Applications are now open for the first edition of the Totally Spice Academy: showcasing female presence and expression in the electronic music scene! The call open until July 8 is launched to emerging female, female identified and non-binary female musicians who want to go through a training program including intensive dj-ing and production workshops and public events, for 4 months in Bucharest, between July and November 2024.
Totally Spice is a female duo taking the Bucharest music scene by storm and working to build a community centered around women, people with feminine & non-binary identities, where confidence, resilience and unapologetic spirit work together. The project provides the tools and knowledge to foster a new generation of female artists in the local Bucharest music scene. The initiative addresses key needs towards gender equality, inclusion and diversity. Running for four months, the project consists of a series of workshops, mentoring and training sessions and public events for 6 participants selected following an open call. The collective of artists involved, Suce Fraga, DJ Admina, Miss I, Miss I, Chlorys and Ion Dumitrescu, together with Totally Spice, will go through the principles of music production and specific mixing techniques with the participants. The closing of the project involves 5 diverse public events: a feminist education workshop, 2 radio shows and 3 parties, as well as 2 collaborative music productions.
Deadline: July 8, 2024
Where can you apply and how?
Apply using the form available in the link in bio.
Selection will be based on:
- A playlist / mixtape made on youtube or soundcloud, accompanied by a short presentation of the submitted selection.
- A cover letter of maximum 400 words in which you position your current practice and your intentions to participate in the program.
ich you position your current practice and your intentions to participate in the program.
What do we offer?
- A series of intensive bi-monthly workshops in mixing techniques, digital and analog, and music production.
- A feminist education and empowerment workshop in the form of a public discussion
- 3 public events in different locations: an outdoor party at the National Dance Center Bucharest (CNDB), a party in the Contemporary Art Space/SAC gallery space and a party at the Club Guesthouse. Paid events.
- Realization of 2 collaborative musical productions
- Appearance on two shows on an international online radio station (Vandelay Radio UK)
- Open space for rehearsals and assisted coaching throughout the project.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for 6 participantsx who will form a new generation of artists on the local music scene in Bucharest. The call is open to all participants who feel it is necessary to address the current dynamics of representation within the local electronic music scene and who wish to go through a training program that offers visibility and affirmation in this regard. Previous experience is not required and is not a selection criterion.
About Totally Spice Formed in 2023, Totally Spice! is a female DJ duo composed of Lidia Ilici & Renate Dinu who are rapidly consolidating on the Romanian club scene. Gliding between techno, euro-trance, pop gems, broken beats, uk garage, rave anthems, forgotten Romanian r’n’b hits and a hint of reggaeton, they are working on creating a community centered on female presence, which through a contagious enthusiasm inspires all the local bubbles. Their presence in the local scene creates a vibrant environment that inspires and energizes, transcending the boundaries of musical genres, reconfiguring existing power dynamics where cultural systems and networks are still predominantly patriarchal. https://soundcloud.com/totally5pic3
https://www.instagram.com/totally5pic3/
Contact:
Project facilitated by: Totally Spice Coordinators: Suce Fraga, DJ Admina, Miss I, Chlorys, Ion Dumitrescu and Totally Spice
About Totally Spice Formed in 2023, Totally Spice! is a female DJ duo composed of Lidia Ilici & Renate Dinu who are rapidly consolidating on the Romanian club scene. Gliding between techno, euro-trance, pop gems, broken beats, uk garage, rave anthems, forgotten Romanian r’n’b hits and a hint of reggaeton, they are working on creating a community centered on female presence, which through a contagious enthusiasm inspires all the local bubbles. Their presence in the local scene creates a vibrant environment that inspires and energizes, transcending the boundaries of musical genres, reconfiguring existing power dynamics where cultural systems and networks are still predominantly patriarchal. https://soundcloud.com/totally5pic3
https://www.instagram.com/totally5pic3/
Contact:
Partners: Polish Institute, Goethe Institut, CNDB, CNDB, SAC, CUTRA, Matka, ISCOADA, FILIA Center, Club Guesthouse
Co-financed by
Administration of the National Cultural Fund.
The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the grantee.
