Elizabeth Bernholz (née Walling, born 1981), better known by her stage name Gazelle Twin, is an electronic music composer, producer and musician who is currently based in Leicestershire, England.[3][4][5]
Life and career
Elizabeth Bernholz studied music at the University of Sussex and graduated in 2006.[6] She conceived the Gazelle Twin project when she watched Fever Ray perform at the 2009 Loop Festival. Bernholz noted how "[Fever Ray's] show reminded me how powerful and liberating costume is, and I became interested in the power of disguise".[7]
The 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]
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]
