NTone
Encyclopedia
NTone is a sister imprint
to the independent record label
, Ninja Tune
. The imprint is based in London
, United Kingdom
and specialises in experimental electronic music
. The label was originally called "Ninja Tone", but it was felt this was too similar to "Ninja Tune".
First release was AntiStatic (TONE 1) by Hex
released in February 1994, and last one - Sunflower Girl (NTONE 45) by Neotropic
in 2001.
Imprint
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to the independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
. The imprint is based in London
London
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and specialises in experimental electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. The label was originally called "Ninja Tone", but it was felt this was too similar to "Ninja Tune".
First release was AntiStatic (TONE 1) by Hex
Hex (VJ group)
Hex, or Hex Media, were a London-based multimedia group founded in the early 1990s by artist Robert Pepperell, coder Miles Visman and the DJs Coldcut...
released in February 1994, and last one - Sunflower Girl (NTONE 45) by Neotropic
Riz Maslen
Riz Maslen is an English electronic music artist. During the mid 90's she worked with 4hero and Future Sound of London. After playing keyboards for The Beloved, she took out a loan, built a home studio and created her first albums there. In 1995 she signed as Neotropic under Ntone and soon after as...
in 2001.
Artists
- 2 Player
- Animals on WheelsAnimals on WheelsAnimals on Wheels is the stage name of Andrew Coleman, an electronic musician based in Cambridge.Together with Adam Butler he formed Bovinyl, an independent record label, and released his first EP, Baits Bite, in 1996...
- CabbageboySi BeggSi Begg is electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer Simon Begg, from Leicester, England.His music combines elements of Experimental, Downtempo, Breakbeat Ambient, Drum and bass, Turntablism and Jazz. Begg grew up in Leamington Spa and moved to London in 1991...
- DromeBernd FriedmannBernd Friedmann is a German musician and producer who works under a variety of project names in the fields of Electronica, Dub und Jazz....
- FinkFink (music)Fink, AKA Fin Greenall, is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and DJ from St. Ives, currently based in Brighton. Since 2006, the name Fink has also referred to the recording and touring trio fronted by Greenall himself, completed by Guy Whittaker and Tim Thornton . Fink is signed...
- FlangerFlanger (music)The Flanger project was founded in 1997 by Uwe Schmidt and Bernd Friedmann , who have both been active in the music business since the early 1990s. The two musicians met up to program their first album Templates at Mira Musica, Santiago de Chile in 1997...
- HexHex (VJ group)Hex, or Hex Media, were a London-based multimedia group founded in the early 1990s by artist Robert Pepperell, coder Miles Visman and the DJs Coldcut...
- HexstaticHexstaticHexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the...
- Journeyman
- JurymanIan SimmondsIan Simmonds, Juryman , is a Welsh-born electronica and jazz musician whose music oscillates between more acoustic works of nu jazz or downtempo and heavily produced electronica, as Juryman the sound is interwoven with hip hop textures....
- NeotropicRiz MaslenRiz Maslen is an English electronic music artist. During the mid 90's she worked with 4hero and Future Sound of London. After playing keyboards for The Beloved, she took out a loan, built a home studio and created her first albums there. In 1995 she signed as Neotropic under Ntone and soon after as...
- Omnium
- PurrFunki PorciniFunki Porcini is musician and film maker, James Braddell, from England.His music is a combination of Downtempo, Breakbeat and Jazz with elements of Hip hop, Drum and bass, sampling and time-stretched vocals...
- Real Life
- Rhys ChathamRhys ChathamRhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, and trumpet player, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions...
- Transcend
Compilations
- Tone Tales From Tomorrow (1994, Cat. no: NTONE CD 05)
- Tone Tales From Tomorrow Too (April 1996, Cat. no: NTONE CD 09)