Sisters of the Moog

SINCE the dawn of electronic music, women have been at the vanguard of tape manipulation, primitive sampling, software design and radiophonic circuit-bending. And yet groundbreaking electronic explorers like Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue and Laurie Spiegel have been undervalued and overlooked; even at their creative peak, many were forbidden to call themselves composers. Lisa Rovner, director of terrific new documentary, argues that these woman were feminist heroines, challenging patriarchal power and privilege simply by making noise.