by Jessica Ekomane and Zoë Mc Pherson [SF02]STATES OF FUGUE AT CTM [SF03]GROUNDING INOUTER SPACE Sound - Zoë Mc PhersonVideo - Alessandra Leone [XF.AV]XQUISITEFORCE.AV A collaborative audiovisual piece curated by SFX, featuring 43 video and sound artists.Curated by Alessandra Leone and Zoë Mc Pherson [SF02]TENACE Direction - Alessandra Leone⁣Performance and music - Zoë Mc PhersonDoP - Julian Moser⁣Editing - Alessandra Leone⁣Styling - Raki Fernandez⁣Lighting Design Assistant - Nindya Nareswari ACOUSTIC MINIMUM LIVE [SF01]STRING FIGURESAUDIOVISUAL ALBUM Best electronic act Belgium for String Figures in 2018Vimeo staff pickNownessBest music video at Berlin Independent Film festivalBest experimental video at Berlin Music Video AwardsRome independent prisma awardsFinalist at Aphrodite Film Awards Open World Animation Festival Beyond the Beyond section vi. i. iii. ii. iv. v. vii. music creditsCongas, bendir, repique, metal plate in 1, 2, 3, 4 performed live by Falk Schrauwen – Bass, tenor saxophone in 1, 3 performed by Sam Comerford, recorded by Jérémy Michel at Lowmansland studios, Brussels, Belgium – Bass cicada in 1 recorded in Bandung, Indonesia – Sync hoofs by two horses, recorded on Heybeliada island, Turkey – Dung Chen, Gya Ling, Bub Chel in 1 performed by unknown, recorded by unknown in Tibet&nbsp;–&nbsp;Lyrics on 3 inspired by the story of Ava and Niviatsiaq collected&nbsp;by Knud Rasmussen in 1922, Arctic Canada&nbsp;–&nbsp;Muralag folk tale&nbsp;in 4&nbsp;sung&nbsp;by Made Paul,&nbsp;collected&nbsp;by W. Laade in Western Torres Straits, South Pacific –&nbsp;Bees&nbsp;in 4 recorded in Drôme, France&nbsp;–&nbsp;Katajjait, Assalalaa in 6 sung&nbsp;by unknown, recorded somewhere in the Arctic circle –&nbsp;Processed&nbsp;throat singing&nbsp;in 6&nbsp;performed&nbsp;by Maxime Demartin, recorded in Brussels, Belgium&nbsp;–&nbsp;Processed Hardingfele&nbsp;in 7&nbsp;performed&nbsp;by unknown, recorded in Bergen, NorwayAll other instruments by Zoë Mc PhersonWritten, recorded, performed, and produced by Zoë Mc Pherson2, 3 co-arranged by Falk Schrauwen and Zoë Mc PhersonMixed by Jérémy Michel at Lowmansland studios, Brussels, BelgiumMastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk studios, Berlin, GermanyString Figures audiovisual album directed by Alessandra Leone and Zoë Mc PhersonArtwork 3D by Andreas Barden, Design by Paul PutzarProduced by Zoë Mc PhersonDistributed by SVS recordsvisual creditsDirection, editing - Alessandra LeoneConcept, co-direction - Zoë Mc Pherson3D animation - Andreas Barden, Andreas Martini, Moritz ReichartzProduction - Silvia ProcopioDoP - Julian MoserFocus Puller - Nils KoppenbrinkCostumes, Accessories - Raki Fernandez, Benu Berlin, Siff PristedProp Designer - Terril ScottMuA - Nóra BelovaiHairstylist - Krisztiàn BerkiChoreography - HenDancers - Hen, Ichi GoColor Grading - Lutz ForsterSet Photography - Dario Jacopo LaganàProduced by Zoë Mc PhersonThanks to the support of the flemish region  ABOUT VIDEOS MUSIC SHOWS INSTAL-LATIONS MIXES&amp; RADIO PHOTOS MOVING  [SF09] CHAOS 3.0 LIVE [SF04]LAMELLA ... http://zoemcpherson.xyz/old-bio-2024 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:25:43 +0000 zoemcpherson 455840 CREATIVE DIRECTIONSFX.IRL | events | 2024bULt x SFX | music, club and workshop curation at bULt queer run club | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2022 XquisiteForce.collection/01 | Compilation in support of the people of Beirut | 2020 XquisiteForce.AV | collaborative audiovisual project | 2021 SFX | label platform and community | Berlin DE | 2020 String Figures festival at Beursschouwburg | Brussels BE | 2018LAMF -&nbsp; european experimental artistic laboratory | Lyon FR | 2013 SPATIAL SOUNDAMBISONICS LIVE SET FOR ELEVATE FESTIVAL | Dom im Berg, Graz | 