Higher State
Encyclopedia
Higher State is a dance record company and music publishing company founded in 1992
by House music
producers
and DJs Dillon & Dickins
(Marc Dillon & Patrick Dickins) which incorporates the three record label
s Higher State, 99 North and 99 Degrees.
were composed by Dillon & Dickins under different aliases, eg Disco Biscuit, Sound Environment, Upstate, 99 Allstars & Illicit. The first release not written by Dillon & Dickins (although they did produce many of the mixes) was in November 1997 when they released Johnny X "Call on Me" (catalogue numbers 12HIMP4 & CDHSD34), which was written by Leee John
(ex-singer and member of 1980s band Imagination
). This was followed in April 1998 with Spacebase "What Am I Gonna Do" (catalogue number 12HSD35), which they co-wrote with the singer on the track, Kate Cameron
.
The company then started licensing tracks from other companies, and had their first notable chart success in March 1999 with FPI Project "Everybody (All Over the World)" (catalogue number CDNTH14), which on 13 March 1999 for one week reached number 67 in the UK singles chart
.
Other notable releases include Matter "Don't You Want Some More" (originally released in 1993 on Guerilla Records
), M1 "Electronic Funk", 99 Allstars "Chemical Generation" (which also featured the vocals of Kate Cameron as well as male vocalist Paul Alexander from American based dance music
group
The Ones
) and Dillon & Dickins "Queers R Doin It", the latter of which was used in season 1, episode 120 of the U.S. TV series Queer As Folk.
1992 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....
by House music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
producers
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and DJs Dillon & Dickins
Dillon & Dickins
Dillon & Dickins is a Dance music production group based in London, United Kingdom, and one of the many aliases used by House music producers and DJs Marc Dillon and Patrick Dickins who also founded the dance record company and music publishing company Higher State...
(Marc Dillon & Patrick Dickins) which incorporates the three record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s Higher State, 99 North and 99 Degrees.
History
Initially, all the releasesRelease (music)
In the music industry, a release is usually a term referring to the creative output from an artist available for sale or distribution; a broad term covering the many different formats music can be released in, and different forms of pieces .The word can also refer to the event at which an album or...
were composed by Dillon & Dickins under different aliases, eg Disco Biscuit, Sound Environment, Upstate, 99 Allstars & Illicit. The first release not written by Dillon & Dickins (although they did produce many of the mixes) was in November 1997 when they released Johnny X "Call on Me" (catalogue numbers 12HIMP4 & CDHSD34), which was written by Leee John
Leee John
Leee John of St Lucian descent, is a British musician and actor. He was educated in New York, later studying drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School.-Career:...
(ex-singer and member of 1980s band Imagination
Imagination (band)
Imagination were a three piece British soul and funk band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and more than a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983....
). This was followed in April 1998 with Spacebase "What Am I Gonna Do" (catalogue number 12HSD35), which they co-wrote with the singer on the track, Kate Cameron
Kate Cameron
Kate Cameron is an English house and trance music singer with an alto voice.Initially coming to prominence via her involvement in Norman Cook's Freak Power outfit, Kate Cameron has subsequent made a name for herself as credited guest vocalist on a multitude of releases.The first notable release...
.
The company then started licensing tracks from other companies, and had their first notable chart success in March 1999 with FPI Project "Everybody (All Over the World)" (catalogue number CDNTH14), which on 13 March 1999 for one week reached number 67 in the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
.
Other notable releases include Matter "Don't You Want Some More" (originally released in 1993 on Guerilla Records
Guerilla Records
Guerilla Records was a British record label that was founded in 1990 by William Orbit and Dick O'Dell. It featured progressive house from artists such as Bass-O-Matic, React2Rhythm, Spooky, Moody Boyz, Felix Da Housecat, and Billie Ray Martin...
), M1 "Electronic Funk", 99 Allstars "Chemical Generation" (which also featured the vocals of Kate Cameron as well as male vocalist Paul Alexander from American based dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
The Ones
The Ones
The Ones are an American electronic dance music band, best known for their 2001 hit single "Flawless", which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. The trio consists of three male vocalists Paul Alexander, JoJo Americo, and Nashom Wooden, who met while working at the Greenwich Village boutique...
