Philippa Hanna —

Philippa Hanna (born 28 March 1984) is an English singer-songwriter from Sheffield. She is best known for work in contemporary Christian and Americana music — her albums include Watching Me (2007) and Through the Woods (2013) — and she has also appeared as a featured vocalist on drum and bass releases since 2013. Hanna began her public career as a songwriter and worship leader, releasing Watching Me in 2007 and Through the Woods in 2013. She has toured as a support act for established pop and soul artists, including Lionel Richie and Wet Wet Wet, which exposed her songwriting and vocal work to larger live audiences outside the folk/Americana circuit. Since 2013 she has crossed into the drum and bass sphere as a guest vocalist. That year marked the start of credited collaborations with scene producers; notable examples are BCee & Bladerunner’s track "In the Shadows" and Hybrid Minds’ "Forest," both of which list her as the featured singer. These credits identify her role in the electronic releases as a vocalist and songwriter rather than as a producer. Her voice and songwriting bring specific qualities to the drum and bass tracks she features on: a clear, melodic topline and narrative lyricism from her Americana and Christian-music background. On Hybrid Minds’ "Forest" and BCee & Bladerunner’s "In the Shadows," her vocal parts function as the principal melodic hook, often carried forward as the main emotional thread through the producers’ arrangements — a natural fit for liquid and melodic DnB productions that foreground vocal-led melodies. In practical terms, Hanna contributes toplines and lead vocals that producers place at the centre of a mix; on the cited tracks her delivery is left relatively unadorned melodically so the producers can arrange drums, bass and atmosphere around it. That collaborative role — supplying completed vocal takes and songs for producers to arrange into drum and bass frameworks — is the specific contribution documented in her credits since 2013. Concrete ties connect her singer-songwriter background to her DnB work: the storytelling and phrasing of her Americana material (Watching Me, Through the Woods) carried over into featured vocal lines on drum and bass releases, while touring stints supporting Lionel Richie and Wet Wet Wet demonstrate her experience performing live with larger bands and audiences. Publicly available information does not credit her with production or remixing roles on these drum and bass releases; her verifiable credits in the scene are as a featured vocalist and songwriter on tracks such as "In the Shadows" (BCee & Bladerunner) and "Forest" (Hybrid Minds).