Portrait of Agnes Bernelle Agnes Bernelle 1923 - 1999

Collaborators

Marc Almond (1957 - )
Singer and author, best known for the duo Soft Cell. Work includes experimental project Marc and the Mambas, collaborations with Coil & Current 93, and varied solo recordings.

Tom Waits (1949 - )
Agnes Bernelle complained of ‘a very strange young man’ pestering her to perform his song. He turned out to be Tom Waits. 'Broken Bicycles' appeared in 'One From the Heart', and he suggested Agnes should sing it.

Stanley Myers (1930 - 1993)
Bernelle met Myers at Peter Cook's Establishment Club, he would later compose the Cavatina for the Deerhunter.

Christopher Logue (1926 - )
Peter Cook's Establishment Club's resident poet and writer for Private Eye, which was printed in Agnes Bernelle's dressing room in the early days. Actor.

Peter Maxwell Davies (1934 - )
English composer and conductor.

Rudolf Bernauer (1880 - 1953)
Agnes' father was born in Budapest, and after moving to Berlin he became one of the most prominent theatre producers, owning 4 theatres by the age of 30 & directing plays such as Wedekinds' Lulu & Strindberg's Dreamplay.

Charles Grey (producer of Mother, the Wardrobe is Full of Infantry Men)
Grey worked with Jim Thirlwell on the You've Got Foetus On Your Breath releases, Zeke Manyika (Mastercrime) & Marc Almond (Jacques). Previously a Doctor of Physics.

. . . previous collaborators