) and Dillon & Dickins "Queers R Doin It", the latter of which was used in season 1, episode 120 of the U.S. TV series Queer As Folk.
Discography
(All catalogue numbers are stated exactly as printed on the release - multiple catalogue numbers reflect all available formats.)Higher State
| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| HSD 001 | Groovoid | "Until U Drop EP" | 30 Mar 1992 |
| HSD 2 | Mesozoik | "The Future EP" | 01 Jun 1992 |
| HSD 3 | Kartoid | "Kartoid EP" | 29 Jun 1992 |
| 12 HSD 04 | Dillon | "Make It Take It" | 28 Sep 1992 |
| 12 HSD 05 | Lafferty | "Brand New Day" | 23 Nov 1992 |
| 12HSD6 | Sound Environment | "Natural High" | 11 Jan 1993 |
| 12 HSD 07 | Crazy Prophylactic | "Reach" | 15 Mar 1993 |
| 12 HSD 08 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit" | 19 Apr 1993 |
| 12 HSD 09 | Lentil Lovecake | "Don't Desert Me" | 05 Jul 1993 |
| 12HSD10 | Sound Environment | "Natural High (The Remixes)" | 20 Sep 1993 |
| 12 HSD 11 | Spacebase | "I Need You" | 01 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 12 | NASA | "Secret" | 15 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 14 | Sound Environment | "Feel So High" | 29 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 15 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit (Remixes)" | 13 Dec 1993 |
| 12 HSD 16 | Lafferty | "Thinkin 'bout" | 24 Jan 1994 |
| 12 HSD 17 | On The Blag | "Working Jocks E.P. Vol. 1" | 07 Feb 1994 |
| 12 HSD 18 | Spacebase | "Release" | 21 Feb 1994 |
| 12 HSD 19 | Swag Bag | "The Money EP" | 14 Mar 1994 |
| 12 HSD 20 | European Express | "Heaven" | 28 Mar 1994 |
| 12 HSD 21 | Roller Coaster | "My Geetar Hertz" | 11 Apr 1994 |
| 12 HIMP 1 | Cluedo | "The White EP" | 31 May 1994 |
| 12 HSD 22 | Sound Environment | "Had Enough E.P." | 13 Jun 1994 |
| 12 HSD 22R | Sound Environment | "Had Enough E.P. (Rebound Remixes)" | 27 Jun 1994 |
| 12 HSD 23 | Lentil Lovecake | "Let Me See" | 11 Jul 1994 |
| 12 HSD 24 | Various | "Higher State Sampler" | 30 May 1995 |
| 12 HSD 25 | Gorgeous Darlings | "I Want U" | 26 Jun 1995 |
| 12 HIMP 3 | Miss Stuck-Up | "Stick Together" | 04 Sep 1995 |
| 12 HSD 26 | Upstate | "I Get High" | 02 Oct 1995 |
| 12 HIMP 4 / CD HIMP4 | Johnny X | "Call On Me" | 19 Feb 1996 |
| 12 HSD 27 | Spacebase | "Patience / Frustration" | 25 Mar 1996 |
| 12 HSD 28 | Gorgeous Darlings | "Boy U Take Me / Alright / Angel" | 15 Apr 1996 |
| 12 HSD 29 | Crystal | "Bring Me Luv" | 11 Jun 1996 |
| 12 HSD 30 | Upstate | "I Get High (Remixes)" | 08 Jul 1996 |
| 12 HSD 31 / CD HSD 31 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit (Remixes)" | 21 Oct 1996 |
| 12 HSD 32 / CD HSD 32 | Matter | "Don't U Want Some More" | 12 May 1997 |
| 12 HSD 33 / CD HSD 33 | Naka | "That's It" | 30 Jun 1997 |
| 12 HSD 34 / 12 HSD 34R / CD HSD 34 | Johnny X | "Call On Me (Remixes)" | 24 Nov 1997 |
| 12 HSD 35 / CD HSD 35 | Spacebase | "What Am I Gonna Do" | 27 Apr 1998 |
| 12 HSD 36 | Nature | "Trumpet Gun - Feelin Higher" | 14 Jun 1999 |
| 12 HSD 37 | Yosh Presents @-Large | "Do You Feel It" | 26 Jul 1999 |
99 North
| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| 99 NTH 01 | Various | "Taster" | 31 Jul 1995 |
