Elliott Power

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Elliott Omar Power-Taiwo, simply known as Elliott Power (often stylised as ELLIOTT POWER), is an English recording artist and director born and raised in West London.[1][2] Power released his debut single Sink/Swim in 2013 on Marathon Artists.[3] His debut album Once Smitten was released in 2016 as a Marathon Artists and Mo' Wax collaboration.[4] 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. [5]

Elliott Power
Elliott Power at Somerset House, 2016
Elliott Power at Somerset House, 2016
Background information
OriginLondon
GenresBritish Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Electronic, Industrial
Occupation(s)Songwriter, Rapper, Director
Years active2013-Present
LabelsMarathon Artists
(former)
Mo'Wax
(former)
Associated acts
Websiteelliottpower.com

Background[]

Elliott Power was born in Ealing Hospital in Southall, London, and was raised in Brentford, West London.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Lutz had invited Power down to the studio, he described their first encounter in a written interview with Vulture:

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.[9]

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.[10] Power went onto release his debut single "Sink/Swim" through Marathon Artists in May 2013.[11] 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.[12]

In 2020 Elliott Power directed a branded content film for Hennessy following the rise of the chess player Maurice Ashley,[13] the first black person to attain the title of Grandmaster.[14]

On 12 April 2021 vogue.com premiered Eartheater's Faith Consuming Hope music video directed by Elliott Power.[15] The video was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine and depicts Eartheater as a runaway nun breaking free from religious dogmas of her childhood.[16]

Filmography as Director[]

Music Videos[]

Artist Year Title Ref.
Eartheater 2021 "Faith Consuming Hope" [17]

Commercials[]

Company / Brand Year Title Notes Ref.
Hennessy 2020 "Maurice Ashley, The Grandmaster" Branded documentary [18]
Facebook 2021 "Skate Nation Ghana" Co-directed with Bafic and Justyna Obasi [19]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details
Once Smitten

Extended plays[]

Title Details
Murmur [20]
  • Released: 24 September 2015
  • Label: Marathon Artists
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming audio
Sword Souls (Remixes) [21]
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Marathon Artists
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming audio
Kill Fee [22]
  • Released: 15 March 2019
  • Label: 'til death do us part
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming audio

Singles[]

Title Year Album
"Sink / Swim" [23] 2013 Once Smitten
"On The Windrush" [24] 2014
"Murmur" [25] 2015
"Once Smitten" [26] 2016
"Kill Fee" [27] 2019 Kill Fee
"Inferno" [28]
"Deep Breaths" [29] Non-album singles
"Vox Pop" [30]
"How You Mean?"
(featuring LYAM) [31] 		2020
"Me, Myself and Many" [32]
"Together" [33]

As featured artist[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Cowboys or Indians" [34]
(featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Ysée) 		2016 Unkle The Road: Part I
"Ar.Mour" [35]
(featuring Miink, Elliott Power) 		2018 The Road: Part II (Lost Highway)
"Ar.Mour (Ronin Dub)" [36]
(featuring Miink, Elliott Power) 		2020 Non-album single

Guest appearances[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"You Don't" [37]
(featuring Elliott Power) 		2016 Formation Non-album single
"Farewell" [38]
(featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson,
Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) 		2017 Unkle The Road: Part I
"Arm's Length" [39]
(featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Callum Finn)
"Iter VI: Prologue" [40]
(featuring Elliott Power) 		2019 The Road: Part II (Lost Highway)
"Nothing To Give" [41]
(featuring Miink, Elliott Power)
"Iter IX: Epilogue / Tales of the City" [42]
(featuring Elliott Power)
"Farewell (Girls of the Internet Remix)" [43]
(featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson,
Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) 		2020 Girls of the Internet Remix
"Farewell (Amtrac Remix)" [44]
(featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson,
Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) 		Amtrac Remixes
"Farewell (Amtrac Rapid Remix)" [45]
(featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson,
Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young)

Uncredited appearances[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Iter V - Friend or Foe" 2017 Unkle The Road: Part I

Music videos[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"On The Windrush" 2014 Sam Pilling [46]
"Murmur" 2015 Toby Dye [47]
"Once Smitten" 2016 Alex Hulsey [48]
"Kill Fee" 2019 Elliott Power [49]
"Inferno" [50]
"Banshee" [51]
"Guillotine Dream" [52]
"Deep Breaths" [53]
"Vox Pop" [54]
"How You Mean?" 2020 [55]
"Together" [56]

As featured artist[]

Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Cowboys or Indians"
(UNKLE featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Ysée) 		2017 Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones [57]
"Ar.Mour"
(UNKLE featuring Elliott Power & Miink) 		2019 Dorçia Studio [58]
"Dot Ashby"
(Miink featuring Elliott Power) 		2020 N/A [59]

References[]

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