ELLIE DIXON
UNVEILS NEW SINGLE ‘DOPAMINE’ VIA DECCA
NEW EP ‘IN CASE OF EMERGENCY’ OUT ON JUNE 16TH
PLAYING O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON ON OCTOBER 4TH
Alt-pop wonder Ellie Dixon today unveils her brand new single ‘Dopamine’, after debuting it live last week on BBC Radio 1 for a Maida Vale Session. Taken from her upcoming new EP ‘In Case of Emergency’, out on June 16th via Decca, Dopamine is a warm and addictive track tinted with melancholy and craving a sense of peace.
About her new single, Ellie says “Dopamine’ is a moment of peace for anyone feeling overwhelmed or burnt out. I was inspired to write it after reading an article about our brains getting desensitised by too much dopamine from social media. Even positive experiences need balancing by calm and I have found myself craving stillness. I hope it can help more people to take some time to rebalance and step out of the constant stimulation in the world around us.”
Ellie has already garnered support from music tastemakers, notably being recently featured in The i ‘Artists To Watch in 2023’ and Dork’s HYPE List 2023 among others. She opened for UK Eurovision hero Sam Ryder, but also JC Stewart and Half Alive.
Continuing her unstoppable road to success, her latest single ‘Big Lizard Energy’ stayed in the path of her single with Decca, ‘Swing!’ and was, again, immediately hailed by fans and music tastemakers. The track was BBC Radio 1’s Tune of the Week for Vick & Jordan and BBC Radio 1’s Future Pop Session ‘Future Bop’ as well as Jo Whiley’s Tune of the Week on BBC Radio 2 and played by Clara Amfo on her BBC Radio 1’s Future Sound show and added to the Sunday Brunch playlist.
Due to high demand, the Cambridge-born’s UK & International headlining tour ‘In Case of Emergency’ will now start in September, as the 24-years old is upgrading her London’s Lafayette show to the O2 Academy Islington, alongside her two Germany dates. She will also play in Glasgow following her incredible adventure which recently led her to perform in Celtic Park in front of 60,000 football fans.
Making waves with her self-recorded and self-aware alt-pop EP recorded from her bedroom studio – playing and recording all instruments, layering her vocals, producing and sampling anything else she can find around the house (including saucepans, mugs and more), Ellie has gathered a community of 1.2 million followers on TikTok.
Reaching over 15 million streams across her catalogue, Ellie played Latitude Festival twice (headlining the BBC Introducing Stage last year) amongst a run of summer festivals including Secret Garden Party, Shindig, The Great Escape and Boardmasters.This year, Ellie will be on the line-up of Standon Calling, Kendal Calling, Camper Calling, Victorious Festival and Y Not
Combining clever humour with a learned wisdom to create witty, life-affirming sounds, the self-made artist and producer has become an online, and exceedingly offline, phenomenon. With more music to come and live performances on the way, Ellie Dixon is establishing herself as the true ambassador of the next generation of artists, already starting to make 2023 her own.
UK Headline Tour:
September 27th – GLASGOW, King Tut’s
September 28th – LEEDS, Hyde Park Book Club
September 29th – BRISTOL, The Exchange
October 1st – BIRMINGHAM, Hare and Hounds
October 2nd – MANCHESTER, Deaf Institute
October 4th – LONDON, O2 Academy Islington
International:
October 8th – BERLIN, Maschinenhaus
October 9th – COLOGNE, Helios37
Festivals:
July 21st – Standon Calling, Standon Lordship
July 28th – Kendal Calling, Lowther Deer Park
July 28th – Y NOT Festival, Derby Pikehall
August 24th – Camper Calling, Ragley Hall
August 25th – Victorious, Portsmouth
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
