ABOUT
Multi-instrumentalist, artist, song-writer, bee-keeper, creator.
Gemma released several EPs and albums as 'Woodpecker Wooliams', touring Europe, Russia and the Baltics extensively and performing at multiple festivals around europe and the uk -including the Meltdown festival curated by yoko ono- before putting this particular guise to rest in 2013,
HER MUSIC HAS APPEARED IN TWO Independent FILMS ('ANNI', 2011, and British council-funded 'the voice of the unicorn', 2019) AND Two BBC DOCUMENTARies: 'THE DISORDERED EYE' (BBC4) 2020, and 'Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime (BBC2) 2021.
she continues to perform with a number of musical projects.
harp, vocal, clarinet, synths, noize
projects
and appearances
 WOODPECKER WOOLIAMS
Primary solo project (2009-2013)
THE GUARDIAN 'New Band of The Day' 06/09/12
'A stunning find.’ SUNDAY TIMES
"Musically and emotionally, it’s belting." BBC.CO.UK
‘Enchanting solo masterpieces are laced with lo-fi murder folk and droning harps which are more like P J Harvey’s foray into the autoharp than Joanna Newsom’s twee fixations.’ - THE INDEPENDENT
woodpeckerwooliams.bandcamp.com |  BECKY BECKY
Electro-sex literary-synth duo
"A gripping voyage in the dark” UNCUT MAGAZINE
@BeckyBeckyMusic
ONGOING |
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 Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime
(BBC2 Documentary soundtrack)
January 2021 |  THE DISORDERED EYE
(BBC4 TV documentary sountrack)
Nov 2020 |
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 BRUSSIAN DOLLS
lo-fi art-pop, cardboard covers band from Brussia with Brighton artist Bryony Bird.
Ответ Brussia на Билла и Бенцветочный горшок мужчин , кормили на диете 90-х гранж и баллад власти . Либидо , горы , двоичный код .
Otvet Brussia na Billa i Bentsvetochnyy gorshok muzhchin , kormili na diyete 90-kh granzh i ballad vlasti . Libido , gory , dvoichnyy kod .
Brussia's response to Bill and Ben's flower pot men fed on a 90s grunge diet and power ballads. |  THE VOICE OF THE UNICORN (OST)
Musical score with Patrick Knill for British Council-funded art-film / documentary
2020 |
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 THE FICTION AISLE
Lobby-bar jazz pop fronted by Thomas White (Electric Soft Parade, Brakes Brakes Brakes)
Clarinet, Vocals on Heart Map Rubric / Live at Lick
@thefictionaisle
2015 |  FEINT RECORDS
Co-founder with Peter J D Mason (Artists: Becky Becky, JØTA, GRIP TIGHT, psch pshit)
ONGOING |
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 EMANATIVE: 'THE LIGHT YEARS OF THE DARKNESS'
on Gilles Peterson's Steve Reid Foundation label
Guest harp on 'Fire'
@emanative
2015 |  BLACK HARE 'Ocean's Nerve'
One-time collaboration with Michael Tanner (United Bible Studies, Plinth) for Jason Molina tribute album
Vocals, Clarinet
2014 |
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 GHOSTPOET
'Meltdown' single
Featured Guest Vocals
@ghostpoet
2013 |  EYES AND NO EYES
(Debut album of same name)
Guest 'noise' on tracks 1,3 & 5
@EyesAndNoEyes
2014 |
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 BUTTON EYES
London-based musical collective
Lead Vocals: 'Coded'
Vocals: 'Simple Days' feat. Rag'n'Bone Man
Backing vox & clarinet : 'A Fever', 'Cold and Lifeless' + various
@184Productions
2013 |  ANNI OST
Film score collaboration with Rory Dickenson (OCDC / Conrad Clipper) for independent German short film 'Anni' (vimeo.com/77793543)
(Released on cassette via Love Lion, Chicago)
2013 |
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 KING JAMES
Dusty hymnal folk collaboration between the Diamond Family Archive and Thirty Pounds of Bone
King James Choir vocals
2010 |
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