Doris Cellar
Doris Cellar | |
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| Birth name | Nicole Mourelatos |
| Born | October 10, 1984 |
| Origin | Queens, New York |
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| Formerly of | Freelance Whales |
| Website | doriscellarmusic |
Doris Cellar[1] (born October 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Career
[edit]Doris Cellar was the front woman in the band the Freelance Whales[2][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.[5] This was followed by dozens of TV commercials and syncs, and the band toured[6] both internationally and nationally.
In 2011 Cellar created and wrote an animal rights video for Peta[7] and in 2012, Cellar wrote and sang lead for their sophomore single "Spitting image",[8] which was featured on MTV as well The Inbetweeners of episode 10 The Dance.[9] One reviewer said her vocals were "almost sweet enough to make us skip down the halls"[10] while another mentioned them as an example of why the band "may red-line the Cute-O-Meter".[11]
Solo
[edit]Cellar is a multi-instrumentalist. She can switch musically between guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, harmonium, glockenspiel.[12] She produces all of her own beats and performs without a backing band.
Cellar as a live performer has been described as "a wizard with all the instruments she manages to play all while smiling and dancing".[13]
Discography
[edit]Freelance Whales Studio Albums and Singles
[edit]- Freelance Whales - Weathervanes (April 13, 2010)
- Freelance Whales - Diluvia (October 9, 2012)
- 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)
Solo extended plays
[edit]- Doris Cellar - Windows (April 26, 2012)
- Doris Cellar - Up On the Roof (June 10, 2013)
- Doris Cellar - Double Vision (March 12, 2017)
Solo singles
[edit]- Doris Cellar - "Big Kiss"[14]
- Doris Cellar - "Inside your Groove" (May 12, 2014) [15]
- Doris Cellar - "Chemistry" (February 3, 2017)
- Doris Cellar - "Tissues" (August 4, 2020) [16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Doris Cellar".
- ^ "Doris Cellar announces her departure from Freelance Whales".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales". 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Doris Cellar". Twitter.
- ^ "@FreelanceWhales Sountrack #NewTwitter". September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales | LA Music Blog". Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Doris Cellar for peta2. YouTube.
- ^ "Spitting Image". YouTube. 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Nicole Mourelatos". IMDb.
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel (August 23, 2012). "New Song: Freelance Whales, 'Spitting Image'". Buzzworthy. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (September 30, 2012). "First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'" (First Listen blog). NPR.
- ^ "Doris Cellar, Freelance Whales". Npr.org. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ Hanley, Shayne (August 22, 2016). "Doris Cellar Shows Off Her Range at the Quays Pub". Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Big Kiss". YouTube. 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Inside your Groove". YouTube. 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Tissues". bandcamp.