Elizabeth Bernholz (née Walling, born 1981), better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin, is an

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composer, producer and musician who is currently based in

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, England.

Life and career

Elizabeth Bernholz studied music at the

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and graduated in 2006. She conceived the Gazelle Twin project when she watched

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perform at the 2009 Loop Festival. Bernholz noted how " ever Ray'sshow reminded me how powerful and liberating costume is, and I became interested in the power of disguise". The debut album, '' The Entire City'', was released in July 2011 to critical acclaim. 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". In 2014, Gazelle Twin released her second album, '' Unflesh'', to further critical praise. In an interview with

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for

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, 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." On 21 September 2018, Bernholz released her third studio album, ''

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'', preceded by two singles: "Hobby Horse" and "Glory". The album's main inspirations were rural life and

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. It ranked at number one on ''

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"Top 100 Albums of 2018" list. She has also remixed music by

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. Gazelle Twin is unsigned and releases music under her own label, Anti-Ghost Moon Ray, but has also released music on

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(US),

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(UK),

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(US/CAN), Moog Music Library (US),

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(UK),

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(UK), and Sugarcane Recordings (US).

Personal life

Elizabeth Bernholz lives in

, England with her husband, Jez Bernholz, who also performs with her on stage, and her child whose name is Ezra. She previously lived in

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for 12 years.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Remix albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Remixes

* Halsey - I am not a woman, I'm a god

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazelle Twin Living people English women in electronic music English electronic musicians English women singers Electronica musicians Musicians from Brighton and Hove Industrial musicians Musicians from Brighton 1981 births