Elliott Power

Elliott Omar Power-Taiwo, simply known as Elliott Power (often stylised as ELLIOTT POWER), is a British recording artist, born and raised in West London.[1] Power released his debut single Sink/Swim in 2013 on Marathon Artists.[2] His debut album Once Smitten was released in 2016 as a Marathon Artists and Mo' Wax collaboration.[3] In 2015 The Elliott Power songs Sword Souls and On The Windrush were remixed by UNKLE and featured on Global Underground #GU41: James Lavelle Presents UNKLE Sounds - Naples compilation. [4]

Elliott Power

Elliott Power at Somerset House, 2016
Background information
Origin London
Genres Electronic
Years active 2013-present
Labels Marathon Artists
(2012–2016)
Mo'Wax
(2015–2016)
Associated acts
Website elliottpower.com

Background

Elliott Power was born in Ealing Hospital in Southall London and was raised in Brentford, West London.[5] He attended Little Ealing Primary School, Isleworth & Syon Secondary School and the University of Roehampton. Power's Mother is of English and Irish descent, his Father is of Nigerian and Trinidadian descent.[6] Power met his production partner Dorian Lutz through a mutual friend when he was 15 years old. Dorian's uncle had a small recording studio just off Askew Road in Shepherd's Bush, West London.[7] Lutz had invited Power down to the studio, he described their first encounter in a written interview with Vulture mag:

I'd never been in a professional studio before, with a booth, mixing desk and proper mics and stuff and here was this 14 year old skinny kid, Dorian - setting everything up, using a mixing desk and engineering the whole session. From that day I knew he was a special talent.[8]

It wasn't until Elliott Power was 21 years old that he started taking music seriously, and started trying to shop his then-demo with little success.[9] Power went onto release his debut single "Sink/Swim" through Marathon Artists in May 2013.[10] Elliott Power went onto sign an album deal with Marathon Artists and released his debut album "Once Smitten" as a collaborative project with James Lavelle's Mo' Wax in February 2016.[11]


Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Once Smitten

Extended plays

Title Details
Murmur
  • Released: 24 September 2015
  • Label: Marathon Artists
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming audio
Sword Souls (Remixes)
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Marathon Artists
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming audio

Singles

Title Year Album
"Sink / Swim" 2013 Once Smitten
"On The Windrush" 2014
"Murmur" 2015
"Once Smitten" 2016
Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Cowboys or Indians"
(with Ysée, Mïnk & Elliott Power) 		2016 Unkle The Road, Pt.1

Guest appearances

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"You Don't" 2016 Formation & Elliott Power non-album single
"Farewell"
(with Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson,
Liela Moss, Mïnk, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young)		 2017 Unkle The Road, Pt.1
"Arms Length"
(with Elliott Power, Mïnk and Callum Finn)

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"On The Windrush" 2014 Sam Pilling [12]
"Murmur" 2015 Toby Dye [13]
"Once Smitten" 2016 Alex Hulsey [14]

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Dale (18 November 2015). "I had a chat with Elliott Power about his release for Mo' Wax". Mo'Wax Please. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Stanley, Sean (7 May 2013). "Premiere: Elliott Power - Sink/Swim". Dummy Mag. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Stewart-Lockhart, George (3 March 2016). "Elliott-Power-Once-Smitten/release/8172356". Discogs. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (20 September 2015). "UNKLE's James Lavelle Readies New 'Global Underground' Mix". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Monitors, The (12 February 2016). "Up in (the) smoke: Elliott Power". The Monitors. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Stanley, Sean (19 January 2016). "10 things that inspired Elliott Power’s debut album ‘Once Smitten’". Dummy Mag. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ W, Julia (29 February 2016). "Interview Elliott Power". Liomadier. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Yong, Alexa (September 2016). "Elliott Power". Vulture Mag (17): 22, 23. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Loh, Clifford (1 October 2016). "Considered Cinematic Sounds". The Salvages. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Gardner, Constant (10 May 2013). "Elliott Power - "SINK/SWIM"". Pigeons and Planes. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Spice, Anton (26 February 2016). "James Lavelle reignites Mo'Wax with Elliott Power". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Writer, Staff (1 December 2014). "NOWNESS Loves: Elliott Power". Nowness. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Velez, Cat (17 September 2015). "Elliott Power 'Murmur' by Toby Dye". Promo News. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  14. ↑ Day, Laurence (16 February 2016). "Elliott Power toys with ferrofluids in his stunning “Once Smitten” clip". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 11 July 2017.


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