Doris Cellar

Doris Cellar
Origin Queens, New York
Genres Indie rock, pop rock, baroque pop, experimental

Doris Cellar[1] (born Nicole Mourelatos, October 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Start

Doris Cellar rose to fame[2] as the front woman in the band the Freelance Whales [3] who gained popularity in 2010 when Twitter[4] selected Freelance Whales' music as the background for a video introducing a major rework of the service's user experience. This was followed by dozens of TV commercials and syncs, and the band toured extensively, touring all major festivals[5] both internationally and nationally.

In 2011 Cellar created and wrote an animal rights video for Peta[6] and in 2012, Cellar wrote and sang lead for their sophomore single "Spitting image",[7] which was featured on MTV as well The Inbetweeners of episode 10 The Dance.[8] One reviewer said her vocals were "almost sweet enough to make us skip down the halls"[9] while another mentioned them as an example of why the band "may red-line the Cute-O-Meter".[10] Reviewing a live concert by the band in September 2011, a Chicago writer observed that while everyone in the band was a versatile multi-instrumentalist, she was "key" in live performance.[11]

Solo

Inspired by the break up,[12] Cellar wrote and self produced two music videos for her new music: Big Kiss[13]" and Inside Your Groove.[14] She later released her first seven-inch, which sold 1,000 copies via local shows and online promotion.

A few months later she was asked to go on tour with her childhood friends the pop group Nina Sky, whose performance of their song "Day Dreaming"[15]" was filmed and recorded at Faders' Converse Rubber tracks studio in Brooklyn, New York.[16] Cellar continues to be part of Nina Sky's live performances and is set to hit the road with them as soon as their record is released in 2015. She can be seen playing shows[17] in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, and according to her twitter and instagram continues to write and record music at her home studio.

Skills

Cellar is unusually versatile. She can switch musically [18] between guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica, percussion, harmonium, banjo, slide guitar, twelve-string guitar, glockenspiel, kalimba, and melodica.[19] She produces all her own beats and played every instrument on her new album.

During her set she often finds herself in a conversation with the audience or herself, ranting about philosophy, the times, and experience.

LP

Singles

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Doris Cellar".
  2. ↑ http://blueandgraypress.com/2012/02/29/doris-cellar-isnt-your-run-of-the-mill-musician/
  3. ↑ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/
  4. ↑ "Doris Cellar". Twitter.
  5. ↑ http://lamusicblog.com/2011/05/interview/interview-with-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_5UgtNbMgU
  7. ↑ "Spitting Image". YouTube.
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5366474/
  9. ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (August 23, 2012). "New Song: Freelance Whales, 'Spitting Image'". Buzzworthy.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Stephen (September 30, 2012). "First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'" (First Listen blog). NPR.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Jim (September 17, 2011). "Freelance Whales Live at Empty Bottle - 9/17/11 Chicago "Concert Confidential" Live Review". Chicago at Night.
  12. ↑ http://www.momandpopmusic.com/2013/04/doris-cellar-parts-ways-with-freelance-whales/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Big Kiss". YouTube.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Inside your Groove". YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Day Dreaming". YouTube.
  16. ↑ "The Fader". thefader.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  17. ↑ http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/jonah-matranga-j-robbins-doris-cellar
  18. ↑ http://thealternateside.org/100405/tas_session_freelance_whales
  19. ↑ http://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=131