Phillipa 'Pip' Brown (born in 1979, Masterton, New Zealand), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a solo singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, playing all the instruments in studio and touring with a band. Her musical style blends new wave, indie rock and electropop in her unique way. Born with Asperger's Syndrome, Pip was a music-obsessed child with very musical parents (step-father a drummer, mother a singer). She is noted as being influenced by 70s and 80s music, everything from Fleetwood Mac and Joan Jett to Nirvana and Hole with Van Halen and Deep Purple in between.