Rachel Goswell

Rachel Goswell (born May 16 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive. Following Slowdive's dissolution, Goswell joined Slowdive alumni Neil Halstead and Ian McCutcheon to form Mojave 3, an indie pop/dream pop outfit. This new band also included Simon Rowe (of Chapterhouse fame) and Alan Forrester.

The year 2004 saw Goswell release solo recordings with co-writer Joe Light and producer David Naughton. Nine months after Mojave 3 released "Spoon and Rafter", she released "The Sleep Shelter" EP. "Waves Are Universal", her first full-length recording, appeared a month later. In 2005, a limited edition remix 12" (now available as a download) entitled "Coastline / Plucked" was issued. This recording, released on Valentine's Day, features two mixes apiece from The Earlies and Ulrich Schnauss.

Goswell was married to Cuba's Christopher Andrews from 1994 until 2000.

While on tour with Slowdive in 1993, one of her eardrums burst, and it has troubled her ever since, in the form of persistent infections, partial deafness (which she employs a hearing aid to correct) and ataxia. This has prevented her from performing on occasion, and she was absent from the last Mojave 3 album, 2006's 'Puzzles Like You'.

Discography

* "The Sleep Shelter" (EP) (released May 17 2004 on 4AD Records)
* "Waves Are Universal" (released 14 June 2004 on 4AD)
* "Coastline / Plucked" (released 14 February 2005 on 4AD)

See also

* Slowdive
* Mojave 3

External links

* [http://www.rachelgoswell.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.4ad.com/rachelgoswell/ Rachel Goswell] 4AD page
* [http://www.myspace.com/rachelgoswell Rachel Goswell] on MySpace
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