Where shall I start ..Soul, Dub, Roots, House,Techno, Drum & Bass, Hip Hop,Dub Step, Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, Electro ,Experimental.
here's just a few of the artists/ labels I'm inspired from and listen to.
Dub/Roots
Jah Shaka, King Earthquake, Iration Steppas, Abashanti, Sterograph, Yabby u, King Tubby, Scientist
Soul/Jazz
Loose Ends(Big Inspiration), Donald Byrd, Don Blackman, Roy Ayers, Minnie Riperton , Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye,Teena Marie, Quincy Jones, Al Green, Barry White, Mica Paris, Omar, Eric Roberson, D'Angelo, Chante Moore, Zhane, Dwele, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Aya,
House/ Broken beat/ Nu jazz
Mr Fingers aka Larry Heard (Big Inspiration) , Hanna,Masters at Work, Burrel Brothers,Logic, Frankie Knuckles, Atjazz, Dj Rasoul, Jazzanova, Miguel Migs, Chris Gray, Bugz In The Attic, 4 Hero, Restless Soul, Dj Spinna, Fertile Ground, Moonchildren , Naked Music, Trackmode.
Techno/Electro/Experimental
Colin Dale(Big Inspiration),The Black Dog, Carl Craig aka Psyche, Vince Watson ,Model 500, Mayday , Underground Resistance, Suburban Knight, LFO, Sweet Exorcist, Knightmares On wax, Nubian Mindz ,Ardvarrk,Likemind,B12, Rephlex, Alphex Twin, Squarepusher, Plaid, Man Parrish, Dmxkrew, Prefuse 73, wagon Christ aka Luke Vibert, 0=0,PlanetMu ,Delsin & Deep4life
D&B
4 Hero, Wax Doctor, Ltj Bukem, Photek,0=0, Early Dillinja, Dj Crystl, Subnation, Source Direct, Fbd Project, Face Records, Dark Horse, Brain Records, Reinforced Records, Paradox, Bassbin, Breakin, Inperspective Records, Splash, Intense,
Hip hop.
Pete Rock, J Dilla, Slim Village,Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Public Enemy, Rakim, Just Ice, Ultra Magnetic MC's, DJ Premier, Guru, EPMD, Run DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, Nice & Smooth, Master Ace, Mark The 45 King,
Brought up in Southeast London on a diet of Dub,70s - 80s soul, jazz, Funk, Hip Hop, Detroit techno and much, much more, all the signs pointed to Equinox’s eventual involvement with music from an early age.
Introduced to the scene at an early age via exposure to acid house and techno by his uncles, Equinox was drawn to the more beat driven side of things – Black Dog, 4 Hero, Shut Up And Dance, Forge Masters, Nightmares on Wax – whilst also gaining inspiration from techno/ house pioneers such as Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, Derrick May and Larry Heard.
However, it wasn’t just electronic music that were major musical influences – pretty much anything laid back, mellow and chilled floated from his speakers. Ray Burns, Weather Report, Donald Byrd, Quincy Jones, Roy Ayers, Don Blackman,Loose Ends, Yabby U, King Tubby and Jah Shaka all form part of Equinox’s musical heritage.
But it was always the breakbeat side of things that featured large in Equinox’s own productions. At the age of 15, he got his break. By chance, he met Bizzy B, owner of legendary label Brain Records, and gave him a demo tape – the next thing he knew, Bizzy was on the phone asking him to come down to the Brain Records studio, and work began on the “Brain Records Crew EP”. In addition to releases on Brain, Equinox's music also featured on React offshoot, Kickin Records, and on Hard Kickin Toonz.
From there, Equinox ventured into other fields, exploring house and garage, including work with the much-respected Groove Chronicles label, before returning to the drum n bass scene. Since then, he’s worked his magic across the drum n bass spectrum, from the smoother, melodic material on Bassbin,Breakin and Warm Communications, to the pure science unleashed on Inperspective, Intasound and Planet Mu and Metalheadz showcasing perfectly the full 360° of music from which he draws his inspiration.
Over the years that followed meeting Bizzy B, Equinox has worked with a host of other artists, including Threshold (Special Branch), Senses, DJ Dubplate, The original DJ Renegade, Outrage, Breakage and Also engineered the 2004 remix of DJ Crystl’s Warpdrive, released on Photek Productions.
Equinox has also set up a label with Breakage called Scientific Wax to put out more music they believe in.
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RECENT RELEASES:
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FORTHCOMING:
Equinox - Experiments in 8 Bit part 1 - Scientific wax
Equinox - Experiments in 8 Bit part 2 - Scientific wax
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DISCOGRAPHY:
Bizzy B & Equinox – The Brain Records Crew / 7 Minutes of Madness / Sympathy / Everybody – Brain Records (1993)
Equinox & Jungle Bunnies – Feeling Da Desire / No Bout Dub – Hard Kicking Toonz SE4 (1994)
Bizzy B & Equinox – The Brain Records Crew VIP – Hardleaders 5 Presents Jungle Dub LP – Kickin’ Records (1994)
Groove Chronicles and Sterling Styles – X Wants You Back / Bye Bye / Your Power's Taking Over – Groove Chronicles (1998)
Sterling Styles – Nobody But You – Dat Pressure Records (1998)
Tek-Unlimited – Destruction / Primal Drums – Inperspective (1997)
Equinox – Filteration / Alpha Proxima / Obstructive – Inperspective (2002)
Equinox – Turbulence / Coastal Vision – Warm Communications (2001)
Equinox – Acid Rain – Inperspective (2004)
Equinox – Troubled Mind (Imagine The Future) / The Sixth Spirit – Inperspective (2004)
Equinox – From Above / Together – Breakin’ (2004)
Equinox – Ital Lion Tuff Head / Stagga – IntaSound (2004)
Equinox – Love Thy Brother / Love Fantasy – Bassbin (2004)
Equinox – Don’t Wanna Hurt You – Bassbin (on Rare Grooves LP) (2004)
Equinox – The Phantoms – Subtle Audio (2005)
Bizzy B & Equinox – Merda Style (2004 remix) – Planet Mu (2005)
Equinox – No Fear – Metalheadz (on Winter of Content LP) (2005)
Equinox - Acid Rain Vip (Breakage Final Chapter Mix)/Breakestra Ting/Do You Understand Me/Forgiving - Planet Mu (2006)
Equinox - Unity/Rockers International - Bassbin (2006)
Equinox - Retroism/ Roy Ting - Subtle Audio (2006)
Bizzy B, Equinox & TDK - Bless This Sound - Planet Mu (2006)
Equinox - Visions - Progress ( on 9th Wonder EP 3) 2007
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BOOKINGS:
Email: scientificwax@gmail.com or paula@play-agency.com
hello marlon! how are you? all fine i hope! how are your stomach? ;) last surco session with your mate bizzy was very cool. I hope to see you sometime in barcelona! see you!
Amen Brother- literally & figurtively. Loved the JT show today, hope you release that demo from the end of the first hour- some Amen wizardry! Will the Scientific Wax CD be in the states? -PEACE
Ez Equinox I hope everything goes well with you. Last time that i spoke you in real life is a very long time ago. It was on a IChiOne evening at Amsterdam maybe you remember me..
This is my latest mix i hope you have the time to give it a listen..let me know And the best in everything you do. Bless
