Ashe Kilbourne, who performs under the name Kilbourne, is an
electronic dance music DJ and producer based in
New York. She plays
hard techno
Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno or hardcore house) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos and a distorte ...
and
gabber
Gabber (; ) is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of hardcore techno, as well as the surrounding subculture. The music is more commonly referred to as Hardcore, which is characterised by fast beats, distorted & heavier kickdrums, ...
, and also plays in
grindcore bands.
She started making music when she was a student at
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...
in
Connecticut
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and then joined the DJ collective kunq.
In 2017, she played ''Bloodrave: Music From Blade'', a re-imagined score for the film ''
Blade
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''.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Wesleyan University alumni
American women in electronic music
Living people
Musicians from New York (state)