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{{Short description|Scottish singer and folk dancer}}
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'''Rachael Stewart'''  (born 1973) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] singer and folk dancer. She is one of the founding members of electro-pop group Beauty School and first came to attention in 1997 when she toured with [[electronic music]] group [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]].

==Life and career==
Around 1997, with the release of ''[[Risotto (album)|Risotto]]'', Fluke adopted a character from the ''[[Wipeout (video game)|Wipeout]]'' computer game, Arial Tetsuo, as their official mascot.<ref name="vh1flukebio">''VH1'', ''Fluke Biography'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20021025103432/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/fluke/bio.jhtml link]).</ref> Also around this time, the group was looking for a female vocalist to perform with them in their live sets, and Stewart fit both these roles. She is described as a "female version of [[Keith Flint]] from [[The Prodigy]]".<ref name="beautyschoolbio">''Beauty School'', ''Biography'' ([http://www.emf-theband.com/bsd/site/bio.asp link])</ref> With Fluke's performances in decline, she joined forces with [[EMF (band)|EMF]] frontman James Atkin, whom she later married, to form Beauty School in 2004. In 2005, Beauty School was joined by [[Elastica]] drummer [[Justin Welch]] making the band into a three piece.<ref name="beautyschoolhomepage">''Beauty School'', ''Homepage'' ([http://www.emf-theband.com/bsd/site/index.asp link]).</ref>

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[[Category:1973 births]]
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[[Category:21st-century Scottish women singers]]
[[Category:Fluke (band) members]]


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