High Tone
Encyclopedia
High Tone is a dub
band
from Lyon
, France. Formed in 1997, the band came with an emergence of the French dub music Scene, with bands like Brain Damage Sound System
, Kaly Live Dub, Le Peuple de l'Herbe
, Improvisators Dub or Meï Teï Shô
. Formed by five members, High Tone feeds their music with various influences, such as Drum'n'bass, Ambient, Trance, Vintage Dub with artists like King Tubby
or Lee "Scratch" Perry. After a few self produced vinyl EPs, the band signed at the label Jarring Effects
. High Tone members are now considered major actors in the French dub scene, and are known for numerous collaborations with other artists.
Dub music
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band
Band (music)
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from Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, France. Formed in 1997, the band came with an emergence of the French dub music Scene, with bands like Brain Damage Sound System
Brain Damage Sound System
Brain Damage is a French dub band from Saint-Étienne.The band is made up by Martin, sound engineering, and Raphael, bass.Created in the year 1999 by two members of the dub collective and label Bangarang, Brain Damage play a very personal and particular dub music: dark, like their home city, and...
, Kaly Live Dub, Le Peuple de l'Herbe
Le Peuple de l'Herbe
-Members:* Dj Pee : machines* Psychostick : drums, machines* N'Zeng : Trumpet, Keyboard , Flugelhorn, machines* JC 001 : singing, human beatbox* Spagg : sampler, Bass guitar...
, Improvisators Dub or Meï Teï Shô
Meï Teï Shô
- Band's name :Meï Teï Shô - Musical description :Meï Teï Sho is a music to listen to as well as a music to dance to.It is the fruit of a multitude of cultures, reflected in the languages used, the lyrics, the style, the energy and the musicians themselves....
. Formed by five members, High Tone feeds their music with various influences, such as Drum'n'bass, Ambient, Trance, Vintage Dub with artists like King Tubby
King Tubby
King Tubby was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer, known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s...
or Lee "Scratch" Perry. After a few self produced vinyl EPs, the band signed at the label Jarring Effects
Jarring effects
Jarring Effects is a French musical label based in Lyon, south-east of France. Jarring Effects encourages musicians to be independent, produce the music themselves, be creative and to make music they enjoy rather than trying to make it commercially viable...
. High Tone members are now considered major actors in the French dub scene, and are known for numerous collaborations with other artists.
Actual Line-up
- Aku Fen : guitar, samples
- Flaba Stone : bass guitar, synths
- Selecta Dino : drums
- DJ Twelve : scratches, samples
- Natural High : Keyboards
Discography
- Opus Incertum (Jarring Effects, 2000)
- Bass Temperature (Jarring Effects, 2001)
- Acid Dub Nucleik (ADN) (Jarring Effects, 2002)
- Live (Jarring Effects, 2003)
- Kaltone : High Tone meets Kaly Live Dub (Jarring Effects, 2003)
- Higvisators : High Tone meets Improvisator Dub (Jarring Effects, 2004)
- Wave Digger (Jarring Effects, 2005)
- Wangtone : High Tone meets Wang LeiWang LeiWang Lei is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Lei started to learn Go a little late in Eastern terms, at the age of 9. Lei became a pro in 1989 when he was just 12 years old. He has risen up the ranks and currently sits at 8 dan. He is a disciple of Nie Weiping.- Titles & runners-up :...
(Jarring Effects, 2005) - Re-processed number 1 (Jarring Effects, 2005) (Remixes Album)
- Zentone : High Tone meets Zenzile (Jarring Effects, 2006)
- Underground Wobble (Jarring Effects, 2007)
- Dub Invaders (Jarring Effects, 2009)
- Out Back (Jarring Effects, 2010)