Gazelle Twin & drone choir NYX cover Wicker Man soundtrack highlight
Hear what happens when Elizabeth Bernholz and a drone choir cover a track from ‘The Wicker Man’ soundtrack…
Gazelle Twin & NYX: electronic drone choir have shared the first track from their forthcoming collaborative album, a thoroughly creepy cover of ‘Fire Leap’ from the soundtrack classic 70s horror film The Wicker Man.
Deep England is an ‘electronic-choral expansion’ of maverick electronic practitioner Elizabeth Bernholz aka Gazelle Twin’s 2018 highly acclaimed album Pastoral (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray), which explored myths and legends surrounding the English countryside.
The eight track album, out on vinyl, CD and digital formats on March 19 next year, is released on NYX Collective Records. Rooted in English pagan and sacred music, the reworked album features radically reworkings from Pastoral alongside original compositions by NYX, Paul Giovanni and William Blake.
The Wicker Man, which starred Christopher Lee, has proved popular with musicians from all manner of genres ever since its release, with artists such as Sneaker Pimps, Faith & The Muse and Doves covering songs from the soundtrack and The Bowling Green and DJ Foundation using samples from the film in tracks.