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Parent company | Ninja Tune |
Founded | 1994 |
Genre | Electronic |
Country of origin | UK |
Location | London |
NTone was a sister imprint to the independent record label, Ninja Tune. The imprint was based in London, United Kingdom and specialised in experimental electronic music. The label was originally called "Ninja Tone", but it was felt this was too similar to "Ninja Tune". Its first release was AntiStatic (TONE 1) by Hex released in February 1994, and its last was Sunflower Girl (NTONE 45) by Neotropic in 2001.
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Si Begg is an English electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer. His recording career began in 1993 and he has used a number of different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on several record labels.
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