This is not the first time we talk about Ladyhawke in these pages. Phillipa ‘Pip’ Brown, the woman behind this enigmatic name, has been hailed as the new electro sensation in New Zealand and has released hit after hit for the past year or so.
Originally from a small town in the Wellington region, she comes from a musical family with her mother being a singer/guitarist and her stepfather a jazz drummer. After high school, Brown left her hometown and moved to Wellington, where she formed the band Two Lane Blacktop with some friends, playing lead guitar. When the members of Two Lane Blacktop decided to part ways, she moved to Melbourne, Australia. She then became one half of the duo Teenager with PNAU’s Nick Littlemore. She also contributed vocals on one of Pnau’s best known songs “Embrace”.
PNAU – Embrace (Tits & Clits Remix)
In the end, Brown decided to focus on her solo project and created Ladyhawke. She says she started Ladyhawke out of a desire to do her own project where she could completely express herself in any way she wanted. She says: “I wanted to make music that could put a smile on peoples faces and give them a feeling of nostalgia even though they may be hearing my songs for the first time.”
She writes and performs all the songs on her first self-titled album, which was released in September 2008 on Modular (home to Bag Raiders, The Presets and Chromeo amongst others). Check out the song “Magic” remixed by Classixx…
Ladyhawke – Magic (Classixx Remix)
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U R MY DISCO // vol.4 « umstrum || music says:
December 24, 2009 at 10:37 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] Pnau (Feat. Ladyhawke) – [...]
saturday nite with… SHINY TOY GUNS « umstrum || music says:
January 9, 2010 at 1:03 am (UTC 1 )
[...] has already released glorious remixes for such artists as Phoenix, Holy Ghost!, The Ting Tings or Ladyhawke, amongst others… Show Classixx some love on [...]
THE SWISS – BUBBLE BATH (Disco/Electro – Australia) « umstrum || music says:
January 14, 2010 at 2:36 am (UTC 1 )
[...] of the Modular family. They join the ranks of other hyped artists such as Cut/Copy, The Presets or Ladyhawke, for whom they produced a brilliant remix that you can listen to just [...]
saturday nite with… BURNS « umstrum || music says:
April 3, 2010 at 3:03 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] finished 2009 on a high, with remixes for Black Eyed Peas, Wolfmother, Ladyhawke, and Frankmusik. A host of UK gigs led to a 30 date US tour with Deadmau5 and a UK tour with Calvin [...]
PNAU – THE TRUTH (Electro/Pop – Australia) says:
January 15, 2011 at 7:29 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] album. In 2007, their third effort spawned massive hits “Embrace” (with guest vocals by Ladyhawke) and “With You Forever”, both of which helped Littlemore and Mayes further their [...]
ALEX METRIC – DEADLY ON A MISSION (Electro/Pop/Club – UK) says:
January 19, 2011 at 12:21 am (UTC 1 )
[...] promptly received an avalanche of remix requests from big name acts such as Hard Fi, Alphabeat, Ladyhawke, Phoenix, Fenech Soler, La Roux and [...]
U R MY DISCO // vol.8 says:
April 10, 2011 at 11:52 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] (Adam Freeland Remix) 10 Guns N’ Bombs – Riddle Of Steel (Classixx Remix) 11 Pnau Feat. Ladyhawke – Embrace (Tits & Clits Remix) 12 Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (Crystal Fighters [...]
ALEX WINSTON – SISTER WIFE (Pop/Indie – US) says:
May 7, 2011 at 7:27 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] remixes but this time there is a very special guest on production duties: New Zealand’s own Ladyhawke. It’s actually the first time Ladyhawke remixes a track for another artist, hence the suprise [...]
THE SWISS – BUBBLE BATH (Disco/Electro – Australia) says:
June 7, 2011 at 8:54 am (UTC 1 )
[...] are now part of the Modular family. They join the ranks of artists such as Cut/Copy, The Presets or Ladyhawke, for whom they produced a brilliant remix that you can listen to [...]
umstrum LIVE – Playlist 06/06/2011 says:
June 17, 2011 at 1:03 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] Winston – Sister Wife (Ladyhawke Remix) Madeleine Bloom – Zero Tolerance (James Merrifield [...]
CUT/COPY – WHERE I’M GOING (Electro/Psychedelica/Retro – Australia) says:
June 18, 2011 at 12:09 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] came under the spotlight with some remixes they did for bands such as Cansei De Ser Sexy, Ladyhawke or The Juan MacLean, Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey and Mitchell Scott were keeping a relatively low [...]
saturday nite with… SUNDAY GIRL says:
November 24, 2011 at 7:15 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] Girl will be working with star producers Diplo and Jim Elliot (a favourite of Kylie Minogue and Ladyhawke). If it’s as good as what she’s released so far, chances are we’ll be seeing [...]