Tell us how Eliquate came together? Eliquate started as myself (Elliot Wright) and an Ipod in Santa Rosa California. in 2008 I transfered to UC Santa Cruz where I met Jamie Schnetzler, a local Santa Cruzian who produced beats. We had similar music influences, and taste in Chinese food, so we bonded over both and […]
An Interview With Eliquate frontman Elliot Wright It’s a Sunday evening in the Fine City as I sit down to conduct my interview with Elliot Wright, singer and lyricist behind up and coming Santa Cruz hip-hop-rock band Eliquate. At half 8 in the evening, it seems likely that Elliot is hardly awake (11:30 am on a Sunday and […]
Elliot Wright, the mastermind behind local hip-hop outfit Eliquate, has discovered that a live performance becomes especially explosive when combined with the lyrical swagger of sharp rhymes. What started out as a two-man operation—himself and producer/guitarist Jamie Schnetzler—evolved into something greater after the pair ran into technical difficulties at a show. With a […]
