Dates: Friday 28 February
Time: 7pm - 1am
Place: The Gig Space, Level 5
Access: There is step-free access via a lift
A powerful and inspiring force within the South London music scene, Andrea Phillips AKA And Is Phi is making her live return to Peckham Levels for a very special night exploring what it means to have creative freedom, to experiment and hold real connections between audience and performer.
Inspired by time spent purposefully outside of music industry pressures and timelines, and following more natural urges, Andrea will be creating a space where it's ok to be joyful; ok to be angry - embracing both to find harmony in the difference. This is about what's necessary for resilience in being an artist in London today. Come and step inside, and let’s use winter to gather, feel and move together.
She'll be performing with a live band featuring some of the leading lights from the new London jazz scene and brand-new music alongside tunes from And Is Phi’s Twice Blushed EP featuring remixes and re-imaginings of her songs by the likes of Hector Plimmer, Wonky Logic, Marysia Osu, and Footshooter.
The band:
And Is Phi - vocals
Lorenz Okello - keys
Isobella Burnham - bass
Arun Janssens - drums
Nikos Ziarkas - guitar
About And Is Phi:
And Is Phi’s story dots between periods spent living in Norway, the Philippines and England - experiencing joy and beauty battling corruption and violence in Manila, DJing in Oslo, losing her sizable record collection in a warehouse fire before making friends and family in the jazz scene in London. Every story needs a scene, a landscape, an environment; all things Andrea visualises when writing songs. During her time in London she has worked with Steam Down, Footshooter, Scrimshire, Hector Plimmer and collaborated with so many more in the arts and music scene.
Her debut album Double Pink was released by Albert’s Favourites on 22nd September 2023, since then she’s taken her powerful live show around the UK including stand-out appearances at We Out Here, Brick Lane Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival and Stroud Jazz Festival.