Golden Era Hip-Hop Head that is also a House Head: Vocals, Lyricism, Rhyter with purpose. Unashamedly OG, music mentor, trailblazer, pro-feminist, QUEER, macho, jock... and a bag of pork skins.

Hen in the Foxhouse is the lo-fi indie project of Honduran American artist, Elena Sophia Krell. Born in Germany and growing up in Europe and Latin America, Elena was a latercomer to songwriting, starting at age 27.

They earned a double degree in Ancient Greek and Vocal Performance at Oberlin College and Conservatory and sang opera semi-professionally for five years before getting a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and teaching in the Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies program at Vassar College for nine years. They transitioned to focusing on music full-time in June 2023.

They've made 5 full-length records and 3 EPs total, one record, one 5-song EP, 6 singles as Hen in the Foxhouse, a project started mid-Covid 2021.

The most recent album Look Up was recently described as "an aquatic ecosystem of disparate plant and animal life that nevertheless belong together" (Broken 8 Records). Inspired by Roberto Carlos, Natalia LaFourcade, The Magnetic Fields, and Philip Glass, Hen in the Foxhouse defies the bounds of genre but at its core feels by turns shoegazy and alt-country.

Since 2022, Elena has collaborated with Ru Lemer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist out of the UK. The two met in Rhinebeck at Clubhouse Studios during the recording of "As Eli" (Elias Krell). The two coproduce, Elena is the sole writer. Former project names include Elias Krell & the No Good, and The Homoticons. Krell lives in the Hudson Valley with her dog Ralphy.

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