Discwoman @ Voyeur.

Text by Jennifer Granato. mages by Darragh Dandurand.

Does a party with a lineup of amazing female DJs, some free PBR, hours of dancing and a raffle for extremely expensive music-responsive vibrators sound like a good time to you?

Well, it was. You should be bummed if you missed out on this.

Last Friday night, Discwoman, an electronic dance music party that exclusively showcases local female and female-identified DJs sponsored by PBR and Lelo, came to Voyeur to show off our city’s talent and to benefit Girls Rock Philly, a Philadelphia nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls and young women through music education.

With the electronic dance music industry still being a big boys club and notable electronic music festivals blatantly lacking female talent in their line-ups, what Discwoman is doing is very important.

“There is no festival that features female DJs,” said one of Discwoman’s founders, Christine Tran. “We wanted to inspire young woman that this could be their profession. We want Discwoman to be a sustainable system and to show that men don’t have to teach it to you.”

Although Philly decided to greet Discwoman with a disgustingly wet blizzard, the weather didn’t deter the crowd that came and packed the dance floor of Voyeur Nightclub.

Discwoman curated two floors of DJs who kept the energy in the club high and spun everything from trance to trap to moombathon. Around 1:30 a.m., when most bars are about to close, Nolita Selector was still on stage cranking out hard, intense beats and when Gun$ Garcia took over at 2 a.m., lights bouncing off the elaborate sequin designs on her dress, the party kicked into an even higher gear. Obviously this wasn’t winding down any time soon.

There was a sense of camaraderie and support among the DJs performing. Marissa Le, better known to the crowd as DJ Yolo Ono, felt this and was excited about the whole event.

“It’s super, super empowering,” she said. “It’s just really exciting to be a part of it. We all feel really honored and that makes it more special than your average party. It’s so well curated and really exciting that people are acknowledging how special it is.”

Discwoman moves their party from city to city and is hitting Puerto Rico, Boston and San Francisco in the coming months.