2024WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | MONOM, Berlin&nbsp; | 2023WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | Dom im Berg, Graz&nbsp; | 2023WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | ZiMMT, Leipzig | 2023WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | Cosmo, Venice | 2023WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | Stone Nest | London UK&nbsp; | 2023WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | 3537 | Paris FR&nbsp; | 2023 WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM | 4D Sound installation | Monom Spatial sound festival&nbsp;| Berlin DE&nbsp;| 2022IN ABSTENTIA | Multichannelsound installation | Silent Green Berlin DE | 2021ON HOLD | Multichannel sound installation&nbsp;| Aljhambra Berlin DE&nbsp;| 2021 SOUND INSTALLATIONSDISTINGUISH BS | Sound installation | Siestes Electroniques | Toulouse FR | 2021FUTURECORE 2000 | Sound installation&nbsp;| Kraftwerk Bille | Hamburg DE&nbsp;| 2019String Figures | Aberration | Galerie Irrgang | Berlin DE&nbsp;| 2017 Rainforest | STUK | Leuven BE | 2016Reitir | Siglufjordur IS | 2016«Seismographic Sounds. Visions of a New World» | Bethanien | Rojava sound installation &amp; conference at CTM festival | Berlin DE | 2016Museum night fever | Brussels BE&nbsp;| 2014 SOLO RELEASES [SFX10] UPSIDE DOWN | SFX | 2025[SFX09] CHAOS 3.0 LIVE | SFX | 2024LAMELLA&nbsp; | SFX | AV piece | 2023[SF04RMX] PITCH BLENDER REMIXES | SFX | 2023[SF04] PITCH BLENDER | SFX | LP/Vinyl | 2023ON FIRE | SFX | AV piece | 2022ABYSS ELIXIR | Pendulum Recordings | EP / Vinyl | 2022 [SF03] GROUNDING IN OUTER SPACE | SFX | AV piece | 2020[SF02] TENACE | SFX | AV piece | 2020[SF02] STATES OF FUGUE | SFX | LP/Vinyl&nbsp; | 2020[SF01RMX] STRING FIGURES | SVS RECORDS | EP/Vinyl | 2018[SF01] STRING FIGURES | SVS RECORDS | AV album / LP / Live show | 2018IRIZAJN | Self-release | Tape EP | 2014 COLLECTIVE RELEASES MTY-Air Mama Told ya | 2023 [SF04RMX] PITCH BLENDER REMIXES | SFX | 2023The Wire | Below The Radar Special Edition: SHAPE 2021&nbsp;| CD | 2022Ostgut Ton | Fünfzehn + 1 compilation | “Iteration” Jessica Ekomane &amp; Zoë Mc Pherson | CD and Vinyl | Ostgut Ton | 2021Oscillate &amp; Shimmer | Klahrk | E-merge Stgy by Klahrk &amp; Zoë Mc Pherson&nbsp;| LP&nbsp;| SFX | 2021KMRU &amp; Aho Shan + Myriam Bleau + Zoë Mc Pherson | Digital&nbsp;| Hot Desk | 2020XquisiteForce.collection/01 compilation | “Hayati” by Simon Grab, Dali de St Paul and Zoë Mc Pherson | SFX&nbsp;| Digital - 2020LV VA 12-1&nbsp; compilation | “ALVA“ by Zoë Mc Pherson | LAVALAVA records&nbsp;| Vinyl&nbsp;| 2020KSH03 SONIC RESISTANCE. A compilation for Rojav | Ishtar #2 (for Rojava) by Zoë Mc Pherson feat. Gernas Maao / ORAMICS, Kashev tapes | CD&nbsp;| 2020Plafond 5 by Rupert Cerveaux &amp; Zoë Mc Pherson | BAKK PLAFOND SERIES&nbsp;| Vinyl&nbsp;| 2019Weaponize your sound compilation |“Thumb Governance” by Zoë Mc Pherson | OPTIMO | LP&nbsp;| 2019LI$016 compilation | Low Income Squad | Tape | 2019ROJAVA compilation | Female:Pressure | Solidarity Digital release | 2016Mind the gap compilation | Gonzo Circus | CD | 2016 REMIXES Use Knife remix | LP&nbsp; | 2024 L Twills VOX remix | [Freedom/Fiction] REMIXES | LP | 2020Gillie Mc Pherson Dark Dream remix | ER001 Euphonic Rythms | LP&nbsp;| 2020Contagious remix | MORPHINE | Vinyl&nbsp;| 2019Christina Vantzou N4 remix | Digital | 2019 SELECTED PERFORMANCESMUTEK festival | Mexico | 2023REWIRE | The Hague |&nbsp; 2023BERGHAIN Saule | Berlin | 2023ICA&nbsp; | London | 2023RSO | Berlin | 2023Bourse de commerce | Paris | 2023Scopitone festival | Nantes | 2023Insomnia festival | Trømso | 2023MIRA festival | Barcelona | 2023Novas Frequências | Rio de Janeiro | 2023LEV festival | Gijon | 2023Bogotrax | Bogota | 20234GB Festival | 2023BERGHAIN Halle | Berlin | 2021CTM