Gazelle Twin – Changelings

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The last few days I have been going through a period of self-doubt, wondering whether my opinion mattered or even if what I write makes a difference in the grand scheme of things. Then along comes this wonderful piece of visual art by Gazelle Twin; it’s one of the most leftfield compositions I have covered this year. A solo project by Brighton-based Elizabeth Walling, it has totally mesmerised me! Not only has she produced an amazing and beautifully delicate record, Elizabeth both made and produced the accompanying short film. It’s not often I cut and paste PR blurb, but on this occasion I am in total agreement with everything written.

‘Very rarely – and all the more striking and mysterious they are for it – an artist comes along who is just that: An artist with a capital ‘A’. Doing something so different and special it’s as if creativity, ideas and – in Gazelle Twin’s case – sheer magic is rising from their every pore and floating into the atmosphere.

For atmosphere is the key word here.  Gazelle Twin’s influences are as far-reaching as the rhythmic wonders of Prince (hence this b-side cover), the Terminator soundtrack, the early choral music of composer Carlo Gesualdo and a mythical creature named Loplop (from whom Gazelle Twin – aka Elizabeth Walling – borrows her astonishing shape shifting image when performing her mesmerising, dreamlike live sets). So with all of this in the melting pot that is Gazelle Twin’s visionary mind, it is of little wonder the music plays out like some surrealist dreamscape – evoking an almost erotic Twin Peaks-esque mood where the listening is simultaneously drawn in by it’s all encompassing otherworldly magnetism and unnerved by a creeping eeriness that’s almost claustrophobic.’

The single featuring both a cover of Prince’s ‘I Wonder U’ and a remix of the single by ‘The Enormous Shadow’ drops November 29th on Something Nothing Records. This is a digital release only. I am keen to learn more about her work and would love some feedback on this one!

http://www.myspace.com/gazelletwin

http://www.somethingnothingrecords.co.uk

Gazelle Twin – I Wonder U

Changelings Official Video by Gazelle Twin from Gazelle Twin on Vimeo.