Alison Goldfrapp
Alison Goldfrapp performing at the Wireless Festival in June 2006
Background information
Born	13 May 1966 (1966-05-13) (age 42) Enfield, Londoncitation needed
Origin	England
Genre(s)	Electropop Electronica Synthpop Ambient Folktronica
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1988–present
Label(s)	Mute Records
Associated acts	Goldfrapp
Website	www.goldfrapp.com

Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap^[1] 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. It was at Middlesex that she was discovered by Orbital during a now infamous show in which she milked a cow while yodeling.^{citation needed}

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 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

• Interview from Q, issue 231, October 2005
• Old Bear Stories TV Theme Song

References

1. ^ ASCAP ACE - Search Results

External links

• Last.FM: Alison Goldfrapp group
• Alison Goldfrapp at Discogs
• Alison Goldfrapp discography at MusicBrainz
• Goldfrapp at Allmusic
• Alison Goldfrapp at the Internet Movie Database