High Tone

   
Artist: High Tone

   Genre(s): 
Dance
   Reggae
   

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Discography:


   
 Festival de Jazz au Club Soda, Montreal

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


   
 Opus incertum

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 9

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French nickname collective High Tone formed in Lyon in 1997. Co-founded by Lionel "DJ Twelve" Dumas, guitar player Julien "Aku Fen" Oresta, bassist Fabrice Oresta, keyboardist Antonin "Antok" Chaplin, and drummer Dominique "Selekta Dino" Peter, the quintette emerged from the same burgeoning dub residential area as Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Brain Damage Sound System, and Meï Teï Shô. Drawing upon influences ranging from Lee "Scribble" Perry to ambient music to drum'n'bass, High Tone developed a rabid live fan infrastructure prior to sign language to the sovereign label Jarring Effects to liberation its 2000 full-length debut, Piece Incertum. The 2001 follow-up, Bass Temperature, proved the group's commercial breakthrough, although Live, issued two days by and by, clay the definitive representation of their music. High Tone too issued a series of acclaimed collaborations with dub brethren including Kaly Live Dub (2003's Kaltone), Improvisator Dub (2004's Higvistators), and Wang Lei (2005's Wangtone).