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'''Gordon Bell''' (born 24 July 1969) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[singer-songwriter]] based in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. He is prolific having released ten albums in as many years. Eight of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album ''My Life as a Dog'' (distributed in Switzerland through ''[[RecRec]]'') was well received: Swiss newspaper ''[[Der Bund]]'' called it 'Wunderbar',<ref>Pauli, C: "Melancholisch", page 13. Der Bund, 18 March 2005.</ref>. The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot".<ref>http://www.zueritipp.ch/story/musik/der-kleine-james-brown-im-kopf/</ref> He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Gordon's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow [[Glasgow|Glaswegians]] [[Ivor Cutler]] and [[Alex Harvey]]. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He is also lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. |
'''Gordon Bell''' (born 24 July 1969) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[singer-songwriter]] based in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. He is prolific having released ten albums in as many years. Eight of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album ''My Life as a Dog'' (distributed in Switzerland through ''[[RecRec]]'') was well received: Swiss newspaper ''[[Der Bund]]'' called it 'Wunderbar',<ref>Pauli, C: "Melancholisch", page 13. Der Bund, 18 March 2005.</ref>. The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot".<ref>http://www.zueritipp.ch/story/musik/der-kleine-james-brown-im-kopf/</ref> He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Gordon's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow [[Glasgow|Glaswegians]] [[Ivor Cutler]] and [[Alex Harvey]]. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He plays live with his band, Gordon Bell & The Sinking Ships. He is also lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. |
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*[http://www.gordypops.com Gordon Bell's Official Site] |
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*[http://www.icebergs.ch Gordon Bell & The Sinking Ships] |
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*[http://www.nsahb.com Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band] |
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Gordon Bell (born 24 July 1969) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Basel, Switzerland. He is prolific having released ten albums in as many years. Eight of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album My Life as a Dog (distributed in Switzerland through RecRec) was well received: Swiss newspaper Der Bund called it 'Wunderbar',[1]. The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot".[2] He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Gordon's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow Glaswegians Ivor Cutler and Alex Harvey. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He plays live with his band, Gordon Bell & The Sinking Ships. He is also lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Discography
with One in Five
- Five Flew Over the Hatchery (1991)
with Psychoannie
- Amoeba (1993)
as plasticpsychobabble
- StranGe enchantment (1999)
- submerging meadows green boundaries (2000)
- blurred visions for fuzzy strangers (2000)
with The Secret Life of Andrew Aston
- Caffeine Injunction (2000)
as Gustav Bertha
- Songs for Gigi (2001)
- The Hose Room (2002)
- Café Crème (2002)
- babble (2003)
- My Life as a Dog (2004)
- Defective (2005)
- z:06 (2006 - compilation)
- small adventures in the great domestic wilderness (2007)
- True North (2008)
as Gordon Bell
- Songs for the Broken Hearted (2009)
- The Lost Art of Penance (2010)
External links
Notes
- ^ Pauli, C: "Melancholisch", page 13. Der Bund, 18 March 2005.
- ^ http://www.zueritipp.ch/story/musik/der-kleine-james-brown-im-kopf/