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  cmj.com | new music first
Goldfrapp says they never intended to make "dance" music—it was just a symptom of rhythm and synthesizers— their electronica verged on neo-disco.Naturally, this made them nervous.
Goldfrapp in her delicate accent, on a day between shows in her native Britain (not a day off, she's quick to point out, because she's talking to us).
Goldfrapp is learning how to trust, creatively speaking, as she did by only starring in the "Ride A White Horse" video as opposed to writing it, and the duo's identity is intact.
prod1.cmj.com /articles/display_article.php?id=9547290   (1089 words)

  
 Goldfrapp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During this period Goldfrapp also remixed "This is the New Shit" for Marilyn Manson, which appeared as a B-side for the "This is the New Shit" single, which charted at number twenty-nine in the UK in September 2003.
Goldfrapp's third album Supernature was released in August 2005, and it carried the duo's sound further in the direction taken with Black Cherry.
Goldfrapp performed sold-out shows at the Nokia Theater in New York City on December 5, 2005 and the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on March 11, 2006, which have been their biggest North American appearances to date.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goldfrapp   (2322 words)

  
 Goldfrapp: Black Cherry ---Ink Blot Magazine
Alison Goldfrapp was always more than just a voice, but thanks to appearances on Tricky's Maxinquaye and Orbital's Snivilisation, she became known as just that - a disembodied voice in other people's artistic vision.
Goldfrapp the group retained Alison's determined, multifaceted character, however, and in 2003 they re-emerged with the stomping electroclash and dark sex of Black Cherry.
Goldfrapp and Will Gregory quietly and surprisingly sold a jillion copies of Felt Mountain, a fine album that ploughed the somewhat over-worn furrow between the cinematic and electronic, casting Goldfrapp in the role of a new Beth Gibbons.
www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Goldfrapp_Black_Cherry.htm   (616 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Goldfrapp cherry-picked for Brit
Concluding that Goldfrapp's nomination is "a bit weird", the writer and singer nevertheless plans to attend the Brit Awards ceremony.
Goldfrapp's nightmarish sleeve imagery and electro-glam sound struck a chord with US shock rocker Marilyn Manson, who invited them to remix his last single.
This new tour will take Goldfrapp's music to a wider audience, after their singles have struggled to win mainstream radio and TV airplay.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3459237.stm   (581 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Alison Goldfrapp
Alison Goldfrapp’s artistic sensibilities and worldly experiences set her apart from the average shallow pop singer.
Alison Goldfrapp, though born in London, grew up in rural England before spending her youth in the British capital and abroad.
Alison Goldfrapp was born in London, England in 1970, but was brought up in the sleepy hamlet of Alton, Hampshire.
www.askmen.com /women/singer_300/334_alison_goldfrapp.html   (462 words)

  
 Goldfrapp @ ULU, London : gig review
Felt Mountain, Goldfrapp's debut album, appeared in September 2000 on Mute Records and caused an awful lot of excitement.
Alison Goldfrapp has a vocal range many opera singers would envy, and can switch in an instant from Marilyn Monroe at her kittenish best, through Ute Lemper in full dominatrix mode to the siren call of Marlene Dietrich.
Towards the end of the instrumental, Alison Goldfrapp slipped on to the stage almost unnoticed, in a low key, no-colour suede two piece and her blonde curls hidden under a fl gypsy scarf.
www.musicomh.com /gigs/goldfrapp.htm   (580 words)

  
 Goldfrapp - Line-Up - Isle of Wight Festival 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Goldfrapp is a British electronic music duo from Bath, England.
The new album was released on August 22, 2005, and carries Goldfrapp's sound further in the direction taken with Black Cherry.
Goldfrapp was nominated for Best alternative group/artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005.
www.isleofwightfestival.com /goldfrapp.asp   (283 words)

  
 BBC - Norfolk - Entertainment - Goldfrapp at the UEA
Goldfrapp brought their infectious blend of music to a sellout crowd at the UEA on their tour promoting new album Supernature.
However much Goldfrapp's music has changed over recent albums - substituting musical exploration for the promotion of a kind of public erotic theatre - their supporters don't seem to be able to get enough of their new, harder and more retrospective sound.
Goldfrapp treated us to a brief 'hello' after four songs and a couple of comments later on, but it was a relatively straight forward let's-get-down-to-business type of show.
www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/content/articles/2005/10/07/music_review_goldfrapp_uea_20051005_feature.shtml   (808 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Black Cherry: Music: Goldfrapp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Goldfrapp's Black Cherry inhabits a dark alley, bristling with urban menace and throbbing with a deep electronic pulse--a far cry from their breezy debut, which gently led the listener to a fairytale aural utopia occupied by Parisian pop, whistling divas and baroque masters.
THis shows great prmise as an artist, as it shows that Goldfrapp is capable of trying something new to avoid releasing album after album of the same old thing that other artists that do similar music have fallen prey to (Such as Lamb).
Alison Goldfrapp is one of the female vocalists who is truly unique, whos music truly cannot be categorized into the generalizations called "Genres".
www.amazon.ca /Black-Cherry-Goldfrapp/dp/B00008XERP   (988 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Supernature: Music: Goldfrapp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It is with some disappointment then that their hotly-anticipated third effort, "Supernature", sees Goldfrapp step up the referentialism a little more and eschew the more daring aspects of their earlier work.
In essence, this is Goldfrapp with all of the frills and flourishes kept to a minimum, with an especial non-reliance on the orchestral drama that imbued the earlier releases with such power.
Goldfrapp are one of the few bands that sound like no one else and this is a gentle introduction to their sound.
www.amazon.co.uk /Supernature-Goldfrapp/dp/B000A0ULXG   (1772 words)

