G Flip

As G Flip, Melbourne's Georgia Flipo makes emotive, anthemic synth pop. A multi-instrumentalist, she got her first drum kit at age nine and idolized her high-school drum teacher, Jenny Rose Morrish. When Morrish died from cancer at age 31 in 2015, Flipo made it her goal to fulfill her teacher's dream of touring America. She became the drummer and backing vocalist for the band EMPRA and eventually toured the States with them. In late 2016, EMPRA disbanded, and Flipo dedicated herself to making her own music. She spent much of 2017 working on her production and vocal skills, and built an audiovisual screen for her kick drum head that she named the Je Re Mo in honor of Morrish. When she wasn't working on her music, Flipo gave drum and guitar lessons to schoolchildren in her studio space. In February 2018, nearly a year after she began working as G Flip, she released her debut single, "About You." ~ Heather Phares