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Astrid Williamson

Background information
Origin Shetland, Scotland
Genre(s) Indie
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) One Little Indian / Incarnation Records

Astrid Williamson is a Shetland born musician and songwriter. Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland; Old Norse non Hjaltland; Sealtainn is an Archipelago off the northeast coast of Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music One Little Indian Records is a London -based Independent record label who rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland; Old Norse non Hjaltland; Sealtainn is an Archipelago off the northeast coast of

In the 1990s, Williamson obtained her degree in music from the Royal Scottish Academy and co-founded a band known as Goya Dress which consisted of Williamson, Terry de Castro, and Simon Pearson. The Royal Scottish Academy is Scotland’s premier organisation promoting contemporary Scottish art. Goya Dress dissolved in 1996, after which Willamson went on to release solo material with UK independent record label One Little Indian Records and founded her own record label, Incarnation Records. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels One Little Indian Records is a London -based Independent record label who rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. [1] Pearson and de Castro went on to join Cinerama (band) alongside David Gedge, frontman of indie rock stalwarts The Wedding Present. Cinerama were a UK indie pop band headed up by David Gedge the frontman for The Wedding Present. David Gedge (born David Lewis Gedge 23 April 1960 in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is an English Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene The Wedding Present is a Rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas

In addition to her solo career Astrid also currently works in collaboration with various groups including Oskar [2] and the experimental band, The Bilderberg Groop [3]. Drawing on her expertise as a classically trained pianist she has also worked with Canadian Singer/Songwriter Tara Maclean and provided Vocals for The Hope Blister and 90s supergroup Electronic. Tara MacLean (born October 25, 1973 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian Singer The Hope Blister was an ambient band founded by Ivo Watts-Russell, head of the 4AD Records label SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after Electronic were an Alternative rock group formed by New Order singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner and ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr

Contents

Discography

Solo albums

With Goya Dress

With Stephan Eicher

With Electronic (Backing Vocals)

External links

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