Sargasso Sea is primarily the musical vehicle of singer, lyricist and songwriter Elisabeth Oswell, who together with Alan Mills and James Stephenson co-wrote and produced Madonna.

Brighton-based, Sargasso Sea produce a ghostly, ethereal music that nevertheless finds itself rooted firmly in our world. Despite having held comparisons to artists as diverse as Siouxie Sioux, The Velvet Underground and Antony Hegarty, this young lady’s songs and unique vocal style seem to spin more from the depths of her odd, unfathomable imagination than from any discernible outside influence. Elisabeth’s influences come as much from every day meanderings and 1980s French pop music, as anything deeper and more philosophical.

Prior to forming Sargasso Sea, Elisabeth lent her lulling vocals to the live incarnation of Hush Arbors, and recently contributed her voice to “Mind Mangled Trip Monster’ by Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound, Current 93)

“Far removed from the mainstream world we live in with its overpopulated race of air brushed, plastic haired pseudo-musicians who have dropped off the increasingly boring major-label/minor-creativity conveyor belt, Sargasso Sea are a breath of fresh air. Like their nautical namesake they lie beneath the constant swallowing abyss that consumes all that come within its grasps and are a natural phenomenon in their own rights.

They are the living and spiritual embodiment of true artists whose medium in this instance is music, but the beauty lies in how they manage to transcend and break free of the shackles of mainstream music and take it in their own direction.”


For those familiar with Andrew the fact he has lent his hands to remixing Madonna is reason for salivation enough, for those unfamiliar here is your chance.