Middle East's Female Underground Beyond the tired, monolithic headlines of Western media, in the pulsing heart of cities from Beirut to Tehran, a revolution is taking place. It is not a revolution of placards and protests, but one of synthesizers, drum machines, and laptops. It is a sonic insurgency, a forging of new identities in the digital ether, and at its vanguard are some of the most innovative female electronic producers and artists on the planet.