T Power

{{Short description|British musician}}

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T Power (born Marc Royal) is an English drum and bass producer from Bow, London.{{cite web|url=https://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|access-date=17 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews//4132|title=T-Power : Long Time Dead|work=nme.com|access-date=17 April 2010}} Originally starting his production career in the UK hardcore scene, he moved into jungle. He was signed to drum and bass/jungle record label Botchit and Scarper. 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

|publisher = Independent on Sunday

|date = 7 January 2001

}}

Partnering with Shy FX, he released the album Long Time Dead, which featured vocals and electric violin by Ysanne Spevack{{cite news

|author = Jerome Boyd Maunsell

|title = New pop albums

|work = The Times

|date = 20 January 2001

}}{{cite news

|author = Kitty Empire

|title = Review: Critics: Music Releases: Pop

|publisher = The Observer

|date = 24 November 2002

}} and also started a record label named Digital Soundboy.{{cite news

|title = Digital: Soundboy site looks ahead to digital future

|publisher = Music Week

|date = 29 October 2005

}}

T Power was one half of the duo Chocolate Weasel, with Chris Stevens. They released the single "Music for Body Lockers",{{Citation | last = James | first = Martin | 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 | date = 5 May 1998 | title = LIFE.young street | periodical = The Toronto Star }}{{Citation | last = Flick | first = Larry | 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}}