Powell was a member of the writing and production house, Xenomania, for fourteen years.
[2] His first hit "All I Wanna Do" for Dannii Minogue peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart in 1997.
[4] Powell collaborated again with Pet Shop Boys co-writing and producing their single, "Together", which features on their album Ultimate.
[5] 2012 saw Powell work and share writing and/or production credits with Paloma Faith's "Picking Up the Pieces" (co-writer),[6] Saint Etienne for their album Words & Music, Jess Mills' single "For My Sins" and the third track on Little Mix's debut album DNA, "Change Your Life", released in November 2012.
Powell collaborated with Pet Shop Boys for a third time in 2019 on the track "Give Stupidity a Chance" from their Agenda EP.