festival | Berlin | 2021POSITIVE EDUCATION festival | St Etienne | 2021LEV festival | Madrid | 2021INKONST | Malmö | 2021MUTABOR | Moscow | 2019CONCRETE | Paris | 2019ROOM 4 RESISTANCE | Berlin, DE | 2019PALACE&nbsp; | St Gallen | 2019ZVUK | Алматы | 2019BOILER ROOM | Berlin | 2018MEAKUSMA FESTIVAL | Eupen | 2018DE SCHOOL | Amsterdam | 2018H0L0 | NYC | 2018DUBLAB | LA | 2017NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY | Nottingham | 2016SCHIEV FESTIVAL | Brussels | 2016LES NUITS BOTANIQUE | Brussels | 2016MENGI | Reykjavik I 2015 RESIDENCIES MONOME | Berlin, DE&nbsp;| 2022AFROPOLLINATION | Kampala, UG | 2022SHAPE | 2021-2022PALACE | PL | 2021PHONETICS | St Denis, FR&nbsp;| 2021SVS | Canfranc, ES | 2021INKONST | Malmö, SU | 2021PALACE | PL | 2020LYL RADIO | 2020NOODS RADIO | 2020RED BULL STUDIOS | Berlin, DE | 2019RED BULL STUDIOS | Amsterdam, NL | 2019SVS | Lisboa, PT | 2018RMC | Copenhagen, DK | 2018BEURSSCHOUWBURG | Brussels, BE | 2018ELEKTRON MUSIK STUDION | Stockholm, SE | 2017BEURSSCHOUWBURG | Brussels, BE | 2017RAINFOREST | STUK Leuven, BE | 2016STUDIO DES VARIETES | Brussels, BE | 2016MUSICMAKERS HACKLAB | STUK Leuven, BE | 2016REITIR | Siglugjördur, IS | 2016 TALKS, WORKSHOPSAbleton live for beginners workshop | Berlin | 2024Sound design workshop | mediale Architekturdarstellung - mAD&nbsp; | Hannover, DE | 2022Audiovisual collaboration workshop | CAMP&nbsp; | Pyrénnes, FR&nbsp; |&nbsp; 20223D sound Workshop | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2022Artist talk | All_Go_Rhythm___Gallerie Oqbo | Berlin, DE | 2021Ableton workshop | Palace, PL | 2021Artist talk | Arts formation UK | 2021Field recording workshop | Almaty, KZ | 2019Artist talk | Creative Coding | Utrecht, NL | 2019Artist talk | Feuerwache Köln, DE&nbsp; | 2018Artist talk | Aberration | Galerie Irrgang Berlin, DE | 2017 SOUND DESIGNMAISON TASKIN | Mixed Reality Fashion Film | 2022ELASTIQUE | Creative agency for brand communication | 2022 FUTURECORE 2000, all beats are beautiful | Dance Performance by Gloria Hockner | 2019WITHIN | Installation by Tarek Atoui at Kunstenfestivaldesarts&nbsp;| 2018 VOX | Dance piece by&nbsp; David Hernandez, scenography by Zdravka Kirigin | 2019In Dreams for Klara radio BE | Rework of Dion Mc Gregor’s dreamworld |&nbsp; 2018AZ | Dance piece by choreographer Aki Iwamoto | 2018 AWARDS SHAPE artist&nbsp; | 2021First price ‘Les Octaves de la musique | category electronic music | 2019Best music video at Berlin Independent Film festival | 2019Best experimental video at Berlin Music Video Awards | 2018Vimeo staff pick | 2018Associated artist at Beursschouwburg Brussels | from 2017 to 2019Bi-monthly show ‘Pulse sur-mesure’on LYL radio (2020-2022) :#0 with Breakwave &amp; Sukitoa O Namau | 2020#1 with Jessica Ekomane &amp; NVST &nbsp;| 2020#2 with Ehua &amp; Golden Medusa | 2020#3 with KLAHRK &amp; Ice Eyes | 2021#4 with GOD69 &amp; LABOUR | 2021#5 with Amazinggaijin &amp; NAZIRA | 2021#6 with DJ AfroOankali &amp; Katatonic Silentio | 2021#7 with Leala Rain &amp; Sarra Wild | 2021#8 Jungle &amp; bass music special | 2021#9 with Jessika Khazrik and Filter Dread | 2022#10 Ukranian special with EXAEL and Airali | 2022#11 Kazakh special with Falyakon and Ludwig Wandinger | 2022 ‘Pulse sur-mesure’ move on moved Refuge Radio Worldwide, in Berlin (2022-ONGOING)#12 B2B with Jessica Ekomane | 2022#13 B2B Special Afropopllination residency at Nyege Nyege Villa + special guest Yamina El Atlassi | 2022#14 B2B with Binghi | 2022#15 B2B with Jana Rush, Assyouti &amp; Rama | 2023#16 B2B with STEEZY | 2023# 17 B2B with Slave to Society&nbsp; | 2023# 18 B2B with CRRDR and Klahrk | 2024# 19 B2B with Yvu | 2024# 20 B2B with Sara Persico | 2024 NOODS RADIO RESIDENCY#1 - 2020#2 - 2020#3 - 2020 BBC6 The Ravers hour with Zoë Mc Pherson in