Elliot Ireland is an Australian born musician and currently lives and works in London. His recent work ha been described as ambient and neoclassical. He continues to live and work in London. Elliot started making music in the 90's with his band Skeewiff and has since been a member of other bands including pop sensation Shaft who went on to have to international hits, Mucho Mambo and Mambo Italiano. In 1999 he founded collaborative Ikon, who have released two albums, in 2002 and 2004 and have played various European festivals to acclaim. His has collaborated with many artits including Finley Quaye , John Peel, The Young MC and Skooly D . In the late 90's he co-founded Jalapeno Records with long standing writing partner Alex Rizzo, as a left field eclectic vinyl only record label. More recently the think tank and music company Pedigree Cuts, with releases ranging from like minded artists such as Finely Quaye , Goldie , Shawn Lee , Kid Creme , The Brand New Heavies and Ulrich Schnauss .