Theoverlookedhistoryofwomeninavant-gardeelectronicmusic,from?lianeRadiguetoElectricIndigoInthelate1990s,alarmedatthelackofresearchorinformationaboutfemaleelectronicmusiciansintheavant-garde,theSwisscomposer,artistandmusicianElisabethSchimana(born1958)beganadecades-longprojectofsearchingoutthesepractitioners,culminatinginherfoundationoftheInstituteforMediaArchaeology.HiddenAlliancesdrawsonherresearch,profiling25femaleartistsandtheirwork--includingMaryanneAmacher,BeatrizFerreyra,HeidiGrundmann,ElectricIndigo,AnneLaBerge,?lianeRadigue,ElisabethSchimana,AndreaSodomka,LieslUjvary,RebekahWilsonandothers.Thisillustratedvolumeoffersanalternativehistoryofthecreationanddevelopmentofelectronicmusic,openingupthepossibilityforalternatereadingsofthepresentandfutureofavant-gardemusic.