the mix CREATIVE DIRECTIONSFX.IRL | events | 2024bULt x SFX | music, club and workshop curation at bULt queer run club | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2022... http://zoemcpherson.xyz/MOVING Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:34:37 +0000 zoemcpherson 455671  ABOUT VIDEOS MUSIC SHOWS INSTAL-LATIONS MIXES&amp; RADIO PHOTOS MOVING Wanna move out of Spotify and avoid META? I got you! Music streaming and platforms <img width="1134" height="1134" width_o="1134" height_o="1134" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/13fade2376389cdcd0366956508cd223a9c5715733031373b618db0982d15b32/Screenshot-2025-04-08-at-01.16.07.png" data-mid="1403398" border="0" data-scale="51"/>- How to delete Spotify without loosing my collection? Transfer playlists between music services: https://www.tunemymusic.com/or https://soundiiz.com/ If you’re moving to Apple music and have an Apple device, you can simply do it from your device. - Which streaming and music platforms are the most sustainable and pay artists better (and more directly)?Subvert (collectively owned new Bandcamp). You can become a member now! This is one of the most exciting projects so far. And they are opening the platforms as you are reading. So STAY UPDATED. I’ve been witnessing the creation of this and I gotta to say I’m a big fan of the forum and using the communities brains together! QobuzThis is the streaming for actual audiophiles. The best quality you’ll hear will be on QoBuz. Also I hear their workers keep on raving about the company, which is a very good sign. And they seem to have grown organically, starting from Jazz and Classical music, little by little opening to other genres of music with a nice curation enhanced by music journalists. I would recommend this. Nina ProtocolAlistening platform and online music store. Very cool curation of underground music. With mixes, features and a pro social media manager! I’m curious if any of you use it as buyers or if any label managers sold a notable amount of music there, also since Nina use their own crypto currency? Bandcamp Yall know it. Great for digging and great selection. Pack your basket for their monthly Bandcamp Friday when they remove their fee. OhrComing up. A German based platform that values everyone who contributes to club culture equally. DreamfrogThe streaming platform for independent music.https://dreamfrog.stream/ Faircamp Within minutes, Faircamp builds a complete website presenting your work.The resulting site requires no database, no programming, no maintenance, and is compatible with virtually every webhost on this planet. ResonateCommunity-owned music streaming service. Apparently not active anymore, but inspired others such as Subvert. CarbonA new streaming and music digging platform made in France that pays a play by stream 6x more than Spoti, have mixes and notably allows you to tip artists. Company linked to”Be Real”, which I find pretty cool. They say they had to build “a fair streaming system, based on the values of underground music” (quote from our phone call) Mirlo Found on Mastodon, didn’t dig further, yet! Peachz&nbsp;Haven’t used it yet, they reached me from this list. Curious! More popular streaming platforms (lots of music on there), BUT (with less earnings for artists): Apple musicYes apple sucks as a postcolonial extractivist company and terrible work conditions. But also, they are doing some work with featuring artist mixes, integrating Dolby Atmos, which can bring more income to some composers too. Tidal Really good hip hop collection. SoundcloudIf you’re a producer, probably this is your number 1? I mean, if you not digging in record shops you definitely be digging there, or on youtube, since myspace turned to nothing (anyone else was on myspace?