Linzi Stoppard is one half of electric violin duo - FUSE, the most innovative violinists for a generation and setting the bar for a new breed of electric violinists.

FUSE are virtuoso musicians Linzi Stoppard and Ben Lee who, on their eponymous debut album, harness their bespoke signature Bridge electric violins and take Rock tracks that people love and radically b ...ut lovingly reinterpret them. As Linzi says, "It's completely fresh, no one thought that what we do was even possible. Someone recently said, 'The album is great but I can't hear as much of the violins as I'd like'. Everything you hear is violins! The style that we use when we play is more akin to that of a guitar player, with more soul and electricity - literally! We chose work from artists that are huge stadium acts, and that's where we want to be. It is that big and that powerful - get some ear plugs! We specialise in blowing away people's preconceptions."

What FUSE do is unique but they feel that the tracks that they reinvent are not untouchable. "We're unafraid to cover classic rock tracks," says Ben. "Don't forget that all 'classical' music today is cover versions of music by pop stars from the last 300 years! What we do can have a truly global appeal; there are no language barriers. Whilst we're a string band, people can sing along to the choruses that we all know."