The founders

the 2 guys that started it all

K'lajh - musician/producer/writer - K'lajh is a trained musician, song writer, and producer born in Pittsburgh, PA. He began crafting lyrics at the early age of 12. His interest in music led him to take piano lessons and eventually manifested into a focus in production. After many years of co-writing and crafting instrumentals for himself as well as other independent artists in the DC metro area, he teamed up with Etc to form The Back Row Productions in 2008. K'lajh is the main keyboardist for The Back Row and also specializes in arrangement and vocal production.

ETC - musician/producer/engineer - Etc is a producer/engineer born to Salvadoran parents in Hyattsville, MD. His career in musical production began while he was in high school and was taken to the next level when he went to study audio engineering in Boston, MA where he began honing his beat making skills with vocalists in the New England scene. Upon returning to the DC metro area he linked up with his high school friend, K'lajh and began creating instrumentals for many artists that were making tremendous strides in the local scene.  Etc currently runs a studio in Silver Spring, MD where he is the in-house mixing engineer for all of the projects produced by The Back Row. 

extended family

musicians and writers

XT - producer/writer/vocalist

Tyme - writer/vocalist

Jeremy - musician/hand percussion

Mafioso - writer/vocalist

Freddy - musician/producer

Fawad - photographer/video editor/director