Giselle Rosselli (born December 4, 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, sometimes seen

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ously as Giselle. Rosselli provided lead vocals and wrote lyrics for the first original song "

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" by indie electro DJ duo

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. The track was listed at No. 19 on the Hottest 100 of 2010 by listeners of national radio station

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. 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 Rosselli released a solo single, "Silk".

Biography

Giselle Rosselli Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Angus Drum; or at 'Performer:' Giselle Rosselli was born on 4 December 1990 and was raised in Sydney. She is the daughter of local architect, Luigi Rosselli, and visual artist, Juliet Holmes à Court. 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

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, she deferred her course in mid-2010 to pursue writing and recording full-time. Rosselli worked with indie electro DJ duo,

on the track, "Crave You". The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell and they began mixing tracks by other artists in 2009. Rosselli co-wrote "Crave You" with Gruzman and Lyell. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Crave You; or at 'Performer:' Giselle Rosselli 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". Gruzman told Dave Ruby Howe of ''In the Mix'' how the duo had contacted Rosselli to get help with their first original track. Rosselli had met Gruzman in mid-2009, he was interested in using her skill on

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, however, after " 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". It was listed at No. 19 on the Hottest 100 of 2010, by listeners of national radio station,

. As a remix it was featured on MTV's partnered website Ourstage through American rap artist, The Kid Bilal, as "She Craves Me". It was used as the soundtrack to

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's 2010

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TV commercial campaign. In October 2010 she provided vocals for

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debut album of the same name. Also in that year Rosselli's track, "They Stay Down Deep", was used on the United Kingdom TV series '' Skins'' (series 4, episode 7). In April 2012 Rosselli issued a solo single, "Silk", which received rotation at Triple J by

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. 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". In October 2012 she released another single, "Nigerian Rubiks Cube".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosselli, Giselle Australian multi-instrumentalists Living people 21st-century Australian singers Australian women singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters Australian women pop singers 21st-century Australian women singers Singers from Sydney 1990 births