Electronic trans*Music. Gedanken zu trans*nichtbinärer Identifikation in technoiden Clubszenen

Abstract

This essay digs into the potentials of techno and club-cultural scenes for queer, especially trans*identification and life realities. The author*, a trans*nonbinary person themselves, understands her*self as part of the research and offers an inside perspective as musician* and consumer*, by including their own records of recollection as well as interviews with fellow queer participants of the researched scene. The article prevents a breakdown of contemporary, anti-diagnostic, self-determined definitions of gender, sex and gender identity and looks for points of resonance for these lived realities within techno based music scenes. This happens via an analysis of the musical parameters of techno music, the modes of perception, and the social constitution that can be found in electronic music-and club cultures. The core of the essay is the question where bodily autonomy and alternative forms of community building and care can be empowered by the surrounding of techno-club scenes and the findings of this research play a role within bigger discourses outside of the specific social surrounding of the club .