Holly Dodson
Alias:
Parallels
Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Holly Dodson is a composer, music producer, audio engineer, DJ and front-woman of her synth project, Parallels. She was born in Toronto, Ontario and is based in Los Angeles, California. Dodson's work has appeared on film soundtracks including Curfew (2012), directed by Shawn Christensen, which won the 2013 Oscar for "Best Live Action Short Film". Recently, Dodson co-wrote and produced 7-original songs with her collaborator Oliver Blair (aka Radio Wolf) for upcoming US feature science-fiction film Proximity (2020), directed by Emmy Award-winning VFX artist Eric Demeusy (Stranger Things, Game Of Thrones and Tron Legacy). Her work with Manchester-based group Futurecop! is also featured on the soundtrack for upcoming horror film Killer Babes and the Frightening Film Fiasco directed by Brett Mullen. In 2019, Dodson also collaborated with Futurecop! on a remix of "He Had A Good Time" by Cliff Martinez off of the soundtrack of Drive (2011). Dodson was featured in Flare Magazine's 30th Anniversary issue as one of "the hottest names to know in Canadian music" and her voice has been described by NME as "a young Madonna meets modern electro". Over the past ten years, she has written and produced three full length albums for Parallels, and has co-written with artists including Futurecop!, Adrian X (Drake, Kylie Minogue), Bill Bell (Jason Mraz, Tom Cochrane), Robyn Dell'Unto, Nick Henriques (Loud Luxury) and Morgan Willis. In 2017, Dodson collaborated with Emmy Award-winning director Jack Chapman on a music video for Parallels' single "IRL". It won "Best Music Video" at film festivals including the Los Angeles Film Awards, Indie Memphis Film Festival and the Canadian Diversity Film Awards. As front-woman of Parallels, Dodson has performed internationally at renowned venues such as Debaser (Stockholm, SE), Zigfried Von Underbelly (London, UK), Echoplex (Los Angeles, CA), Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY) just to name a few. Parallels has appeared at festivals such as CMJ (New York, NY), Neon Desert Music Festival (El Paso, TX), TIME Festival (Toronto, ON) and distinguished events including "Friday Nights Live" at the Royal Ontario Museum and Powerball 11, both in Toronto. They've also opened for internationally-recognized bands including Florence + The Machine, Crystal Castles, Yelle, A-Trak, Miami Horror and Broken Social Scene.