Chrystabell

Chrysta Bell Zucht (born April 20, 1978), known professionally as Chrystabell, is an American singer and songwriter, known for her collaborations with filmmaker David Lynch. Before working as a solo artist, she was the lead singer of the swing band 8½ Souvenirs, with whom she recorded two albums.

In 1999, an agent introduced her to David Lynch, beginning a fruitful creative relationship with the director. Together, they released three albums, This Train (2011), Somewhere in the Nowhere (2016) and Cellophane Memories (2024). She appeared on the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks as Special Agent Tamara Preston.

Early life Chrystabell was born Chrysta Bell Zucht in San Antonio, Texas in the United States on April 20, 1978. She was named after Christabel, the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. and her father had a variety of jobs, including running a bed and breakfast and flying hot air balloons. It was at this recording studio where she first began to record music as a child.

Collaborating with David Lynch Chrystabell was introduced to director David Lynch in 1998 at the age of 20, by an agent at RCA Victor who thought they would get along well. From this meeting developed an ongoing creative relationship encompassing music, film, and poetry. In 2007, her music was featured on the soundtrack of Lynch's film Inland Empire. In 2011, Lynch wrote and produced her debut album This Train, with Bell developing melodies for Lynch's poetry.

Discography

Happy Feet (with 8½ Souvenirs) (1998) Twisted Desire (with 8½ Souvenirs) (1999) Bitter Pills and Delicacies (produced in 2010, unreleased until 2021) This Train (with David Lynch) (2011) Somewhere in the Nowhere (with David Lynch) (2016) We Dissolve (2017) Feels Like Love (2019) Midnight Star (2022) Cellophane Memories (with David Lynch) (2024)