Violet Gave Willingly
Femme
Remix
Project
My sister made a documentary about my mother and I made the soundtrack.
That album has become an remix series and teaching tool for all women, femmes, BIPOC and other marginalized folks to engage with electronic music creation and gain experience through the music release process and build their community of femme collaborators and professionals.
The ambient score of Violet Gave Willingly is the sonic root for this project. The samples from the album originated as a letter written to my mother’s abusers, from there I tore the recording up digitally, scrambling and warping the samples beyond recognition, from that pallet I built Violet. Through re-voicing these experiences and literal words spoken, we will create multiple volumes of remixes, the first phase to be released until the end of 2028.
The hope is that this project is ongoing over time and is curated by others who pull in are raise up the femme talent they see and want to support. By connecting women selectors, producers and industry professionals across our collective networks we give eachother better chances at having more women on our projects, more femme collaborators, and stronger female teams. My hope is that through this project we are able to give each other opportunities and experiences centred in advancing our collective experience as artists and technicians through an inclusive and expansive sense sisterhood.
All remixes will be released on Noise Machine records.
We will be applying for funding, we hope to keep everyone paid, but we are also open to exchanges in skills and trades for time at Noise Machine.
Volume 1 - Curated by Sophia Sanford
To be released April 2026
- Sanford
- Hua Li
- Taraneh
- Lila McKenchie
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Violet Gave Willingly immerses us in the colourful world of textile artist Deborah Dumka, inviting viewers to witness the unflinchingly intimate details of her artistic process and inner life. Nestled in a cluttered studio by the sea, we witness an artist at work on a project that delves into a past unspoken. An intimate study of the nature of memory and how it can both harm and protect, the film lays bare the continuum and legacy of gender-based discrimination, sexism, and sexual violence. More than a portrait, the film is a conversation. As mother and daughter struggle to give voice to their experiences, power radiates from speaking uncomfortable truths.
In 2022 Violet Gave Willingly debuted to much critical acclaimed and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2023. 2024 saw the release of Sanford’s extended soundtrack, a 45-minute ambient album.