  
 CNN.com - Review: Goldfrapp mines pop's rich past - Oct 4, 2005
Goldfrapp: Stage presence for sure, but sound is perhaps not suited to the live stage.
Goldfrapp is always watchable onstage but her voice -- a little like Madonna's -- which is fine in a studio, fails to engage the emotions onstage where it struggles against the full, layered sound of a four-piece band.
Goldfrapp is certainly different and there is obviously no shortage of good material in the band's record collection to plunder.
edition.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/04/goldfrapp.review   (406 words)

  
 Goldfrapp - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Since 2003, a Goldfrapp visual staple--the use of animalistic imagery--has spread throughout MTV, London's Harvey Nichols window displays and even BMW ads, a nod to their live show spectaculars where dancers wear stag's heads and Alison shimmies her horses tail.
Goldfrapp are going overground, taking their rightful place in 2005 at the cutting edge of flashing-dancefloor pop creating brand new greatness and inspiring a generation.
Goldfrapp: "Number 1" "Number 1," from Goldfrapp's pulsating full-length release "Supernature," is a pure musical gem, uplifting and life affirming, with uncompromising glam-sex.
music.download.com /goldfrapp/3600-8362_32-100025146.html   (1237 words)

  
 Goldfrapp.free.fr
Yesterday Alison Goldfrapp attended and performed at 'the Global art of mixing' concert presented by Hennessy Artistry in New York.
Goldfrapp's remix album We are glitter is released in the USA on October 17 2006.
Goldfrapp have cancelled their Blackpool Swich-on illumination concert scheduled on September 1st 2006, due to Alison Goldfrapp being seriously ill. Read the article from the Blackpool gazette in our Press section.
goldfrapp.free.fr /php/home.php?p=EN   (1921 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synths) and Will Gregory (synths).
As an English duo who write and produce everything together, the new album, Supernature is the sound of Goldfrapp breaking through their own crash barrier, a strident, psychedelic, 100% uncompromising creative force at the top of their very own game.
We create our own, personalized environment, says Alison Goldfrapp, and its more how bands or duos used to do it in the 70s or 80s, your own music, art directing your own sleeves, wearing your own clothes, which is unique compared to a lot of bands.
www.myspace.com /goldfrapp   (1021 words)

  
 Sirens of Song: Alison Goldfrapp
If you live in the States, chances are you haven't heard of Goldfrapp (the duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory).
Since Goldfrapp's music can't be neatly tucked away into a specific format, U.S. radio stations and music video channels haven't given them much attention, which is a shame.
Goldfrapp returned to Los Angeles on March 11, 2006 and played an incredible show at the Wiltern.
www.sirensofsong.com /quickgoldfrapp.htm   (372 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Alison Goldfrapp
With her Goldfrapp partner, Will Gregory, she was nominated for a Brit Award and the Mercury Music Prize, and won a 2004 Ivor Novello Award for her song “Strict Machine.” Goldfrapp was nominated for Best Alternative Group at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Alison Goldfrapp, a self-described late bloomer, was ill at ease during the ’80s, and spent the ’90s earning an art degree from Middlesex University and traveling through Europe as a singer.
Goldfrapp has appeared on Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, and its songs have been heard on The OC, Grey’s Anatomy, The Sopranos, Commander in Chief, and other TV shows and commercials.
www.askmen.com /women/singer_300/334b_alison_goldfrapp.html   (980 words)

  
 GOLDFRAPP
Far be it from Goldfrapp to do anything the usual way: The duo (Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp) is known for creating timeless melodies and eerie atmospherics reworked with a peculiar, vintage-inspired twist and backed with cinematic, bombastic and often orchestral soundscapes.
With their latest outing, Black Cherry (Mute, 2003), Gregory and Goldfrapp have found that their sprawling collection of aging synths is still more than adequate for turning up the energy a few notches — and many are perfectly capable of adding an urban-industrial tinge to their unique brand of melancholia.
Their studio is crowded with all sorts of equipment, from a Korg 700 (“I use it a lot to treat my voice,” Goldfrapp says of the machine she uses to transform her vocals into a computerized howl) to a Roland Jupiter-series synth and various Casio keyboard castoffs.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_goldfrapp   (526 words)

