EP#53: From The Tantalising To The Grotesque: in conversation with Gazelle Twin

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Never one to take the conventional path, UK experimental electronic composer and producer, Elizabeth Bernholz, AKA Gazelle Twin’s back catalogue plays with and subverts a variety of identities. Inside this episode, Isobel has the chance to hear all about her journey into music making so far, her evolution as an artist, where she’s at now (including being a fulltime musician and mother) and the reissue of her first album, The Entire City / The Wastelands, which is coming out on April 8th, 2022.

Girls Twiddling Knobs is hosted and produced by Isobel Anderson with production support from Jade Bailey and Francesca O’Connor and is a Female DIY Musician Production.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
{0:00} Intro
{05:30} How Elizabeth got started in music
{20:01} The catalyst for the creation of Gazelle Twin
{26:35} Finding her identity as a live performer
{36:48} The process of self-releasing her debut album ‘The Entire City'
{48:25} How The Terminator was an inspiration for her track ‘I Am Shell I Am Bone'
{53:20} The themes and ideas that influenced her album ‘Pastoral’
{01:01:46} Ways Elizabeth uses music to creatively express her frustrations
{01:13:30} Landing her first job as a film composer for 'The Power'
{01:23:12} Managing her music career as a mother
{01:28:30} Episode Summary

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To listen to all the Gazelle Twin tracks featured in this episode, check out this special Spotify playlist >>

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