Doris Cellar
| Doris Cellar | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Queens, New York |
| Genres | Indie rock, pop rock, baroque pop, experimental |
Doris Cellar[1] (born Nicole Mourelatos, October 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Start
Doris Cellar was[2] the front woman in the band the Freelance Whales [3] who gained popularity in 2010 when Twitter[4] selected Freelance Whales' music as the background for a video introducing a major rework of the service's user experience. This was followed by dozens of TV commercials and syncs, and the band toured extensively, touring all major festivals[5] both internationally and nationally.
In 2011 Cellar created and wrote an animal rights video for Peta[6] and in 2012, Cellar wrote and sang lead for their sophomore single "Spitting image",[7] which was featured on MTV as well The Inbetweeners of episode 10 The Dance.[8] One reviewer said her vocals were "almost sweet enough to make us skip down the halls"[9] while another mentioned them as an example of why the band "may red-line the Cute-O-Meter".[10] Reviewing a live concert by the band in September 2011, a Chicago writer observed that while everyone in the band was a versatile multi-instrumentalist, she was "key" in live performance.[11]
Solo
Cellar wrote and self produced two music videos for her new music: Big Kiss[12]" and Inside Your Groove.[13] Which was inspired by the break up.[14]
A few months later she was asked to go on tour with her childhood friends the pop group Nina Sky, whose performance of their song "Day Dreaming"[15]" was filmed and recorded at Faders' Converse Rubber tracks studio in Brooklyn, New York.[16] Cellar continues to be part of Nina Sky's live performances.
Skills
Cellar is unusually versatile. She can switch musically [17] between guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, harmonium, glockenspiel.[18] She produces all her own beats and performs without a backing band electronically.
LP
- Freelance Whales - Weathervanes (April 13, 2010)
- Freelance Whales - Diluvia (October 9, 2012)
- 1st solo album (2015)
Singles
- Freelance Whales - "Hannah" (April 27, 2010)
- Freelance Whales - "Enzymes" (October 2010)
- Freelance Whales - "Day Off"
- Freelance Whales - "Generator ^ First Floor" (March 2011)
- Freelance Whales - "Spitting Image" (October 2012)
- "Big Kiss"[12]
- "Inside you Groove"[13]
External links
References
- ↑ "Doris Cellar".
- ↑ http://blueandgraypress.com/2012/02/29/doris-cellar-isnt-your-run-of-the-mill-musician/
- ↑ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/
- ↑ "Doris Cellar". Twitter.
- ↑ http://lamusicblog.com/2011/05/interview/interview-with-doris-cellar-of-freelance-whales/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_5UgtNbMgU
- ↑ "Spitting Image". YouTube.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5366474/
- ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (August 23, 2012). "New Song: Freelance Whales, 'Spitting Image'". Buzzworthy.
- ↑ Thompson, Stephen (September 30, 2012). "First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'" (First Listen blog). NPR.
- ↑ Ryan, Jim (September 17, 2011). "Freelance Whales Live at Empty Bottle - 9/17/11 Chicago "Concert Confidential" Live Review". Chicago at Night.
- 1 2 "Big Kiss". YouTube.
- 1 2 "Inside your Groove". YouTube.
- ↑ http://www.momandpopmusic.com/2013/04/doris-cellar-parts-ways-with-freelance-whales/
- ↑ "Day Dreaming". YouTube.
- ↑ "The Fader". thefader.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ http://thealternateside.org/100405/tas_session_freelance_whales
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=131