London Exchange is an American freestyle band, originally from Miami, Florida, primarily consisting of Christopher Phipps and Martin Davis; the duo reconvened the band in 2009 with original drummer Tim Gavin rejoining them briefly in 2012. The group's breakout hit was 1988 "Memories of You" a dance-freestyle-synthpop hit, it went to No.1 on Miami's Top 50 Dance Hits[1] and No.5 on WPOW Power 96,[2] Miami's leading CHR/Dance music radio station the song also charted on 27 other Billboard reporting stations across the US and was reviewed in Billboard Magazine.[3][4] The group has a loyal fan base in select US cities, Brazil, Spain and Russia. London Exchange was part of the American response to the Second British Invasion.

Ufo Messiah once the name on a hand-lettered sign dotting the roadside of Gulf Breeze, the coastal Florida town where song-writers Christopher Phipps,Marcus Leahy and drummer Mike Morribitto grew up. The trio eventually relocated to Miami-Ft. Lauderdale but the name stuck 1986-present.



Christopher Phipps is an American songwriter,
keyboard player, guitarist, and composer living and
working in South Florida. Best known as the lead
singer of 80’s/90’s Euro Synth pop band London
Exchange, Phipps is involved in several ongoing
projects and bands ranging in sound and focus and
he is a regular side man keyboardist for When in
Rome from the UK ,The Voice in Fashion and Rudy Gil
of Secret Society. Born in Miami and raised in Ohio,
Phipps moved to Pensacola as a teen and was soon
involved in several popular local bands including Bad
Habitz, Strange Phenomenon, and UFO MESSIAH.
Phipps then moved to Miami where he founded
London Exchange and wrote the Top 50 Billboard
Dance hit Memories of You, which combined a Euro
pop lyricism and melodic synthesizer sounds with
Miami breakbeat bass and freestyle. The band scored
several other widely heard dance singles over the
years and has remained active performing and
touring occasionally, playing and recording. With
UFO Messiah, Phipps has continued writing and
recording, most recently releasing the EP “3” and the
second album “2” that brought the band back
together after a 20 year hiatus. Phipps has produced
and recorded 4 solo albums and an upcoming EP (3
acoustic and 2 under his electronic guise
sILENTsTORM). In January of 2021 he released two
albums recorded in a 6 week period during the
pandemic quarantine of 2020. SUNSET SUMMER
MEMORIES and sILENTsTORM INTO THE GREAT
DIVIDE. 2022 Phipps is wrapping things up with a
bow with the LE Single release I Can’t Say Your Name
subsequent album LE Singles Collection 1988-2022
and a surprise solo release the 5 song EP Beginning
of the End. In 2023 a solo single Halfway Tree Road
and LE Single All About Love were released.
A New double EP/Album CP-Christopher
Phipps_sILENTsTORM-Dark Winter released in 2025.

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