Gizelle

Gizelle (a.k.a Rebel Yelle) started djing in South London in ‘87 playing rare groove/funk until she went to an acid house party six months later in ‘88 and was so inspired by this new wave of dance music that her music style changed over night. But it wasn’t until ‘94, when she first connected with the Zero Gravity underground collective and the Liberator djs that the adventure really began. Following this she began djing on the Immersion Sound System - with Lawrie Immersion, the Liberators and Zebedee, together with live sets from Guy McAffer, Dave The Drummer and DDR – at free parties every weekend in and around London. It was a very exciting time for everyone, thrusting a new wave of energy into the London underground scene. Nowadays, she is still dedicated to the sound of techno/acid techno and stays committed to the scene that she believes in – the underground.

Gizelle is very experienced and has established herself firmly as a d.j. on the London scene and has been playing solidly on the UK underground scene over the last 8 years. She has also played worldwide in places such as: Holland, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Australia, America, Brazil, Venezuela and even Russia.

Gizelle’s style is a mixture of deep, strong, funky and uplifting sounds through the motions of techno/acid techno. Her style nowadays is much more eclectic, mixing up all kinds of techno and acid techno depending on the flavour of the night. She is experienced enough to understand what the dancefloor needs at that moment in time.

Gizelle has also been producing tracks over the years for Stay Up Forever under the guise of ‘Rebel Yelle’. Other labels that she has appeared on are: Smitten (‘X Meets Y’ with Dave The Drummer), Cluster (‘Mizbehaviour’ with Guy McAffer), Havok, Organgrinder, Off The Wall (with Lawrie Immersion), Low Rent Operator (‘Bitches From Hell’ with Mara Branco and Ant) and Antidote (‘Phunkaholix’ with Guy McAffer and ‘Hi-Way System’ with Ant).

In the last two years she has been running the label ‘Antidote’ which was an in-house label at Infectious Distribution, where she worked for three years. She built up the label to a good standard until the company went into liquidation. The label has now stopped for a while, but watch out for new projects in 2003, which may include a new label based on the ideas she nurtured on ‘Antidote’.