| 99 NTH 02 | Sweet Peach | "Disco F*ck / Hard Suck" | 18 Sep 1995 |
| 99 NTH 3 | Doc Ximbi | "African American" | 13 Nov 1995 |
| 99 NTH 04 | Sweet Peach | "Naked Fruit EP" | 04 Mar 1996 |
| 99 NTH 05 | 99 Allstars | "Allstars EP" | 13 May 1996 |
| 99 NTH 6 | 99 Allstars | "Allstars EP Vol. 2" | 30 Sep 1996 |
| 99 NTH 7 / CD NTH 7 | DPD Featuring Rose Windross Rose Windross Rose Windross originally began as a singer–songwriter on the UK reggae scene. She recorded her first album, Just Rose, on the Ital Records label when she was still at school.... |
"Sign Your Name / Problem Child" | 25 Nov 1996 |
| 99 NTH 8 / CDNTH08 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Luv Is All U Need" | 09 Dec 1996 |
| 99 NTH 9 / CD NTH 09 | Blackout | "Gotta Have Hope" | 02 Jun 1997 |
| 99 NTH 10 / CD NTH 10 | Gold Dust Twins | "Luver (All That I Wanted)" | 20 Oct 1997 |
| 99 MCC 1 / CD MCC 1 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Metal Can Collection" (Album) | 08 Dec 1997 |
| 99 NTH 11 / CD NTH 11 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Soakin' Wet" | 30 Mar 1998 |
| 99 NTH 12 / CD NTH 12 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Chemical Generation" | 08 Jun 1998 |
| 99 NTH 13 / CD NTH 13 | MURK Murk (band) Murk is a house music production team composed of Ralph Falcón and Oscar Gaetan). They formed in Miami in 1991... |
"Reach For Me" | 14 Sep 1998 |
| 99 NTH 14 / CD NTH 14 | FPI Project | "Everybody (All Over The World)" | 01 Mar 1999 |
| 99 NTH 15 / CD NTH 15 | Dillon & Dickins | "Steers And Queers EP" | 31 May 1999 |
| 99 NTH 16 / 99 NTH 16R / CD NTH 16 | Shawn Christopher Shawn Christopher Shawn Christopher is a female African American dance music singer from Chicago, Illinois.-Career:She was a touring backing vocalist for R&B singer Chaka Khan from 1982 to 1985. She is also a former member of the industrial dance band known as My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and sang with the... |
"Another Sleepless Night" | 13 Sep 1999 |
| 99 NTH 17 / 99 NTH 17R / CD NTH 17 | FPI Project | "Rich In Paradise / Going Back To My Roots" | 29 Sep 1999 |
| 99 NTH 18 | M1 | "Electronic Funk" | 24 Jan 2000 |
| 99 NTH 19 | Illicit Feat. Shannon | "Pulsation" | 20 Nov 2000 |
| 99 NTH 20 | Dillon & Dickins | "Stop The Groove" | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 99 NTH 21 | 99 Allstars | "Space Sensation" | 05 Feb 2001 |
99 Degrees
| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| 99 DEG 1 | T-Total | "The Groovaholic EP" | 21 Jul 1997 |
| 99 DEG 2 / CD DEG 2 | T-Total | "The Dub Addict EP" | 02 Mar 1998 |
| 99 DEG 3 / CD DEG 3 | Sweet Peach | "Take U Up" | 01 Jun 1998 |
| 99 DEG 4 / CD DEG 4 | T-Total Feat. Paul Alexander | "Don'tchoowanna / Do It All Night" | 10 Aug 1998 |
| 99 DEG 5 / CD DEG 5 | Tallulah | "Gimmee Your Lovestick" | 01 Sep 1998 |
| 99 DEG 6 | Bounce | "Off Da Floor" | 05 Oct 1998 |
| 99 DEG 7 | T-Total | "The Looprication EP" | 03 Mar 1999 |
| 99 DEG 8 | Zero Zero | "New Aegean Movement EP" | 19 Apr 1999 |
| 99 DEG 9 | Orienta Rhythm | "Orienta Rhythm EP" | 25 Oct 1999 |