NewTone began in 2005 out of the project AXESS DENIED which was an explosive Russian Alternative, D'n'B and breakbeat dance. During their 3 years, AXESS DENIED was a headlining act at some of the most powerful open air concerts in 1998 - 2000s.
The compositions of the band could be described as powerful, psycho-kintec breakbeat, which makes people move. Strained guitar riffs, interlacing of ethnic percussion, hard rhythms, gnawing acid sounds and industrial sound effects characterise their music.
NewTone members are LotKoff (Percussion and Cello), HarDrum (Electronic Drums, Synthesizers, FX). Invited vocalists feature in some tracks.
The most popular NewTone compositions are a cover of Bjork's "Army Of Me", and a breakbeat remix of Internationally Famous Russian Band t.A.T.u.'s "All The Things She Said" which was their first hit single, and went on to sell more than half a million copies in Europe!
About "The Path"
"The Path" is the soundtrack for game "Collapse" which will be released worldwide in August, 2008. The song could be heard in the game-trailer, there are also different versions of the song which were heard for the "The Path" remix contest. Now you can get the studio version of "The Path" in good quality and... absolutely free!
The idea of the distribution of Music without major-labels isn't recent, but now it's beginning to become more and more of a reality. We're releasing the online single to you as a way of saying "Thanks" to all our fans who have been supporting us all these years. If this is the first you are hearing of us then it is a great chance to appreciate music by new band.
The single includes the original version of "The Path" and 3 intense remixes: by GloBass, dance version by LotKoff (the cellist of NewTone) and a remix by 1Shot (the winner of "The Path" remix contest). The free songs can be downloaded from our MySpace music player and the cover artwork can be downloaded below.
NewTone got everybody talked about a couple of years ago in connection with an advertisement of a promising Ukrainian game called
“Collapse”, which trailer demonstrated one of the best band’s track entitled
“The Path” to the public and let us see that NewTone came to music industry seriously and for the long haul. The guys from the group were doing really quite well: NewTone made excellent remixes for
t.A.T.u, Bjork, and
Marilyn Manson, their own tracks were on the OST of the Russian blockbuster movie
“Shadow Boxing 2: Revenge”. The tracks from the “Collapse” and “Shadow Boxing 2” weren’t exclusive ones, they were a part of a mythical NewTone’s album, which had to be released in a moment, but like “Collapse” its release was being postponed to the later date again and again. The PR manager of the group in his turn aroused interest promising that the album would spring a plenty of surprises. An unexpected turning-point happened in August 2008 when Alexey aka HardDrum, a producer and a leader of the group, announced that a debut album of NewTone would be released in a non-traditional way and would be a first official torrent-release in Russia; a Russian National BitTorent Tracker torrents.ru would act as a label, and the album's be distributed for free. Much to our regret the above-mentioned turn of events became the only surprise.
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