Liz frazer
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In 2005, she appeared on Yann Tiersen's album Les Retrouvailles, singing on two pieces: "Kala" and "Mary".īilly Howerdel envisioned Fraser as his first option for A Perfect Circle's lead singer, but she was unavailable for the project.
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She has also contributed to the soundtracks of several films including In Dreams, Cruel Intentions, The Winter Guest, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and occasionally appeared as a guest artist on other musicians' projects. Apart from her Cocteau Twins work she is probably best known for her collaborations with Massive Attack, having recorded three songs for the band's Mezzanine album in 1998 (including the international hit single " Teardrop", on which she replaced the original choice of Madonna ), and subsequently toured with the band in 2006, and again in 2018–2019. Since the breakup of Cocteau Twins in 1997, Fraser has sporadically collaborated with a range of performers, including The Future Sound of London ( Lifeforms EP), Elliot Goldenthal, Craig Armstrong ( The Space Between Us) and Peter Gabriel (the millennium project OVO). She provided one-off vocals for acts such as Felt ( Primitive Painters), Dif Juz ( Extractions LP), The Wolfgang Press, and Ian McCulloch ( Candleland and Mysterio).
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She appeared on 4AD house band This Mortal Coil's first release (along with her Cocteau Twins bandmates) where her contributions included a cover version of Tim Buckley's " Song to the Siren". While working as part of Cocteau Twins, Fraser also collaborated with numerous artists. Her former Cocteau Twins bandmate Simon Raymonde has since talked publicly about the decision saying that while he respected it, he regretted not walking away with "£1.5 million ($2.5 million) tax-free." Collaborations and guest appearances Fraser reportedly cancelled because of the emotional distress the putative reunion and pressure to perform caused her. Ĭocteau Twins were due to perform for the North American Coachella Festival on 30 April 2005, but cancelled on 16 March 2005. She speaks about their relationship in the BBC documentary, Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You. įraser had an intense personal relationship with singer Jeff Buckley and recorded a duet with him, "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun", written together but never released commercially. The couple broke up in 1993, but opted to continue a musical relationship mostly due to contractual obligations until 1998, when Cocteau Twins were finally disbanded. Guthrie liberally used alcohol and drugs throughout the years they were together, and Fraser had a nervous breakdown during the recording of Four-Calendar Café. įraser and Guthrie formed a relationship, and in 1989 had a daughter, Lucy Belle.
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After an on-off phase, the band recorded some tracks which were sent as demos to John Peel and Ivo Watts-Russell of 4AD which led to their signing by the London-based label and a successful career in music. At the time, she was 17 years old, and had never thought of herself as a singer. Cocteau Twins (1981–1997) įraser then became the vocalist and lyricist in Cocteau Twins in 1981, (a group founded in 1979 by Guthrie and Will Heggie): they spotted her dancing at a club one night, and asked her to join their band. We were attracted to each other for the wrong reasons". She met her partner Robin Guthrie at 17 "What brought us together was me having no ideas and opinions of my own, and him having plenty – enough for both of us. Music was important and represented an escape at that time Fraser had portraits of her heroes like Siouxsie Sioux tattooed on her arms. In 1996, Fraser revealed that she was sexually abused by a brother-in-law and possibly her father, and that at 16 she was forced to leave the family house for having a punk look. During her teenage years, she developed eating disorders and became bulimic. 1.3 Collaborations and guest appearancesįraser was born and grew up in Grangemouth, which she described as "a dark and stifling industrial town".