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image captionMs Mckenzie said: I hope this book becomes a blueprint for the future generations to encourage women to enter the dance music scene
Women are not visible enough in dance music and need to be championed , a music promoter has said.
Laila Mckenzie, 36, from Bristol, has documented more than 150 women in dance music in a book to raise awareness of how much they have given to the industry.
She said: A key barrier to seeing more young women enter the music industry is the lack of visibility.
The Lady Of The House project was supported by Bristol nightclub Lakota.
A new book, Lady of the House, celebrates pioneering women in house music.
Written by music promoter Laila McKenzie and writer Ian Snowball over the last eight months, Lady of the House is a hardback coffee table style book, centered around the women who have contributed, and continue to contribute, to making the house music scene what it is today.
The book features over 120 interviews and photos with women in the scene, both past and present, including DJ Paulette, Candi Staton, Rowetta, Kym Sims and DJ Maxxine, as well as Anja Schneider, Black Girl/White Girl, Ellen Allien and Nicky Trax.