This is a list of female electronic musicians, composers, and sound artists who work in the various genres of electronic music, and the musical groups of which they are members.

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A

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  • Sara Abdel-Hamid (Ikonika)
  • Muhsinah Abdul-Karim (Muhsinah)
  • Charlotte Adigéry
  • Gaelle Adisson
  • Nina Agzarian (Nina Las Vegas)
  • Susan Alcorn
  • Liset Alea (Etro Anime)
  • Nadia Ali
  • Dot Allison (Massive Attack, One Dove)
  • Fatima Al Qadiri
  • Maryanne Amacher
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (Aeons)
  • AMWE
  • Beth Anderson
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Ruth Anderson
  • Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray, the Knife)
  • Jessie Andrews
  • Leila Arab
  • Mira Aroyo (Ladytron)
  • Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.)
  • Tone Åse
  • Estelle Asmodelle
  • Virginia Astley
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  • Ana-Maria Avram

B

  • Jillian Rose Banks (Banks)
  • Danielle Baquet-Long (Celer, Chubby Wolf)
  • Caterina Barbieri
  • Tahliah Barnett (FKA twigs)
  • Elaine Barkin
  • Natasha Barrett
  • Françoise Barrière
  • Bebe Barron
  • Sarah Barthel (Phantogram)
  • Julianna Barwick
  • Tasha Baxter
  • Eve Beglarian
  • Anomie Belle
  • Lisa Bella Donna
  • Sydney Loren Bennett (Syd tha Kyd)
  • Ayalah Bentovim (Sister Bliss of Faithless)
  • Elizabeth Bernholz (Gazelle Twin)
  • Johanna Magdalena Beyer
  • Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya)
  • Sara Blackwood (Dubstar)
  • Claire Boucher (Grimes)
  • Michèle Bokanowski
  • Kitty Brazelton
  • Fiona Brice
  • Phillipa Brown (Ladyhawke)
  • Barbara Buchholz
  • Kate Bush

C

  • Geneviève Calame
  • Allison Cameron
  • Janet Cardiff
  • Wendy Carlos
  • Robin Miriam Carlsson (Robyn)
  • Caroline Cecil (Whipped Cream)
  • Michelle Chamuel
  • Maria Chavez
  • Cocoa Chanelle
  • Sharon Cheslow
  • Mary Ellen Childs
  • Insook Choi
  • Dorit Chrysler
  • Suzanne Ciani
  • Anne Clark
  • Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
  • Sonia Clarke (Sonique)
  • Jay Clayton
  • Christine Clements (Vaccine)
  • Alice Cohen
  • Beth Coleman
  • Maya Jane Coles (Nocturnal Sunshine)
  • Nik Colk Void (Factory Floor)
  • Juliette Commagere
  • Cindy Cox
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale
  • Romy Madley Croft (The xx)

D

  • Dani Deahl
  • Constance Demby
  • Shikhee D'iordna (Android Lust)
  • Nika Roza Danilova (Zola Jesus)
  • Marie Davidson
  • Camille Davila
  • Charlotte de Witte
  • Delia Derbyshire
  • Daniela Di Lillo (Nora En Pure)
  • Marina Diamandis
  • Emma Lou Diemer
  • Kui Dong
  • Suzanne Doucet
  • Candida Doyle (Pulp)
  • Karin Dreijer
  • Anne Dudley (Art of Noise)
  • Erica Dunham (Unter Null)

E

  • Skye Edwards
  • Hanin Elias
  • Kate Elsworth
  • Nic Endo
  • Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop)
  • Mary Epworth
  • Kristin Erickson (Kevin Blechdom)
  • Pozzi Escot
  • Laura Escudé
  • Esthero
  • Brooke Evers
  • Carolina Eyck

F

  • Nanna Øland Fabricius (Oh Land)
  • Johanna Fateman (MEN, Le Tigre)
  • Maddalena Fagandini
  • Beatriz Ferreyra
  • Lauren Flax (CREEP)
  • Ellen Fraatz (Ellen Allien)
  • Aluna Francis (AlunaGeorge)
  • Free Dominguez (Kidneythieves)
  • Ellen Fullman

G

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  • Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Diamanda Galas
  • Anja Garbarek
  • Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards)
  • Katie Geraghty (Koven)
  • Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)
  • Alejandra Ghersi (Arca)
  • Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
  • Gillian Gilbert (New Order)
  • Amber Giles (Mija)
  • Miquette Giraudy
  • Alice Glass (Crystal Castles)
  • Alison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp)
  • Danielle Gooding (Flava D)
  • Annie Gosfield
  • Cary Grace
  • Antye Greie (AGF)
  • Ana Simina Grigoriu
  • Beverly Grigsby
  • Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Björk)
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir
  • Shilpa Gupta
  • Gudrun Gut

