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. Power released his debut single ''Sink/Swim'' in 2013 on Marathon Artists. His debut album '' Once Smitten'' was released in 2016 as a

Marathon Artists Marathon Artists is a London-based independent record label founded by Paul-René Albertini, Philippe Ascoli and Jimmy Mikaoui in 2012. The label also runs its own publishing and management divisions. Artists on the label include Courtney Barne ...

and

Mo' Wax Mo' Wax was a British record label founded by James Lavelle in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. Mo' Wax came to recognition for being at the forefront of ...

collaboration. In 2015 The Elliott Power songs ''Sword Souls'' and ''On The Windrush'' were remixed by UNKLE and featured on ''

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James Lavelle James Lavelle (born 22 February 1974) is an English electronic musician, record label owner and curator. He founded the Mo'Wax record label in 1992, and has been the only constant member of UNKLE. He directed the 2014 edition of the Meltdow ...

Presents UNKLE Sounds - Naples compilation''. In 2022 Elliott Power received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial for ''

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"Skate Nation Ghana"'' a film he co-directed alongside Bafic and Justyna Obasi.

Background

Elliott Power was born in

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, London, and was raised in

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings w ...

, West London. He attended Little Ealing Primary School, Isleworth & Syon Secondary School and the

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. Power's Mother is of English and Irish descent, his Father is of Nigerian and Trinidadian descent. 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

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. Lutz had invited Power down to the studio, he described their first encounter in a written interview with ''

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'':

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.

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. Power went onto release his debut single "Sink/Swim" through

in May 2013. Elliott Power went onto sign an album deal with

and released his debut album '' Once Smitten'' as a collaborative project with

in February 2016. In 2020 Elliott Power directed a

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film for

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following the rise of the

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player Maurice Ashley, the first black person to attain the title of Grandmaster. On 12 April 2021 vogue.com premiered Eartheater's ''Faith Consuming Hope'' music video directed by Elliott Power. The video was filmed in

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, Ukraine and depicts Eartheater as a runaway nun breaking free from religious dogmas of her childhood. 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. ''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,

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Filmography

Music Videos

Commercials

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Uncredited appearances

Music videos