Max Reinhardt with Ruth Barnes Late Junction Listen in pop-out player Max is joined in the studio by journalist Ruth Barnes who shares music from Female:Pressure, a collective of female DJs and electronic musicians whose latest release looks at the jeopardy facing women in   Northern Syria . We also hear a new track from LA shoegaze band Autolux , a sonic dispatch from Mali from Group Tagout and a home recording from the enigmatic 1950s singer Connie Converse , along with a tribute to drone music pioneer Tony Conrad who died on the 9th of April. WATCH HERE:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b076b5qj Related articles Autolux - "Brainwasher" (Stereogum Premiere) NEWS: Inuk electronica musician dj madeskimo to retire his name Tom Morello Announces New EDM-Tinged Project, Atlas Underground Tom Morello Announces New EDM-Tinged Project, Atlas Underground Tom Morello Announces New EDM-Tinged Project, Atlas Underground Let there be li...

Female:pressure, an international enclave of female electronica artist,  has launched an awareness and solidarity campaign for the cantons of # Rojava (located in northern Syria ), where women participate on all levels of decision making and building a new society from scratch, with built-in social, racial and ethnic justice, religious freedom, ecological principles and gender equality. Yet, even as members of female:pressure discussed how they as artists flung far across the globe could do more to help the Kurdish community of women, disheartening news of invasion and death brought about a discussion on the role of the artist in world events. After all, how could a simple soundcloud page with songs written by women who are not of the Rojava community enact real change when a global political tsunami hits?  And that is probably one of the greatest questions of the artist today. In a world where tweets matter more than action, the media glorifying hatred and sensation...