Amelie Lens, Nicole Moudaber, & more female artists speak up on injustices within techno scene

Female leaders in techno have called for accountability from men as allegations of Sexual misconduct committed by male artists have been exposed.

Female techno artists, Amelie Lens and Nicole Moudaber, call for change after multiple DJs, including Shlomo, Odymel, Phantasm, Carv, and Hades, have had sexual misconduct allegations exposed and circulated online. The whistleblower, @bradnolimit, is a techno insider who claims years of knowledge tied to his past association with the accused artist’s management, Steer.

The disturbing allegations range from all allegedly sexually coercive behavior, abuse of power, assault, grooming, nonconsensual messages or images, and sexual misconduct involving women and potentially underage girls. Named artists have denied wrongdoing, despite the hordes of women coming forward publicly to share their experiences with these men and others in the industry. There have been no publicly confirmed or announced plans to pursue legal action or criminal convictions against the alleged aggressors.

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But the louder story right now is the music industry women speaking up about their experiences with male colleagues in music or about their general experiences as women in the music industry. Techno titans such as Amelie Lens and Nicole Moudaber have publicly shared statements about their experiences. They have also commented on Shlomo’s Instagram post, defying his half-hearted attempt at apology. Amelie Lens addressed the growing unrest by reinforcing that techno must be a safe space, not just in theory but ‌also in a multi-slide Instagram post that many women in the industry immediately resonated with. She stressed that influence does not equal immunity and that community protection comes first.

Nicole Moudaber followed with pointed commentary about systemic misogyny and sexism in dance music, clarifying that women have tolerated toxic dynamics for far too long, and it is time for change. Female artists and industry workers are increasingly sharing stories from behind the scenes about power imbalances, uncomfortable green-room encounters, and the normalization of behavior. This behavior, which should never have become normalized, has unfortunately been the status quo for too long. Techno has always marketed itself as a form of liberation. The women leading it now are making sure that liberation actually includes more than men.

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