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T Power (born Marc Royal ) is an English people|English drum and bass record producer , from Bow, London .cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/11/arts/the-pop-life-060364.html? pagewanted=1|title=The Pop Life|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=11 January 1996|work= New York Times |accessdate=17 April 2010cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/reviews//4132|title=T-Power : Long Time Dead|work=nme.com|accessdate=17 April 2010 Originally starting his production career in the UK hardcore scene, he moved into Jungle music|jungle . Wanting to avoid the increasing politics within the scene, he began to produce experimental drum and bass, culminating in the album , The Self Evident Truth of an Intuitive Mind . Following from this, came the next album Waveform . Less accessible, it carried his experimental tracks further into the left field.cite news |author = Laurence Phelan |title = MUSIC: CD REVIEWS |quote = |publisher = Independent on Sunday |date = 7 January 2001 |url = |accessdate = 27 September 2010
Partnering Shy FX , he released the album Long Time Dead ,cite news |author = Jerome Boyd Maunsell |title = New pop albums |quote = |publisher = The Times |date = 20 January 2001 |url = |accessdate = September 27, 2010 cite news |author = Kitty Empire |title = Review: Critics: Music Releases: Pop |quote = |publisher = The Observer |date = 24 November 2002 |url = |accessdate = September 27, 2010 and also started a record label named Digital Soundboy.cite news |author = |title = Digital: Soundboy site looks ahead to digital future |quote = |publisher = Music Week |date = 29 October 2005 |url = |accessdate = September 27, 2010
T Power was half of the band Chocolate Weasel , with Chris Stevens. They released a single "Music for Body Lockers",Citation | last = James | first = Martin | author-link = | date = 28 February 1998 | title = Music for Body Lockers | periodical = Melody Maker and then a funk and hip-hop album called Spaghettification in 1998.Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 5 May 1998 | title = LIFE.young street | periodical = The Toronto Star Citation | last = Flick | first = Larry | author-link = | date = 11 April 1998 | title = Wamdue continues to push the 'Rhythm' envelope. | periodical = Billboard
In 2004, in collaboration with fellow producer Andre Williams, Royal issued a couple of singles billed as Ebony Dubsters .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 177
On 7 March 2009, T Power reincarnated himself as Mr. Sofalumpkins, an electro/breakbeat/techno Disc jockey|DJ , doing a live Ableton set at the Hush nightclub in Victoria, British Columbia , Canada . http://www.hushnightclub.ca/event.php? id=409 WHITBIRDLIFESTYLES present MR. SOFALUMPKINS (a.k.a. T.POWER) w/ Chamberlain
Chart singles
Year
Title
UK Singles Chart cite book
Billed as
1996
"Police State"
#63
T Power
2002
"Shake Ur Body"
#7
Shy FX and T Power featuring Di
2002
"Don't Wanna Know"
#19
Shy FX and T Power featuring Di and Skibadee
2003
"Feelin' U"
#34
Shy FX and T Power featuring Kele Le Roc
2004
"Murderation"
#59
Ebony Dubsters
2004
"Number 1" / "The Ritual"
#58
Ebony Dubsters
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Persondata | NAME = Power, T | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Royal, Mark | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = Bow, London | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Power, T Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:English drum and bass musicians Category:English DJs Category:English record producers Category:Musicians from London
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