Giselle Rosselli

Giselle Rosselli
Birth name Giselle Rosselli
Born 1990 (age 25–26)
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Alternative, electronica, folk
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments Vocals, piano, accordion, percussion, xylophone
Years active 2010–present
Labels Independent
Associated acts Flight Facilities
Website facebook.com/music.giselle

Giselle Rosselli is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, sometimes seen mononymously as Giselle. Rosselli provided lead vocals and wrote lyrics for the first original song by indie electro DJ duo, Flight Facilities, "Crave You". The track was listed at No. 19 on the Hottest 100 of 2010, by listeners of national radio station, Triple J. Also in 2010 Rosselli's track, "They Stay Down Deep", was featured on the United Kingdom TV series Skins (series 4, episode 7). In April 2012 Roselli issued a solo single, "Silk", which received rotation at Triple J by Richard Kingsmill.

Biography

Giselle Rosselli[1] was born in 1990 and was raised in Sydney. She is the daughter of local architect, Luigi Rosselli, and visual artist, Juliet Holmes à Court.[2] Rosselli has two brothers. Growing up in a creative family, she began to write her own music as a way of developing her artistic independence and creativity. Originally studying mathematics at the University of Melbourne, she deferred her course in mid-2010 to pursue writing and recording full-time.[2]

Rosselli worked with indie electro DJ duo, Flight Facilities on the track, "Crave You".[3][4] The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell and they began mixing tracks by other artists in 2009.[3] Rosselli co-wrote "Crave You" with Gruzman and Lyell.[5] As a remix the song "Crave You" was featured on MTV's partnered website Ourstage through American Rap artist Jay Entendre formerly known as The Kid Bilal as a remix called "She Craves Me".[6]

Gruzman told Dave Ruby Howe of In the Mix how the duo had contacted Rosselli to get help with their first original track.[3][4] Rosselli had met Gruzman in mid-2009, he was interested in using her skill on xylophone, however, after "[I] heard her sing and I just knew that she had to do the song. We sent the track over to her and she smashed it. We were so lucky to be able to work with her, she's just great".[3] It was listed at No. 19 on the Hottest 100 of 2010, by listeners of national radio station, Triple J.[4] As a remix it was featured on MTV's partnered website Ourstage through American rap artist, The Kid Bilal, as "She Craves Me".[7] It was used as the soundtrack to Myer's 2010 Spring Racing Carnival TV commercial campaign.

In October 2010 she provided vocals for Bag Raiders debut album of the same name.[8] Also in that year Rosselli's track, "They Stay Down Deep", was used on the United Kingdom TV series, Skins series 4, episode 7.[2][9]

In April 2012 Roselli issued a solo single, "Silk", which received rotation at Triple J by Richard Kingsmill.[10] Chad Hillard of HillyDilly website praised her vocals "it's as if everything else you were thinking about disappears. Stress, anxiety, whatever, once her voice hits you, everything dissipates".[11] In October 2012 she released another single, "Nigerian Rubiks Cube".[12]

References

  1. ↑ "'Angus' Drum' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 13 April 2014. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Angus Drum; or at 'Performer:' Giselle Rosselli
  2. 1 2 3 Flurt (30 December 2013). "Music Monday: Giselle Rosselli". Flurt Mag. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Howe, Dave Ruby (8 July 2010). "Flight Facilities: Take Off". In the Mix. Sound Alliance. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "#19 Flight Facilities – 'Crave You'". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "'Crave You' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 13 April 2014. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Crave You; or at 'Performer:' Giselle Rosselli
  6. ↑ "Pop-Ed: February 14, 2012 – SXSW, The Panel, Whitney, And More". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Janovitz, Scott (12 February 2012). "Pop-Ed: February 14, 2012 – SXSW, The Panel, Whitney, And More". Ourstage. MTV. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Giselle Rosselli | Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Skins: Episode 7 Music". E4. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Playlist 10/6/2012". New Music with Richard Kingsmill & Caroline Tran. Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Hillard, Chad (14 January 2014). "Giselle Rosselli – 'Silk' (Water Graves Remix)". Hillydilly. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "'Nigerian Rubiks Cube' – Single by Giselle Rosselli". iTunes (Apple Inc.). 22 October 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

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