Equiknoxx is a collective of Jamaican producers and vocalists, known for their uniquely futurist take on Jamaican Dancehall.

The project started in 2005 as Equiknoxx Music (a.k.a. Equiknoxx Musiq) being a label that was primarily producing for other vocalists. Shanique Marie and Kemikal were two of those vocalists, with Gavsborg (real name: Gavin Blair) and Bobby Blackbird (real name: Nicholas Deane) doing the production. Around 2009 Gavsborg met producer Time Cow (real name: Jordan Chung), after which Equiknoxx gradually became more than just a label.

The collective gained international recognition with the release of their 2016 debut album "Bird Sound Power" , the title referring to a common resource, processed "bird sounds". The album contains various instrumental tracks and versions of tracks featured on previous EPs. "Bird Sound Power" was followed by the albums "Colón Man" (2017), "Eternal Children" (2019) and the 2021 mix-tape "Basic Tools".

In a 2022 interview Gavsborg stressed that the notion of Equiknoxx being essentially himself and Time Cow running the project with the other artists rendered merely ancillary instead of equal is a misconception: "It's not like me and Time Cow are these two head honchos... I might make a little check in. As musicians, we can sometimes keep ourselves to ourselves. But it's not a check in with demands. It's more like, 'What are you up to?' "

In 2022 Gavsborg and Time Cow released the album "Writings Ov Tomato" as Gav & Jord .
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