Gazelle Twin AKA Elizabeth Bernholz, is an Ivor Novello-nominated, British composer, producer, vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist. Her experimental composition and unconventional production style draws on diverse musical roots; from sacred choral to early electronic and contemporary dance music. As a multi-instrumentalist she pairs voice and traditional instruments with analogue and digital electronics. Her output can range anywhere from; A capella vocals, to electronic dance-music, or sweeping choral or cinematic arrangements. Bernholz’s striking use of voice is a recognised feature of her work and includes extended vocal technique and the use of signature electronic vocal effects that produce haunting and evocative sound worlds. 

As a solo performance artist, her studio albums feature vivid concepts and live performances with dramatic staging, costume and visuals. She has released six critically-acclaimed albums to date; Black Dog (2023), Deep England(2021) with NYX Drone Choir, Pastoral (2018), Kingdom Come(2017), Unflesh (2014) and The Entire City (2011), and has toured worldwide as a performance artist. Signed to British record label Invada Records (co-founded by Geoff Barrow), she has released several soundtracks as a composer for film, television and other media.

As vocalist, remix producer and composer Bernholz has collaborated widely with leading figures in music, film and theatre, including; The London Contemporary Orchestra, Halsey (by invitation of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), Gary Numan & Ade Fenton, Matthew Herbert, Maxine Peake, John Foxx, Clint Mansell, Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire/Wrangler), Carter Tutti / Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), Blanck Mass, BEAK>, NYX, Perc, Iain & Jane, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Max de Wardener, Dave Clarke and more. In November 2024, a specially-commissioned orchestral performance of ‘Black Dog’ took place at the British Library with the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Brunt, arranged by Max de Wardener. In 2019 and 2022 De Wardener and Bernholz collaborated on ‘The Power and the Glory’ performed by Bernholz and the BBC Concert Orchestra for the New Music Biennial festivals at the Southbank Centre, and Coventry Cathedral. In 2023, a four-year collaboration with the London-based, NYX Electronic Drone Choir culminated in a large-scale live performance of ‘Deep England’ at the Barbican Hall in celebration of the 50th anniversary of ‘The Wicker Man’. In 2022 her spatial sound installation, ‘We Wax. We Shall Not Wane’ featuring Maxine Peake, premiered at the landmark exhibition ‘The Horror Show’ at Somerset House, commissioned and curated by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall.

Bernholz’s debut film score for Nocturne (Amazon Studios/Blumhouse, 2020) was nominated for ‘Best Score’ at the Bucharest Film Awards. Her most recent television score for Channel 4’s Summerwater was nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Television Score’ 2026. She has created original scores for; Twisted Yoga (Apple TV / Lightbox, 2026), The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, (BFI/BBC Film/MUBI, 2026), Summerwater (Channel 4, 2025), Mudtown / Ar y Ffin (U&IAlibi/Severn Screen, 2025), The Man Who Fell To Earth (Bafflegab / Radio 4, 2024), Black Cab (Sony Pictures / Stolen Pictures, 2024), Then You Run (SKY MAX, 2023) and The Power(Shudder, BFI, 2021) scoring in collaboration with Max de Wardener. Specially-commissioned music or original songs by Gazelle Twin have featured in; Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red, 2020),Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Netflix, 2022), Uncanny: Post Mortem (BBC 2/Radio 4), The Walking Dead (AMC), The New Pope (HBO), How To Get Away With Murder(ABC), The Virtues(Channel 4), Prometheus - Ted Talk promo Dir. Ridley Scott (20th Century Fox), and more recently included on the official playlist for Superman (2025) directed by James Gunn.

Theatre credits include, Robin/Red/Breast (Factory International, Manchester, 2024)- conceived with Maxine Peake, writer Daisy Johnson, Imogen Knight and theatre director Sarah Frankcom, and a stage-adaption of Rose Glass’s 2019 British horror film, Saint Maud at Live Newcastle, with director Jack McNamara in October 2024.

Gazelle Twin actively champions women in music, and supports the 'Gazelle Twin Scholarship for Women in Music Technology' at the University of Sussex, UK since 2021.

Portrait by Teri Varhol