Emma Gatrill

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Emma Gatrill
OriginUnited Kingdom
Occupation(s)Instrumentalist, singer
Instruments
Years active2005–present
Labels Willkommen Records, Flau
Website www.emmagatrill.com

Emma Gatrill is a multi-instrumentalist based in Brighton, UK. She is primarily a harpist, clarinetist and singer.

Her debut album, Chapter I (2012), was a collection of harp songs accompanied by various members of the Willkommen Collective. [1]

Gatrill released her second album, Cocoon, in 2017 via the Japanese label Flau. [2] Critics noted that the arrangements drew from a much wider and often darker sonic palette – introducing vintage monosynths, drum machines and vibraphone. Stereogum's review compared her music to Julia Holter and Sufjan Stevens. [3] The album also gained positive coverage in Clash Music, [4] Drowned In Sound, [5] Record Collector, [6] The Line of Best Fit, [7] GoldFlakePaint, [8] and PRS for Music's M Magazine. [9]

Gatrill has recorded and toured widely as a session musician, including playing clarinet with Laura Marling’s band on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage performance in 2011, Broken Social Scene on UK festival dates, recording a BBC Radio 6Music session with Samantha Crain [10] and Willy Mason and toured with the likes of This Is The Kit (both as part of their horn section and as main support in January 2018), Sons of Noel and Adrian, Matthew And The Atlas, Moulettes, Laish, Rachael Dadd, Rozi Plain and more.

She played harp and clarinet on the 2011 Alessi's Ark album, Time Travel . She played the harp on Lucy Rose's 2017 album, Something's Changing, and sang on Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's soundtrack to the 2017 film Wind River.

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References

  1. "Willkommen Records » Emma Gatrill – Chapter I". www.willkommenrecords.co.uk.
  2. "Cocoon". FLAU.
  3. "Emma Gatrill – "Skin"". 31 January 2017.
  4. "Premiere: Emma Gatrill - 'You'".
  5. "Emma Gatrill's Track By Track Guide to Cocoon". Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. "Cocoon - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  7. "Emma Gatrill mixes mystical harps and rich textures on new single "Cocoon"".
  8. "First Watch: Emma Gatrill - "Skin" - GoldFlakePaint". 23 February 2017.
  9. "Interview: Emma Gatrill - M Magazine". 1 March 2017.
  10. "Antiseptic Greeting (6Music Session 290317) - Samantha Crain, Mike Siddell, Sebastian Hankins, Emma Gatrill & Ben Rubinstein Song - BBC Music". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.