Alison Goldfrapp

Infobox musical artist
Name = Alison Goldfrapp


Img_capt = Alison Goldfrapp performing at the Wireless Festival in June 2006
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1966|5|13|df=yes
Enfield, LondonFact|date=February 2008
Origin = England
Genre = Electropop
Electronica
Synthpop
Ambient
Folktronica
Occupation = Singer, songwriter
Years_active = 1988–present
Label = Mute Records
Associated_acts = Goldfrapp
URL = [http://www.goldfrapp.com www.goldfrapp.com]

Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap [ [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1604443&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP ACE - Search Results ] ] on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English singer-songwriter with the band Goldfrapp.

Goldfrapp was born in London and raised in Alton, Hampshire, the youngest of six children. At age 19, she moved to Belgium to work as a singer for a theatrical composer and on her return to England, attended Middlesex University's School Of Art, where she studied Fine Art.

After acquiring her degree from Middlesex, Goldfrapp toured internationally with British rapper Tricky, appearing on his album "Maxinquaye". Her mainstream success began when she started collaborating with film composer Will Gregory under the name Goldfrapp.

Goldfrapp (with cropped peroxide blonde hair) made an early acting appearance in "Your Night Tonight", the 1988 graduation film of colleague Paul Gilbert.

Work outside of Goldfrapp

* Goldfrapp sang the harmony vocals on [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pdcmusic/paul_castle.html Paul Castle] 's theme song for Jane Hissey's "Old Bear Stories", a children's TV series originally on ITV, but later seen on Channel 5.
* She is credited as contributing to the Add N To X album Avant Hard. Although no specific track is mentioned on the album credits, the sleeve for the single 'Revenge of the Black Regent' credits her as vocalist.
* Her earliest studio recordings are with the band Dreadzone on the 1993 album 360°.
* Goldfrapp provided vocals for several of Orbital's albums, including the single "Are We Here?" featured on "Snivilisation"
* She also recorded the lead vocal track for "Pumpkin" a Smashing Pumpkins-sampling track on Tricky's classic 1995 album Maxinquaye.
* Goldfrapp sang vocals on the track "Bodo" on the soundtrack for The Princess and the Warrior.

Sources

* [http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?type=PRESS&id=1384&year=05 Interview from Q, issue 231, October 2005]
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pdcmusic/old-bear-stories-tv-theme-song.html Old Bear Stories TV Theme Song]

References

External links

* [http://www.last.fm/group/Alison+Goldfrapp Last.FM: Alison Goldfrapp group]
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* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=126&csid2=946&fid1=33978 Alison Goldfrapp interview]
* [http://www.myspace.com/goldfrapp Myspace Page]