Ills Winter

Ills Winter is a New Zealand band led by Elizabeth de la Rey, with Emile de la Rey on bass/synths & beats and Stephanie Engelbrecht on drums/percussion for live shows. Elizabeth started Ills Winter as a solo experiment, with an ever evolving style and setup. Ills Winter’s shows have spanned acoustic unplugged to grand piano to full band progressive art rock to moody dance performance to psychedelic synth pop to grunge guitar & loop pedals. In 2016 Ills Winter recorded her debut album Duchess of Whispers, in collaboration with electronic composer/producer Emile de la Rey. They have since been joined on stage by drummer/percussionist and ambient/noise artist Stephanie Engelbrecht aka Haunts. After touring with Fly My Pretties - String Theory 2016/17, Ills Winter is taking a wonderful deep dive into a fresh set of material. latest music by Ills Winter