Old Habits EP out now on @FreshSelects / @SenselessRecords
Available on all platforms: http://bit.ly/FSX-009

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Pyre

Old Habits EP out now on @FreshSelects / @SenselessRecords
Available on all platforms: http://bit.ly/FSX-009

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Trap

Old Habits EP out now on @FreshSelects / @SenselessRecords
Available on all platforms: http://bit.ly/FSX-009


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Single Soul

'Single Soul EP' out 24th March on @senselessrecords
Includes other tracks 'Trap', 'Single Soul' and Remixes from Screens

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Pyre [XXXY Remix]

'Single Soul EP' out 24th March on @senselessrecords
Includes other tracks 'Trap', 'Single Soul' and Remix from XXXY 
Buy the EP: https://senselessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/single-soul-ep


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Pyre [Screens Remix]

Out now on @FreshSelects / @SenselessRecords
Available on all platforms: http://bit.ly/FSX-009

Music by Equals=
Additional percussion by Danny Templeman
Mixed by Ruckspin and Equals=
Mastered at Binary Feedback

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Black On Gold

Daylight Dreaming is the fourth release from East London’s Equals. The band have been locked away in their studio for the last six months working on a huge wave of exciting new music, with the addition of more live players to the band adding a new dimension to their already acclaimed Electronic Soul sound. Daylight Dreaming is the first to burst out of the studio, combining live bass from Chris Hargreaves (Submotion Orchestra) with production from Loxe, responsible for some of the highlights from Nao’s incredible ‘For All We Know’ LP in 2016.

The track rides an insistent, rolling bassline from Hargreaves until crashing in to a show-stopping chorus over a waterfall of colourful synths. Vocalist Ade Omotayo delivers one of his finest vocal performances to date, no doubt honed by being part of the Gorillas’ brand new live band for the album ‘Humanz’. As with all Equals material scratch the surface and there is something deeper lying under the groove. The lyrics are inspired by an old Ian Curtis quote, “I used to work in a factory and I was really happy because i could daydream all day”. That quote inspired James from the band to think about how, “how difficult it’s become to daydream now that our jobs take up so much headspace and we’re plugged into cyberspace 24/7 through Smartphones.”, James explains, “I challenged myself to go for a cold walk in the snow, notice what was going on around me and let my mind wander. I wrote the whole song on the walk – so the song is about what it would be like to daydream again.”

The lyrics also took a cue from writer and critic Mark Fisher aka K-punk. James was a friend, and influenced by a talk he saw in London last year before Mark sadly passed away later in the year. Mark’s speech contained some unsettling warnings about modern life as he saw it, including the quote, “The dream we live in in Britain is a constant anxiety dream, dominated by urgencies.” That quote appears as a sample at the start of the track with the blessing of Mark’s family.

Daylight Dreaming is the perfect balance of a restless, up-beat track with something deeper happening below to surface for those who choose to look. 

Written & co-produced by Equals
Co-production: Loxe
Mastered by: Binary Feedback
Mixed by: Andrew Edwards
Bass: Chris Hargreaves
Additional synth: Johnny Tomlinson

Daylight Dreaming

Slugabed (Ninja Tune/Anticon) takes the original Equals tune and puts it through his unique digital blender. Tapping into the best of his recent output including his beautiful new LP 'Inherit The Earth'. It keeps the original groove mostly intact but adds bigger drums and squashy electronic atmospheres before dissolving in to madness at the very end. An essential summer jam, Slugabed style.

Daylight Dreaming [Slugabed Remix]

Written by: Adeleye Omotayo, James Low and Awkward D'Nure
Produced by: James Low
Addition Production: Dom Howard aka Ruckspin
Additional vocals: Awkward D'Nure
Bass Guitar: Chris "fatty" Hardgreaves
Additional Piano: Clare Lord
Trumpet and flugelhorn: Ryan Jacob
Saxaphone: Mike Lesirge
Mixed by: Andrew Edwards
Mastered by: Binary Feedback

Husk (feat. Awks)

Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2vum3Ie
Written by Equals
Production: James Low, Ghosttown and LOXE; vocals: Ade Omotayo; synths: Johnny Tomlinson

Equals - Letter To Leave (What Can I Say?)

Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Fcd11T

Production: James Low; vocals: Ade Omotayo; backing vocals: Anu Omideyi, Awkward D’Nure, Morgan Lorelle; bass: Chris Hargreaves; piano and organ: Johnny Tomlinson; percussion: Danny Templeman

Written by Equals
Mixed by Andrew Edwards at Glide Studio
Mastering by Binary Feedback 
Magic Stick by Ben Standage at Chuck’s Vegetable Stand

Equals - Triumph

Stream/ buy here: https://songwhip.com/song/equals-2/rubber-lion

Rubber Lion

Get the track here https://songwhip.com/song/equals/red-plenty

Red Plenty

Equals's Upcoming Gigs
Wed 13 Mar, 19 
Sofar Sounds , Campfire Collaborative Space , London, United Kingdom

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Equals are an east-London based duo comprised of James Low and Ade Omotayo. They combine James’s forward-thinking songwriting and arrangement with Ade’s emotive and powerful vocals. Ade earned his stripes as a backing singer for Amy Winehouse, with whom he sung throughout her entire career. He has since featured on records by Kindness, Matthew Herbert, Mark Ronson and Quincy Jones and recently toured the world with Gorillaz.  
James took the more conventional route, grafting with bands, including members of Submotion Orchestra, who remain friends and collaborators. Across three previous releases Equals have continued built a fanbase through support from Fader, XLR8R, Line Of Best Fit, NPR, Mobo, Complex, Indie Shuffle, Hilly Dilly, Bonafide and CLASH Magazine, while hitting airwaves through wireless support from 1Xtra’s Jamz Supernova, Capital Xtra and BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne. Live, they’ve performed at Croatia's Dimensions festival and run the gamut of London’s gig circuit, from Dalston basement clubs to Koko, the V&A, and the Albert Hall. Their debut album 1997 will be released in April 2018


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