BRIGHTON-BORN Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin, is an electronic musician-cum-performance artist inspired by the power of disguise.

On her latest and arguably greatest record, Pastoral, she rides a hobby horse and, sporting a white cap and playing a recorder, is kitted out like a deranged jockey in red, with a balaclava covering her face, long socks and Adidas trainers — Gazelles of course.

Aptly titled tracks include Better In My Day, Hobby Horse and Dance Of Peddlers, which includes poetry from William Blake.

Picking up on the pastoral theme, Gazelle Twin teams up with electronic drone choir NYX —pronounced nix — to present tonight's show Deep England, a project first performed at London's Oval Space last December.

Six members of the choir, all donned in red with their faces covered in gauze, file out at either side of a giant tree at the centre of the stage, an impressive piece of design from Chloe Lamford.

(Pic: Jamie Cameron)

Standing in front of their own bank of electronic equipment which manipulates their operatic vocals, Gazelle Twin herself sings between them.

The result is a powerful, if somewhat jarring and uncompromising, live experiment, in which much of Pastoral is performed.

Making the most of the album’s heavy use of recorders, with Bernholz frequently whipping one out, the show includes a brilliant extended version of Fire Leap, from Magnet’s 1973 The Wicker Man soundtrack, which has all on stage piping away.

Elsewhere, the more electronic elements of the set see both choir and Bernholz sing to piercingly high pitches over the hum of a drone or subtle beat. Never has choral music sounded so aggressive and a few walk out, while others have fingers in their ears.

But no-one said this was going to be a pop concert.