Emma Gatrill | |
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| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist, singer |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Willkommen Records, Flau |
| Website | www |
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 theWillkommen 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 toJulia Holter andSufjan Stevens.[3] The album also gained positive coverage inClash Music,[4]Drowned In Sound,[5]Record Collector,[6]The Line of Best Fit,[7] GoldFlakePaint,[8] andPRS for Music's M Magazine.[9]
Gatrill has recorded and toured widely as a session musician, including playing clarinet withLaura Marling’s band on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage performance in 2011,Broken Social Scene on UK festival dates, recording a BBC Radio 6Music session withSamantha Crain[10] andWilly Mason and toured with the likes ofThis 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 2011Alessi's Ark album,Time Travel. She played the harp onLucy Rose's 2017 album,Something's Changing, and sang onNick Cave andWarren Ellis's soundtrack to the 2017 filmWind River.