Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on February 02, 2026, 11:38:02 AMFrom perspective of noise, there are some major figures who made scene of specific moment to be what it is. Lets say Gaya of Antichildleague is not only noisician, but major gig promoter of industrial-noise. She is to thank for A LOT of most significant 00's power electronics and noise things. Or Ina of Tower Transmissions, who may not be so visible for people who do not know about festival, but indeed right there on top of entire operation. Something like Artware label is obviously long gone, but just couple of weeks ago, Ulex Xane credited Donna Klemm to be the person who was the first to really buy and import Streicher tapes. Lifting the project from obscure, almost private tape trading network into being treated like releases of real label: getting distributed by dealers. These just couple obvious examples of people who really have changed noise history in very different magnitude compared to dude who just put out couple audio releases.
In this context of females playing pivotal roles behind the scenes, so to say, I want to pay tribute to Katarina Johansson. Seasoned Swedes know who she is, but probably unknown elsewhere. Katarina was very early in the Swedish industrial scene, ran the Spanking Housewives distro and contributed to the mid-80s zine Res Publika. She travelled over Europe, hung out at Club Moral, visited Gary Mundy when he still lived at his parents' house, interviewed Douglas Pearce in a London cemetary. She DJ'ed at events, did graphic design for flyers and record covers, contributed so much in different areas. In the early 2000's we did a series of events, Club Rehab, with all the big local names (IRM, Institut, Survival Unit, Ochu, Treriksröset, etc) spiced up with international acts like MK9 and Dieter Müh. Her role can not be overstated. Sadly she's not with us anymore and she is missed by many.