H

  • Emily Haines
  • Laurel Halo
  • Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin)
  • Elizabeth Vanessa Harper (Class Actress)
  • Elizabeth Harris (Grouper)
  • Anna-Catherine Hartley (Uffie)
  • Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto)
  • Sorrel Hays
  • Jennifer Heaps (Imogen Heap)
  • Heather Heart
  • Helicopter Girl
  • Mara Margaret Helmuth
  • Holly Herndon
  • Chloé Herry (Clozee)
  • Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin)
  • Victoria Christina Hesketh (Little Boots)
  • Clara Hill
  • Joanne Judith-Mary Hill (Sydney Blu)
  • Shelley Hirsch
  • Mary Ann Hobbes
  • Julia Holter
  • Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto, Plastic Ono Band)
  • Brenda Hutchinson

I

  • Susie Ibarra
  • Jean Eichelberger Ivey
  • Adina Izarra
  • Ill-esha

J

  • Elly Jackson (La Roux)
  • Samantha James
  • Jane Jarboe (Jarboe)
  • Joan Jeanrenaud
  • Val Jeanty
  • Kim Jin-hi
  • Danielle Johnson (Computer Magic)
  • Ema Jolly (Emika)
  • Glynis Jones

K

  • Yoko Kanno
  • Nil Karaibrahimgil
  • Laura Karpman
  • Lydia Kavina
  • Trish Keenan (Broadcast)
  • Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum)
  • Alicia Keys
  • Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes)
  • Morgan Kibby
  • Heidi Kilpeläinen (HK119)
  • Mari Kimura
  • Susanne Kirchmayr (Electric Indigo)
  • Judy Klein
  • Jutta Koether
  • Merja Kokkonen (Islaja)
  • Barbara Kolb
  • Rachael Kozak (Hecate)
  • Nina Kraviz
  • Kateryna Kremko (Miss K8)
  • Monika Kruse
  • Christina Kubisch
  • JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
  • Pamelia Kurstin

L

  • Joan LaBarbara
  • Anne LeBaron
  • Anne LaBerge
  • Martha Ladly (Martha and the Muffins, Associates)
  • Daniela Lalita
  • Jessy Lanza
  • Elodie Lauten
  • Jennifer Lee (TOKiMONSTA)
  • Jonna Lee (iamamiwhoami)
  • Kathy Yaeji Lee (Yaeji)
  • Victoria Legrand (Beach House)
  • Šarlote Lēnmane
  • Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
  • Amelie Lens
  • Tania Leon
  • Jordana LeSesne (1.8.7)
  • Elainie Lillios
  • Annea Lockwood
  • Paige Lopynski (BONNIE X CLYDE)
  • Olivia Louvel
  • Olivia Lufkin
  • Anna Lunoe

M

  • Annie MacManus (Annie Mac)
  • Georgia Magree (GG Magree)
  • Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
  • Rekha Malhotra (DJ Rekha)
  • Elizabeth Maniscalco (Elizabeth Rose)
  • Helen Marnie (Ladytron)
  • Carolina Márquez
  • Josie Martin (Candyland)
  • Miya Masaoka
  • Riz Maslen (Neotropic)
  • Sachiko Matsubara (Filament, I.S.O. ONJO)
  • Keiko Matsui
  • Kaffe Matthews
  • Agathe Max
  • Lauren Mayberry (CHVRCHES, Blue Sky Archives)
  • Zia McCabe
  • Linda McCartney
  • Caralee McElroy (Cold Cave, Xiu Xiu)
  • Christina McGeehan (RYAT)
  • Priscilla McLean
  • Cindy McTee
  • Elle Mehrmand
  • Rosa Menkman
  • Micachu
  • Takako Minekawa
  • Maria Minerva
  • Aira Mitsuki
  • Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela)
  • Juana Molina
  • Meredith Monk
  • Charlotte Moorman (TV Cello)
  • Barbara Morgenstern
  • Nicole Morier (Electrocute)
  • Ikue Mori
  • Nicole Moudaber
  • Blane Muise (Shygirl)
  • Georgia Anne Muldrow
  • Róisín Murphy
  • Thea Musgrave

N

  • Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
  • Audrey Napoleon
  • Laura Naukkarinen (Lau Nau)
  • Amy X Neuburg
  • Miriam Nervo (NERVO)
  • Olivia Nervo (NERVO)
  • Christine Newby (Cosey Fanni Tutti, Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey)
  • Dika Newlin
  • Chelsea Nikkel (Princess Chelsea)
  • Ninajirachi
  • Merrill Beth Nisker (Peaches)
  • Sarah Nixey
  • Tujiko Noriko
  • Doris Norton (Jacula)
  • Jacqueline Nova

