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About Me


Elliott's musical career started at an early age with his parents fostering his various musical interests. He was enrolled in a multitude of music endeavors such as, classical and jazz piano lessons, world class children's choirs, and chorus and solo roles in operas and musicals. This set the foundation for what was to come! Elliott's first foray into the world of electronic music began at the age of seventeen in 1997 when he attended his first rave event. By 1998 he had already co-promoted two highly successful rave events in Toronto, Canada: “DIY-NYE” and then later “DIY-SPRING ROLL” (1999). Within seven months of his first gig, Elliott ( DJ Hujib ) was playing regularly at many events in Toronto, London, Windsor, Montreal and other cities across Canada and the US. With the DJing work underway, music production followed suit with the creation of Hyperstomp Studios in Toronto, Canada. Predominately writing UK hardcore for various labels, Elliott established himself in a short time as a leading force in the International hardcore scene.

As always, wanting to further broaden his creative scope Elliott seized the opportunity when approached by Donal in 2002. Donal wished to establish a live electronic dance act and realised that a communion of talents was key for the project. Donal's past has also been steeped in music ever since the age of 7 when he started to learn classical piano. Moving onto the guitar at age 13, he was soon playing in bands and playing live shows. After a short time he started playing with some school mates and this was the line up until Orchid split up 5 years later in 1998. Orchid received a lot of attention in the local music scene where they played regularly, both headlining and playing support to larger Irish outfits at the time such as The Sultans and Revelino. They also released a song on a compilation CD of university bands at the time and released their own EP in 1998 entitled Dihcro-Medicine. The band then took a hiatus due to studies and never managed to regroup. However, at this juncture Donal had already become very interested in electronic music and decided to learn more and bought various pieces of gear and before long was creating and writing his own breed of dance music in his home based studio. This was all great fun for Donal but wanting to play to crowds again was his motivation to seek out a creative partnership.

On meeting, musical differences aside, Donal and Elliott gelled immediately. Having a live jam in Hyperstomp Studios was the confirmation that this was a project to put effort into, and so Redxdown was created. In 2004 they released their first EP; "When The Brightest Stars Rein". In 2005, then they took a step back and spent a large portion of time considering how they would play their type of material live. Experimenting with various approaches to working live, integrating software and hardware, they finally settled on a comfortable and reliable technique which was equally effective both in studio and on stage. In early 2006 Redxdown released two new songs, "Warm my Heart" and "How Can I Help", two very different songs again showcasing their creative and musical diversity as artists. In the months to follow a large emphasis was directed towards developing the live show with their first appearance in October 2006 in Cork, Ireland. At present, they are working on their first full length artist album "Mutilated Sample" due for release mid 2007 on RedxRecords.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/12/2006
Band Website: redxdown.com
Band Members: Elliott Bryant & Donal Ward McCarthy
Influences: Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, U2, Fluke, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Fugazi
Sounds Like: Redxdown
Record Label: Redxrecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Upcoming Gig Toronto

hello folks, see details below of a show I am playing in support of Ronin E-Ville’ s CD launch party :-)Also stay tuned for details of European tour with Parvati in the Summer of 2008. Toronto G...
Posted by Redxdown on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:07:00 PST

SARAH MCLACHLAN REMIX CONTEST - 11/16/2006

In October Nettwerk and Beatport announced a remix contest of Sarah McLachlan's "The First Noel/Mary Mary" song from recent Wintersong album. Redxdown saw this as an opportunity to work with some grea...
Posted by Redxdown on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:56:00 PST

REDXDOWN LIVE GIG / iTUNES PODCAST - 10/22/2006

Redxdown played its first live set in Cork Ireland on October 22, 2006. Click here to listen to the entire set as the first episode from the official Redxdown Podcast. The Podcast will be updated regu...
Posted by Redxdown on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:00:00 PST

FULL LENGTH REDXDOWN ALBUM - 9/3/2006

Work has started on material for an album due in 2007. It will contain original and remix versions of songs we have now plus new tracks in the works. Our previous E.P. entitled "When The Brightest St...
Posted by Redxdown on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:05:00 PST

How Can I Help - 6/14/2006

We completed "How Can I Help" this will see a remix workover before being released as both a single and as part of our future album project.
Posted by Redxdown on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:09:00 PST

I Warm My Heart

Music:This song's impetus was the main baseline heard about 2 minutes into the song. Elliott created it on the virus and immediately it got the status of instant song capability. Everything else fell ...
Posted by Redxdown on Thu, 11 May 2006 08:03:00 PST

REXDOWN GO FARMING PART 2 - 1/8/2006

We started work on "Warm my Heart" and "Lit Up" with live guitar and vocals as well as our software/hardware setup. For the second time Donal managed to blow up his guitar amp but that aside the the t...
Posted by Redxdown on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:11:00 PST

When The Brightest Stars Rein

Unofficial release of 3 track E.P. to coincide with Ontario REIN convention scheduled for December 4th, 2004. "Maybe This Is Maybe", Redxdown's newest track was written as REIN's theme.
Posted by Redxdown on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:38:00 PST

Interview on CIUT FM 89.5

"They Move Too Slowly" and "Call For Home" featured on the About The Music radio show with Jeanette Cabral & Leanda Quinquet.
Posted by Redxdown on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:40:00 PST

First studio session as Redxdown.

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Posted by Redxdown on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:41:00 PST