Gazelle Twin

Elizabeth Bernholz (née Walling), better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin, is an English electronic music composer, producer and musician from Brighton, England who is currently based in Leicestershire, England.[3][4][5] She is signed to Anti-Ghost Moon Ray, but also released music on Something Nothing Records and Sugarcane Recordings.

Gazelle Twin
Birth nameElizabeth Walling
OriginBrighton, England
Genres
Instruments
Years active2009–present
Labels
  • Something Nothing
  • Sugarcane
  • Anti-Ghost Moon Ray
Websitegazelletwin.com

Life and career

Elizabeth Bernholz studied music at the University of Sussex and graduated in 2006.[6]

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".[7]

Her debut album, The Entire City, was released in July 2011 to critical acclaim.[8] The album includes her three previously recorded singles, "Changelings" (2010), "I Am Shell I Am Bone" and "Men Like Gods" (2011). Bernholz named it as her "landscape album".[9]

In 2014 Gazelle Twin released her second album, Unflesh, to further critical praise.[10] 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."[11]

On 21 September 2018, Bernholz released her third studio album, Pastoral, preceded by two singles: "Hobby Horse" and "Glory". The album's main inspirations were rural life and Brexit.[12] It ranked at number one on The Quietus' "Top 100 Albums of 2018" list.[13]

She has also remixed music by John Foxx.[14]

Personal life

Elizabeth Bernholz lives in Leicestershire, England with her husband, Jez Bernholz, who also performs with her on stage, and her child whose name is Ezra.[5][4] She previously lived in Brighton for 12 years.[6]

Discography

Albums
Title Details
The Entire City
Unflesh
  • Released: 22 September 2014
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Pastoral
  • Released: 21 September 2018
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

EPs
Title Details
Mammal
  • Released: 28 January 2013
  • Label: Sugarcane
  • Formats: LP, digital download
Kingdom Come
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: Digital download

Remix albums
Title Details
The Entire City Remixed
  • Released: 4 June 2012
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: Digital download
Fleshed Out
  • Released: 29 July 2016
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: LP, digital download

Soundtrack albums
Title Details
Out of Body
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Anti-Moon Ghost Ray
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles
Title Year Album
"Challengings" 2010 The Entire City
"I Am Shell I Am Bone" 2011
"Men Like Gods"
"Belly of the Beast" 2014 Unflesh
"Anti Body"
"Guts"
"Human Touch"
"Hobby Horse" 2018 Pastoral
"Glory"
"Dirge MMXVIII" non-album single
"Fool" 2019
"Fire Leap" 2020 Deep England

References
  1. Lockie, Connor (19 November 2018). "Gazelle Twin: Pastoral". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. Stasis, Spyros (17 September 2018). "'Pastoral' Sees Gazelle Twin Perform a Sardonic Reconfiguration of Avant-pop". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. "Stream Gazelle Twin's darkly experimental album 'Unflesh'". Dazed. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "Gazelle Twin live at Rough Trade". glamglare.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. Doran, John (22 June 2018). "She Do The Police in Different Voices: Gazelle Twin Interview". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. "Elizabeth Bernholz aka Gazelle Twin (Music 2003) : Spotlight On... : Development and Alumni Relations : University of Sussex". University of Sussex. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. Denney, Alex (8 July 2010). "The Power of Disguise: Gazelle Twin Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. "Gazelle Twin: The Entire City". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  9. Stasis, Spyros (21 September 2018). "Distortions of the Past: An Interview with Gazelle Twin". PopMatters. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. Macpherson, Alex (21 October 2014). "The Quietus | Reviews | Gazelle Twin". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  11. Mankowski, Guy (May 2014). "Pop Matters | "I Get Off on Intense Atmospheres" | Gazelle Twin". Pop Matters. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  12. Hewitt, Ben (20 September 2018). "Gazelle Twin has given Brexit a suitably twisted face and written a soundtrack for the bitterness beneath our green and pleasant land". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. "Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2018". Albumoftheyear.org. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  14. Turner, Luke (10 January 2013). "John Foxx & Friends on Identity Amidst The Machines". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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