Britta Phillips Biography

Fast Facts

• Covered Neil Young's "I Am A Child" for the 2007 benefit album "Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity․"
• Her father, a pianist and trombonist, and her mother, a singer, helped encourage her musical aspirations
• Her demo of the theme song of "Jem" was used in the opening credits and won her the role of the main character's singing voice, her first notable job as a professional musician
• Quote: "I'm always excited when I find similarities in different philosophies and religions․ The universal truths that are illustrated differently for different people․"
• Quote: "[on her philosophy] "Maybe I could boil it down to this, to oversimplify ․․․ 'everything in moderation, including moderation․'""
• In the 1990s, she was a member of alternative rock band The Belltower and Ultrababyfat
• Began her creative collaboration with Dean Wareham in 2000 when she joined his band Luna
• Has voiced characters in multiple series created by Dino Stamatopoulos, "Moral Orel" and "Mary Shelley's Frankenhole․"
• A vocalist, guitarist and bassist, she has recorded in the dream pop, indie rock and folk styles
• Appeared in a commercial for Nestlé's that aired in the United Kingdom