Byron The Aquarius

Byron The Aquarius is Byron Blaylock, born in Birmingham, Alabama, and based in Atlanta. Raised on Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, he was taught piano from an early age by a former bandmate of Duke Ellington. His first years were in hip hop, with the 2007 EP The Big Payback alongside Onra, until a meeting with Detroit native Kai Alcé at an Atlanta party turned him towards house music. Keys he laid down in Alcé's studio reached Theo Parrish, who released the Highlife EP on Sound Signature in 2016. His album Planets of Love appeared on BBE in 2015, and further records followed on Wild Oats and Eglo, with the albums Astral Traveling on Mutual Intentions, Ambrosia on Jeff Mills' Axis and The New Beginning on Shall Not Fade.