O

  • Jocy de Oliveira
  • Pauline Oliveros
  • Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya (Kemistry)
  • Yoko Ono
  • Daphne Oram
  • Ela Orleans
  • Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde (WondaGurl)
  • Christine Ott
  • Tera de Marez Oyens

P

  • Else Marie Pade
  • Karin Park
  • Andrea Parker (DJ)
  • Elizabeth Parker (composer)
  • Jennifer Parkin (Ayria)
  • Zeena Parkins
  • Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix)
  • Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon)
  • Maggi Payne
  • Annette Peacock
  • Sarah Peebles
  • Hannah Peel
  • Susan Philipsz
  • Liz Phillips
  • Elizabeth Hayden Pizer
  • Lena Platonos
  • Poe
  • Andrea Polli
  • Paula P-Orridge
  • Valerie Anne Poxleitner (Lights)

R

  • Ruth Radelet (Chromatics)
  • Éliane Radigue
  • Teresa Rampazzi
  • Maja Ratkje
  • Honey Redmond (Miss Honey Dijon)
  • Sally Johnston Reid
  • Isabelle Rezazadeh (Rezz)
  • Clara Rockmore
  • Tara Rodgers
  • Samantha Ronson
  • Lucie Bigelow Rosen
  • Marina Rosenfeld
  • Lisa Dawn Rose-Wyatt (Lisa Lashes)
  • Olesya Rostovskaya
  • Anna Rubin
  • Vivian Adelberg Rudow
  • Jessica Rylan

S

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  • Kaija Saariaho
  • Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab)
  • JD Samson (Le Tigre)
  • Charissa Saverio (DJ Rap)
  • Carla Scaletti
  • Polly Scattergood
  • Marina Schiptjenko
  • Cécile Schott (Colleen)
  • Martha Schwendener (Bowery Electric)
  • Daria Semegen
  • Angela Seo (Xiu Xiu)
  • Judith Shatin
  • Lisa Shaw
  • Ann Shenton (Add N to (X))
  • Alice Shields
  • Alexandra Sholler (Alison Wonderland)
  • Kate Simko
  • Émilie Simon
  • Pril Smiley
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  • Frida Sofía
  • Laetitia Sonami
  • Martina Sorbara (Dragonette)
  • Laurie Spiegel
  • Marea Stamper (The Blessed Madonna)
  • Bev Stanton (Arthur Loves Plastic)
  • Ivana Stefanović
  • Lindsey Stirling
  • Anne Lilia Berge Strand (Annie)
  • Eliot Sumner (Vaal)
  • Nicolette Suwoton (Nicolette)
  • Kelly Sweet (HALIENE)

T

  • Hild Sofie Tafjord
  • Mari Takano
  • Anna Virginia Taylor (Anna Domino)
  • Fiorella Terenzi
  • Terre Thaemlitz
  • Diane Thome
  • Ebony Thomas (Ebony Bones)
  • Lynda Thomas
  • Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)
  • Lysa Aya Trenier
  • Noriko Tsujiko (Tujiko Noriko)
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti
  • TĀLĀ

U

  • Hiromi Uehara
  • Ludmila Ulehla

V

  • Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir (múm, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan)
  • Lois V Vierk
  • Sarine Voltage

W

  • Shirley Walker
  • Victoria Beverley Walker (Pinkpantheress)
  • Jennifer Walshe
  • Alana Watson (NERO)
  • Amanda Lucille Warner (MNDR)
  • Hildegard Westerkamp
  • Tina Weymouth (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads)
  • Ruth White
  • Santi White (Santigold)
  • Julia Wolfe
  • Erykah Wright (Erykah Badu)

X

  • Ramona Andra Xavier (Vektroid, Macintosh Plus, New Dreams Ltd, PrismCorp, Laserdisc Visions, 情報デスクVIRTUAL, Sacred Tapestry, Fuji Grid TV, esc 不在, Tanning Salon, dstnt, Vektordrum)
  • Sophie Xeon (Sophie)

Y

  • Akiko Yano
  • Toko Yasuda (St. Vincent)
  • Meredith Yayanos
  • Yoshimi Yokota (Yoshimi P-We) (Boredoms, OOIOO, OLAibi)
  • Ami Yoshida
  • suGar Yoshinaga (Buffalo Daughter)
  • Gayle Young

Z

  • Laurie Z
  • Pamela Z
  • Kateryna Zavoloka (Zavoloka)
  • Marian Zazeela
  • Jon Leidecker and Barbara Golden: Women In Electronic Music 1938-1982, radio show Crack’O’Dawn, 2 parts, aired 1. April 2010 on KPFA FM in Berkeley, USA

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