Elliott Omar Power-Taiwo, simply known as Elliott Power (often stylised as ELLIOTT POWER), is an English recording artist and commercial 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] In 2022 Elliott Power received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial for Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" a film he co-directed alongside Bafic and Justyna Obasi.[6]
Elliott Power | |
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![]() Elliott Power at Somerset House, 2016 | |
Background information | |
Origin | London |
Genres | British Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Electronic, Industrial |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Rapper, Commercial Director |
Years active | 2013-Present |
Labels | Marathon Artists (former) Mo'Wax (former) |
Website | elliottpower |
Elliott Power was born in Ealing Hospital in Southall, London, and was raised in Brentford, West London.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] Power went onto release his debut single "Sink/Swim" through Marathon Artists in May 2013.[12] 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.[13]
In 2020 Elliott Power directed a branded content film for Hennessy following the rise of the chess player Maurice Ashley,[14] the first black person to attain the title of Grandmaster.[15]
On 12 April 2021 vogue.com premiered Eartheater's Faith Consuming Hope music video directed by Elliott Power.[16] The video was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine and depicts Eartheater as a runaway nun breaking free from religious dogmas of her childhood.[17]
Power directed the lead single Paper Doll from Miink’s second album Notice Me. Released on June 23, 2022, the music video explores the cultures and ideals of the enslaved blended on the long trans-Atlantic trips, creating new cultural practices, religions, and philosophies.[18] Paper Doll specifically looks at the themes of death and rebirth within this wider concept. The video was shot over a period of 12 hours in San Juan Texcalpan, Atlatlahucan, Mexico.[19]
Year | Artist | Title | Ref. |
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2021 | Eartheater | "Faith Consuming Hope" | [20] |
2022 | Miink | "Paper Doll" | [21] |
Year | Company / Brand | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Hennessy | "Maurice Ashley, The Grandmaster" | Branded documentary | [22] |
2021 | Meta | "Skate Nation Ghana" | Co-directed with Bafic and Justyna Obasi | [23] |
2022 | StockX | "Own It" | [24] | |
Elliott Power discography | |
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Studio albums | 1 |
Music videos | 11 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 22 |
Mixtapes | 1 |
Title | Details |
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Once Smitten |
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Title | Details |
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The Grimace [25] |
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Title | Details |
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Murmur [26] |
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Sword Souls (Remixes) [27] |
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Kill Fee [28] |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Sink / Swim" [29] | 2013 | Once Smitten |
"On The Windrush" [30] | 2014 | |
"Murmur" [31] | 2015 | |
"Once Smitten" [32] | 2016 | |
"Kill Fee" [33] | 2019 | Kill Fee |
"Inferno" [34] | ||
"Deep Breaths" [35] | Non-album singles | |
"Vox Pop" [36] | ||
"How You Mean?" (featuring LYAM) [37] |
2020 | |
"Me, Myself and Many" [38] | ||
"Together" [39] | ||
"Pressure" [40] | 2022 | The Grimace |
"Not For You" (featuring Callum Finn) [41] | ||
"Glaring" (featuring Bawo) [42] | ||
"Guess Again..."[43] | ||
"Behind the Eyes" [44] | ||
"Prophecy" [45] | ||
"Empty Threats" [46] | ||
"The Grimace" [47] | ||
"Precious Metal" [48] | ||
"No Guts No Glory" [49] | ||
"Half Light" [50] | ||
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"Cowboys or Indians" [51] (featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Ysée) |
2016 | Unkle | The Road: Part I |
"Ar.Mour" [52] (featuring Miink, Elliott Power) |
2018 | The Road: Part II (Lost Highway) | |
"Ar.Mour (Ronin Dub)" [53] (featuring Miink, Elliott Power) |
2020 | Rōnin I | |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"You Don't" [54] (featuring Elliott Power) |
2016 | Formation | Non-album single |
"Farewell" [55] (featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson, Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) |
2017 | Unkle | The Road: Part I |
"Arm's Length" [56] (featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Callum Finn) | |||
"Iter VI: Prologue" [57] (featuring Elliott Power) |
2019 | The Road: Part II (Lost Highway) | |
"Nothing To Give" [58] (featuring Miink, Elliott Power) | |||
"Iter IX: Epilogue / Tales of the City" [59] (featuring Elliott Power) | |||
"Farewell (Girls of the Internet Remix)" [60] (featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson, Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) |
2020 | Girls of the Internet Remix | |
"Farewell (Amtrac Remix)" [61] (featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson, Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) |
Amtrac Remixes | ||
"Farewell (Amtrac Rapid Remix)" [62] (featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson, Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) | |||
"Farewell (Rōnin / Revisited)" [63] (featuring Ysée, Eska, Elliott Power, Keaton Henson, Liela Moss, Miink, Dhani Harrison & Steven Young) |
2022 | Rōnin II | |
"Ar.Mour (Rōnin Def Mix)" [64] (featuring Miink, Elliott Power) | |||
"Arm's Length (Rōnin / Club)" [65] (featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Callum Finn) | |||
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"Iter V - Friend or Foe" [66] | 2017 | Unkle | The Road: Part I |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"On The Windrush" | 2014 | Sam Pilling | [67] |
"Murmur" | 2015 | Toby Dye | [68] |
"Once Smitten" | 2016 | Alex Hulsey | [69] |
"Kill Fee" | 2019 | Elliott Power | [70] |
"Inferno" | [71] | ||
"Banshee" | [72] | ||
"Guillotine Dream" | [73] | ||
"Deep Breaths" | [74] | ||
"Vox Pop" | [75] | ||
"How You Mean?" | 2020 | [76] | |
"Together" | [77] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Cowboys or Indians" (UNKLE featuring Elliott Power, Miink and Ysée) |
2017 | Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones | [78] |
"Ar.Mour" (UNKLE featuring Elliott Power & Miink) |
2019 | Dorçia Studio | [79] |
"Dot Ashby" (Miink featuring Elliott Power) |
2020 | N/A | [80] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [81] | ||
Advertising Excellence | Won | ||
Editorial | Won | ||
Licensed Soundtrack or Arrangement | Won | ||
Production | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [82] | ||
Editing | Craft Bronze |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [83] | ||
Editing | Silver Lion |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2021 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [84] | ||
Color Grading | Grand Prix Winner | ||
Direction (91 to 180 Seconds) | Finalist | ||
Cinematography | Finalist | ||
Editing | Finalist |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [85] | ||
Editing | Gold | ||
Direction | Bronze | ||
Cinematography | Bronze |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [86] | ||
Casting / Street Casting | Yellow Pencil | ||
Editing | Yellow Pencil | ||
Direction | Wood Pencil | ||
Sound Design & Use of Music | Wood Pencil | ||
Writing for Advertising | Wood Pencil | ||
Cinematography | Shortlist |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | Meta "Skate Nation Ghana" [87] | ||
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial | Nominated |
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