^^ I remember discovering&nbsp; music from Bulgaria, Romania, all styles, it was like an extension of the physical library) YoutubeYoutube is probably one of the most niche places to find music online, alongside Soundcloud imo. It’s kinda the closest to digging, just always thought it was strange that it’s a video platform? No one else got disturbed by that? DeezerThis one I used when I was a teen, not sure how it is now, but it’s another french company and doenst seem so bad! - How can I buy music in the most direct way?By buying records or merch from artists after their shows or on their online shopsAND, very important, from local shops or online retailers such as these amazing connaisseurs Boomkat, Hardwax, Dizonord etc. Trust them, they only pick the best stuff out there! - What about not streaming music at all and just collecting music like we used to do 15 years ago?The more I gone into this research the more I am questioning having most of the music made in this world available at my finger tips, on my smartphone, via cellular internet connection. What about the joy of the discovery? What about copying CDs found in the library or from our friend? What about times we would wait for our favourite track to play on the radio an press record on our tape machine and make our own mixtape with our favourite hits? What about the experience of listening to records from A to Z cus it’s a tape, a CD or a record and you don’t wanna press fast forward, or skip or stand up to listeng through the vinyl? How about being a real digger? Really listening? What about really being in the present and listening to all the details you can hear, even if you think you don’t like it after 1 second? What about all of us complaining about having ADHD (at least I do so I presume the whole world also does hah), cus we are going through so much content so fast, and doing that with music too? While all this sounds are all great questions, the same remains, how one can be a relevant DJ or musician, while being slightly more disconnected to everything, but more connected to the present? Is that actually a way to follow? - - - SOCIAL MEDIA <img width="1112" height="558" width_o="1112" height_o="558" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5c78bb47474360d1e95ee23f1db32b4957372e5444972cb0bcee2f8f47c84e1c/Screenshot-2025-04-08-at-01.07.37-copy.png" data-mid="1403397" border="0" data-scale="79"/>So you’re ready for a fresh start out of capitalism hell, but a bit confused about what to do? You are eager to move to the golden decentralized and open source social networks? Sustainable music platforms?Well I’m as excited as you, it feels like we’re back at the early days of the internet!... Let’s get into it. Here is where you want to move to: Mastodon and Pixelfed. (Find me there&nbsp;@zoemcphers and there&nbsp;/&nbsp;zoemcpherson) Find the section about&nbsp;music&nbsp;further bellow. Intro to Mastodon &amp; the Fediverse List of Fediverse projects. https://fediverse.info/explore/projects What is the Fediverse? This zine provides an argument against corporate social media and offers some practical suggestions on how to use alternative social media. https://archive.org/details/fedizine/fedizine-imposed/page/n9/mode/2up Import from Instagram to Pixelfedpixelfed.social/site/kb/import Tools &amp; tips - Which project (which “social media or app”) in the Fediverse to start with? Mastodon (kinda like forums, or twitter, it’s still evolving, well curated posts and even better curated feeds if you look further into different local servers but that’s for advanced, start with .social). My experience so far with Mastodon has been great. Ppl are helpful, respectfull, there’s no censorship and no fascist billionnaire behind it. Every interaction becomes really meaningful. You