Gazelle Twin
| Gazelle Twin | |
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| Birth name | Elizabeth Walling |
| Origin | Brighton, England |
| Genres | Electronic, art pop, industrial, avant-garde |
| Instruments | Vocals, laptop |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Website | GazelleTwin.com |
Gazelle Twin is the stage name of Elizabeth Bernholz (née Walling),[1][2] a British composer, producer and musician from Brighton, England.[3]
Walling conceived the project when she watched Fever Ray perform at the 2009 Loop Festival. She noted how "her show reminded me how powerful and liberating costume is, and I became interested in the power of disguise".[4]
Her debut album, The Entire City, was released in July 2011 to critical acclaim.[5] The album includes her two previously recorded singles, "Changelings" (2010) and "I Am Shell I Am Bone" (2011). In 2014 Gazelle Twin released her second album, Unflesh, to further critical praise.[6] In an interview with Guy Mankowski for PopMatters, Bernholz mentioned that in the live shows for Unflesh she would be performing in a version of her PE kit from school, saying she wanted to 'go back to my teenage years to literally live out the idea of being a freak, like I thought I was (and was often made to feel) at the time.'[7]
She has also remixed music by John Foxx.[8] She married the local musician Jez Bernholz who also performs with her on-stage.[2]
Discography
- Albums
- 2011: The Entire City (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records, AGMR)
- 2012: The Entire City Remixed (AGMR)
- 2014: Unflesh
- 2016: Out of Body (Last Gang Recordings)
- EPs
- 2013: Mammal (7-track EP) (Sugarcane Recordings)
- Singles
- 2010: "Changelings" (Something Nothing Records)
- 2011: "I Am Shell I Am Bone"
- 2011: "Men Like Gods" (AGMR)
- 2014: "Belly Of The Beast" (AGMR)
- 2014: "Anti Body" (AGMR)
- 2014: "GUTS" (AGMR)
- 2014: "Human Touch" (AGMR)
References
- ↑ "Stream Gazelle Twin's darkly experimental album ‘Unflesh’". Dazed. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- 1 2 "Gazelle Twin live at Rough Trade". glamglare.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (2 July 2011). "Gazelle Twin: The Entire City". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ Denney, Alex (8 July 2010). "The Power Of Disguise: Gazelle Twin Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ "Gazelle Twin: The Entire City". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ Macpherson, Alex (21 October 2014). "The Quietus | Reviews | Gazelle Twin". The Quietus. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ Mankowski, Guy (May 2014). "Pop Matters | "I Get Off on Intense Atmospheres" | Gazelle Twin". Pop Matters. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ↑ Turner, Luke (10 January 2013). "John Foxx & Friends On Identity Amidst The Machines". The Quietus. Retrieved 2015-11-17.