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astrid williamson on tour with brendan perry in 2010 http://www.astridwilliamson.co.uk goya eicher dress , electronic , leo abrahams , stephan 1995 -- present one little indian / incarnation records astrid williamson
 solo_singer indie astrid williamson.jpg shetland , scotland astrid williamson
astrid williamson

astrid williamson -lrb- born in 1971 -rrb- is a shetland born musician and songwriter .
in the 1990s , williamson founded indie band goya dress which consisted of williamson , terry de castro , and simon pearson .
goya dress made only one album ` rooms ' which was produced by john cale .
goya dress dissolved in 1996 , after which willamson went on to release solo material -lrb- sometimes using solely her first name -rrb- with uk independent record label one little indian records and founded her own record label , incarnation records .
pearson and de castro went on to join cinerama alongside david gedge , frontman of the wedding present .
in addition to her solo career williamson also worked in collaboration with various groups including oskar and the experimental band , the bilderberg groop .
she has also worked with canadian singer/songwriter tara maclean and provided vocals for the hope blister and 1990s supergroup electronic .
she is a classically trained pianist and graduate of the rsamd -lrb- royal scottish academy of music and drama -rrb- .
in may 2010 , astrid took to the road with brendan perry to play keyboards and sing backing vocals on stage 2 of his `` ark '' tour .
williamson has also worked with longtime brian eno / jon hopkins collaborator , guitarist and ambient expert leo abrahams .
abrahams produced her fifth solo album `` pulse '' , released in august 2011 .
recently , astrid has been playing with dead can dance on their 2012-13 world tour .