can share pics and videos there too. Pixelfed (instagram equivalent, but still is a work in progress I find, and they don’t accept HRes videos or pics). Loop (video, also a work in progress, I didn’t figure this out yet) They’re connected anyways and they’re evolving really fast. - Which server do I select when I set up my account on Mastodon? Just use “.social” you can always move servers later and keep all your connections - Whats the difference between Bluesky and the Fediverse? I know you’re all on there since you broke up with X, but somehow I trust it less than Mastodon, it’s not decentralized and all can shift within minutes. Now you can see why: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/113896029909649321 Advanced - Use Icecubes (iOS) or Fedilab (Android) to gather several Mastodon accounts (tip from Jessica Ekomane) - This bridges several platform from the fediverse and bluesky: &nbsp;https://fed.brid.gy/ - There’s music servers on Mastodon too such as sonomu.club, post.lurk.org, stereodon and some others. (tip from&nbsp;*_jayrope) - Custom themes Mastomods for Mastodon (tip from Peter Kirn) - Looking for Secure encrypted chat?&nbsp;The Fediverse is not that. But you can use Signal, for instance. - Other:&nbsp;Duckduckgo,&nbsp;Brave&nbsp;(browsers with no profiling), Protonmail (End-to-end encrypted email)- Interesting: (haven’t tried)https://anytype.io/ Alternatives to capitalist surveillance software for communication - Degoogle and move to Proton for instance (here is a 20 dollar reduction coupon from me for Proton) - Massive collaborative list here of open source / FLOSS (free / libre and open) online tools to communicate https://pad.riseup.net/p/online-tools-for-the-pandemic-keep - Ethical and alternatives: https://ethical.net/resources/ - For those who celebrate trust and autonomy: (sounds interesting)https://anytype.io/  Questions - Will artists still get jobs if they are not present on Instagram ? And for decent fees, not depending on their amount of followers? :) - What if we ditch social media entirely? - I want to move but I’m stuck cus I will miss all my followers I built accross the years, what to do?  ConnectFind me here: https://mastodon.social/@zoemcphers https://pixelfed.social/zoemcpherson (I actually don’t use this much yet ;)) SFX’s catalogue:https://www.ninaprotocol.com/profiles/sfxhttps://sfx-space.bandcamp.com/ I believe all in all thes moves will take time, some ppl are not familiar with platforms or don’t use the internet so much, are not musicians but wanna listen to music (see for instance dance or yoga teachers playing music off spotify... while teaching wisdoms... a bit strange no?) But the more we talk about it around us, the more people will make this move. There’s several waves, patience.&nbsp;It’s a general topic in mainstream cinema, netflix series, press to talk about how we are all fed up with social media and how enshitificated it became. So make a positive change about it all..for our own lives, for our communities, what we belive in, for mental health, human rights, and&nbsp; future generations... - This above is all a work in progress and I keep on learning as things move and ppl interact. I’ll keep feeding this page with updates. If you think of anything else I could add here, let me know. I hope this was clear enough and that it helps us continue to connect with one another in a sustainable, decentralized and fun way!  ABOUT VIDEOS MUSIC SHOWS INSTAL-LATIONS MIXES&amp; RADIO PHOTOS MOVING Wanna move out of Spotify and avoid META?... http://zoemcpherson.xyz/newsletter-sign-up Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:20:22 +0000 zoemcpherson 455576 Fed up of social media? But still wanna connect and stay updated. 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