  
 The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Goldfrapp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Goldfrapp is the duo of singer Allison Goldfrapp (also a visual artist) and composer Will Gregory.
Goldfrapp's voice is rich and velvetly; it reminds me of the burnished singing of Judy Garland crossed with the brassiness of Shirley Bassey.
Goldfrapp's lyrics explore the vagaries of desire and longing with idiosyncratic imagery, mixing offbeat cinematic references with lounge-era terms of endearment; it mines similar territory that Julee Cruise and David Lynch mapped out with their Twin Peaks-era work.
ectoguide.org /commentator/nonnie@zikzak.net/goldfrapp   (692 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - Goldfrapp pull festival performance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Alison Goldfrapp was forced to pull her band's Roskilde festival appearance yesterday (July 2) after she fell ill.
This was due to Alison having a problem with her throat and despite attention from the doctor it was decided after much discussion that she could not perform.
Goldfrapp are due to appear to appear at T In The Park and Oxegen this weekend (July 8-9).
www.nme.com /news/goldfrapp/23499   (203 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Black Cherry: Music: Goldfrapp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And so, with true showmanship, Goldfrapp stumped their critics with an album completely polarised in style and content from its predecessor, replacing "Mountain's" melodious eeriness with a techno stomp that wears its sexiness on its sleeve and makes no apologies.
One has to commend Goldfrapp for making the first convincingly sexy 21st century pop album but, as fans of the first album will know, Goldfrapp's world is one that revolves around everything to do with sex.
However, one cannot deny Goldfrapp's sheer pop excellence on this album precisely because they are not hiding behind über-pop producers or former pop-stars-turned-songwriters, but are showing the world how degrading, dangerous, sexy and sublime pop music can be.
www.amazon.co.uk /Black-Cherry-Goldfrapp/dp/B00008PRR7   (2088 words)

  
 Splendid: Features: Goldfrapp
The world had heard Alison Goldfrapp before, providing guest vocals on albums from Tricky and Orbital, but we hadn't really heard her until Felt Mountain burst onto the scene, late in 2000.
Splendid was eager to interview Goldfrapp and Gregory from the moment we heard Felt Mountain, but we never expected them to amount to much in a live setting.
In the months since seeing Goldfrapp, I'd heard several rumors that Alison was...well, a bit of a challenging interview, so it was with some trepidation that I awaited my telephone conversation with Alison -- who, I learned, was already irritable due to a nagging cold.
www.splendidezine.com /features/goldfrapp   (2778 words)

  
 See You In The Pit: Goldfrapp
Allison Goldfrapp's gymnastic voice -- from the dusky low tones to her eerie siren's trill -- first appeared on Tricky's debut album Maxinquaye.
Goldfrapp hooked up with long-time collaborator Will Gregory, and the two created the eponymous project Goldfrapp -- drawing from influences as diverse as Ennio Morricone, glam rock, and 70's dance music, which is a polite way of saying disco.
Supernature (2005), Goldfrapp's most recent album, which has yet to be released in the US, is a fascinating combination of the work on the first two albums -- sinewy and sensuous and danceable all at the same time.
seeyouinthepit.com /archives/2006/01/goldfrapp.html   (528 words)

  
 SPIN.com: Goldfrapp Supernature (Mute)
Alison Goldfrapp's vocals lie somewhere between the icy tones of Miss Kittin and Debbie Harry's sex-coated purr.
Goldfrapp is what disco would have sounded like had punk not destroyed its cache in the '80s.
The album thankfully doesn't have the alienating steeliness that makes so much electronic music sound as if it were made in a clean room, but there are some sonic missteps that could have been corrected with a little more attention to detail.
www.spin.com /reviews/online/2006/03/060310_goldfrapp   (214 words)

  
 Goldfrapp: Album Reviews, Biography - MOG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Goldfrapp are amazing, I like their new stuff a lot but my fave track of theirs is probably Pilots.
I agree that the Goldfrapp sound is thus … and that Oh La La et al are great … but for Bond … it should be different.
Alison Goldfrapp first gained notoriety for her astonishing vocal work on albums by Tricky and techno duo Orbital.
mog.com /music/Goldfrapp   (862 words)

  
 GOLDFRAPP
Alison Goldfrapp is back, peeking out of the import racks on the cover of Goldfrapp's third full-length album, Supernature (Mute, 2006).
Goldfrapp has never been a band to shy away from shocking imagery — after all, it was Alison's obsession with “tit tassles” that inspired the burlesque video for “Train,”; and more than a few half-man — half-mammal creatures have graced their 12-inch sleeves.
But while Alison embodies Goldfrapp's persona both onstage and in the media, she shares the spotlight in the studio with Goldfrapp's soft-spoken half, Will Gregory.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_goldfrapp_2/index.html   (461 words)

  
 [mute] Goldfrapp: Wonderful Electric DVD
Goldfrapp release their first full length DVD on 27th September 2004.
The 2 Disc set features Goldfrapp live at Somerset House in July 2003, a wonderful open air concert in the courtyard of one of London's most beautiful buildings and a live show from November 2001 - part of a series of three sold out shows at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.
The EP will be available from goldfrapp.co.uk, all dsps and mute.com.
www.mutelibtech.com /goldfrapp   (310 words)

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