Lyndsey Cockwell is a songwriter and musician from the UK. She has worked and experimented with many instruments and ways to generate sound over the years, but central to all her projects is her unique and mesmerising voice, the rich melodies and harmonies that she composes and the stories woven by her lyrics.
Lyndsey began with a classical training on the piano, by 16 she had abbandonned this form as too restictive, switched to guitar and began writing pop melodies. Meanwhile she began deconstructing sounds and experimented with musique concrete techniques which led to working with Charles Hayward (ex This Heat), and becoming involved with the London experimental music scene. Somewhere in the middle of all this she had a near miss with Morrissey's guitarist Boz Boorer, and her ear for melody was spotted by Alex Patterson of The Orb who produced a version of her song 'Tiny Snatch Of Daylight'. In 2009 the track was unearthed on a KLF website and described as "Quite lovely". Her own version of the song also appeared on her Debut EP 'Lyndsey Cockwell', released in 2004.
Lyndsey continued to experiment with sound and song and began playing the bass guitar live. Inspired by a Juana Molina concert, she bought herself a loop station which seemed like the perfect tool to blend live improvisations, pre-recorded sound and her songs. Her 'Live 2005' album showcases the results of her experiments very well. 2005 also saw Lyndsey collaborate with Maxine Bueret on her 'Departure of the Slam-Door trains' exhibition where Lyndsey produced three sonic compositions using both recordings of the trains and their passengers.
In 2007 Lyndsey used her loopstation to provide a live soundtrack for contemporary dance when she collaborated with Dan Watson on his piece 'An untold amount of steps', premiered at the Place Dance Theatre in London in 2007.
After years of travelling and playing shows in the UK, USA, and all over Europe, Lyndsey finally relocated from London to Berlin. Berlin based collaborations have seen her joining the indie-pop band Dominique as guitarist and vocalist, forming an accordion driven acoustic duo - the Wooden Dresses, Clark and Cockwell with Ben Clark (Dominique) and working with Sheila Chipperfield (ex Elastica), Rae Spoon and Cindy Wonderful (Scream Club).
Recent developments have included press coverage in UPFRONT Online, and 'Gossip' - a track from her upcoming album - featured on the Queer as Folk-Pop compilation and on the 'Berlin 2009' compilation from Crunks Not Dead.
Lyndsey currently composes and performs her most ambitious songs to date accompanied only by her acoustic guitar. She is working on her first full length concept album.