GAZELLE TWIN announces new album of reinterpretations feat. BEAK>, Keeley Forsyth, Gary Numan, Marta Salogni, Penelope Trappes + more - Shadow Dogs out 18 Oct on Invada

GAZELLE TWIN - SHADOW DOGS

NEW ALBUM OF REWORKINGS AND REINTERPRETATIONS OF TRACKS 

FROM HER ACCLAIMED ALBUM, BLACK DOG

FEATURING KEELEY FORSYTH, GARY NUMAN, MARK JENKIN, MARTA SALOGNI, PENELOPE TRAPPES, SEALIONWOMAN + MORE - OUT 18 OCTOBER ON INVADA

LISTEN TO ‘FEAR KEEPS US ALIVE’ BEAK> MIX

BRITISH LIBRARY PERFORMANCE WITH LCO ON 1 NOV, OPENING THEIR TALES OF THE WEIRD SEASON

Gazelle Twin has announced details of Shadow Dogs, a brand new album of reworkings and reinterpretations of tracks from her acclaimed album, Black Dog, set for release on 18 October 2024 via Invada Records.

This new album of “ghost” or “shadow” versions of tracks from Gazelle Twin’s fourth studio album features reinterpretations by a host of artists: Keeley Forsyth, Gary Numan, Mark Jenkin, Marta Salogni, Penelope Trappes, Sealionwoman and BEAK>, who launch the series with their blistering take on ‘Fear Keeps Us Alive’.

Listen to the spiralling claustrophobia of ‘Fear Keeps Us Alive’ BEAK> Mix HERE

Billy Fuller from BEAK> explains, “We were honoured to be asked by Elizabeth to do a version of ‘Fear Keeps Us Alive’ for her Shadow Dogs album. We’ve attempted to do it as if BEAK> were playing it onstage live with her, and hope you like it!”

Talking about Shadow Dogs, Bernholz says, “When making Black Dog, a persistent obsession I had was the link between audio-visual tech and the nature of ghosts. I thought about Edison’s Ghost Machine, early EVP experiments, and the “ghosting” of transmitted images on the first televisions. All recordings are ghosts of sorts, and so came the idea of inviting musicians that I really admire, to create ghost or shadow versions of these songs, and together form a new pack - Shadow Dogs.”

Gazelle Twin’s Black Dog – a powerful and unforgettable album dealing with confrontation, childhood fears, and how they manifest in adulthood – was described by Uncut as “her most lustrous, luxuriant and darkly beautiful to date”. Gazelle Twin’s commanding live performance of the album has already been witnessed at Rewire, Donau, Simple Things and Supersonic festival, and a unique show is planned for the British Library, London on 1 November. Taking place at the grand entrance hall of the Grade I building, one of the largest libraries in the world, Black Dog will be reworked by Gazelle Twin and Max de Wardener with the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ames (their second collaboration after working together on The Power and the Glory with the BBC Concert Orchestra in 2022). The specially commissioned performance opens the British Library’s new season, Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival, a celebration of strange, uncanny and horror, and attendees for the event will be able to see the new British Library exhibition, Medieval Women: in their own words included in the event ticket. Arrive early to meet these women from another time, through rare manuscripts, letters and records.

Before then, the British horror film, Saint Maud - written by Jessica Andrews (Saltwater, Milk Teeth) – has been adapted for stage with music by Gazelle Twin, and will open at the Live theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 October. Further information HERE.

More recently, Gazelle Twin collaborated with Factory International on their production of Robin/Red/Breast, co-created by Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight. The chilling new retelling of John Bowen’s cult TV play Robin Redbreast, often cited as the precursor to The Wicker Man followed another collaboration with Maxine Peake, the audio installation We Wax. We Shall Not Wane, commissioned by Somerset House, London, for The Horror Show Exhibition in 2022. The digital release is available HERE.

A recent live EP Black Dog Live, presented raw, visceral takes on ‘Two Worlds’, ‘Fear Keeps Us Alive’, ‘A Door Opens’ and ‘Unstoppable Force’ from the ACCA in Brighton further illustrate the unique world this remarkable artist conjures.

Listen to ‘Fear Keeps Us Alive’ BEAK> Mix HERE

SHADOW DOGS TRACKLISTING

1 Black Dog - Gary Numan Mix 
2 Two Worlds - Keeley Forsyth Mix
3 Fear Keeps Us Alive - BEAK> Mix 
4 Sweet Dream - Mark Jenkin Mix 
5 This House - Sealionwoman Mix 
6 A Door Opens - Marta Salogni Mix 
7 Author Of You - Penelope Trappes Mix

GAZELLE TWIN – BLACK DOG LIVE

5 October – Sheffield, Sensoria

1 November – London, British Library with the LCO

GAZELLE TWIN – ST MAUD

10 Oct – 2 Nov – Newcastle, St Maud at Live Theatre