When the acclaimed end-of-year techno party Future Terror announced its full lineup of DJs in December, there was a notable omission among the 19 names: There were no women.
This wasn't the first time Tokyo's clubbers have been presented with an all-male roster. The new Tokyo Techno Society party meant to showcase the city's best talent only includes male artists so far, and the celebrated outdoor music festival Labyrinth has hosted only two women on its stage in the past three years.
Female artists around the world have been directing attention to inequality in dance music for the past couple of years such as through New York's Discwoman collective. The bill at music and technology conference Moogfest this year will focus on female, nonbinary and transgender artists with the aim of highlighting often-underrepresented talent.