Tone Def Records

17/05/2025

We listened… Originally pressed as a 30 copy TP, this will be a very small batch.

11/04/2025

We’ve not done an official release on Tone Def for ages, it’s been a little crazy organising stuff for the . Huge thanks to , , and .wax for helping with this.

We are bringing the following lathe cut pressings to the event on Sunday. Just 10 copies of each.

10 x Sound Corp:
Dreamfinder (Stu Chapman remix) / Toll (Original mix)

10 x SLM:
Nice ‘N’ Slow (Original mix) / The Horror ( Original mix)

09/04/2025

We’ve been thinking about doing this for a long time… just making 10 embroidered bomber jackets in black, and is having one, which makes just 9 left.

2 x Medium
3 x Large
2 x XL
2 x XXL

£125 and once gone… over and out!

limited edition exclusive.

11/03/2025

This is happening… we’re bringing our entire back catalogue.

Repost The Run Out
Joining us in April!
We are pleased to announce Tone Def Records will be joining us for the first time. The legendary label was one of the first players in the drum and bass movement! Yomi Ayeni had been a DJ for several years, mainly playing on London Weekend Radio and also a residency in several clubs in London when Tone Def Records was launched in 1989 with Alex Gold (Extravaganza).
As with so many early 90s labels, Tone Def Records kicked off with a starburst of riotous creative energy, that burnt bright and quick. Unlike many of their contemporaries they were able to sustain this potency for the length of a golden age. Existing from 1990 -
1995 Tone Def signposted rave futurism; over at least forty releases they charted the technology driven genre evolutions that saw the euphoric Balearic rhythms of label opener Thank God mutate into the dark junglist pressure of their minimalist mid-90s DnB rollers. The label was characterised by a carefree approach to the business of releasing music, with catalogue numbers all over the place (or being repeated), some records showing up as single sided releases, some being pressed with random tunes or mixes on the b side, and at least one never coming out at all. All this looseness is part of the Tone Def charm!
We are also excited to announce, Yomi will be bringing some rare, original, unplayed and in demand Tone Def back catalogue with him! Get there early!!!! 🔥

11/03/2025

Repost The Run Out
Joining us in April!
We are pleased to announce Tone Def Records will be joining us for the first time. The legendary label was one of the first players in the drum and bass movement! Yomi Ayeni had been a DJ for several years, mainly playing on London Weekend Radio and also a residency in several clubs in London when Tone Def Records was launched in 1989 with Alex Gold (Extravaganza).
As with so many early 90s labels, Tone Def Records kicked off with a starburst of riotous creative energy, that burnt bright and quick. Unlike many of their contemporaries they were able to sustain this potency for the length of a golden age. Existing from 1990 -
1995 Tone Def signposted rave futurism; over at least forty releases they charted the technology driven genre evolutions that saw the euphoric Balearic rhythms of label opener Thank God mutate into the dark junglist pressure of their minimalist mid-90s DnB rollers. The label was characterised by a carefree approach to the business of releasing music, with catalogue numbers all over the place (or being repeated), some records showing up as single sided releases, some being pressed with random tunes or mixes on the b side, and at least one never coming out at all. All this looseness is part of the Tone Def charm!
We are also excited to announce, Yomi will be bringing some rare, original, unplayed and in demand Tone Def back catalogue with him! Get there early!!!! 🔥

08/03/2025

Spring cleaning time. We've found a few bits from our back catalogue...

Sound Corp - Spirit ep
Sound Corp - Chicken Killer
DJ Harry - Cape Fear
SLM - Boof Dem
SLM Handsome Technique ep
Four Horsemen - Drowning

Also... new a Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse track will be with you in 2025
PM for details.

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28/02/2025

Several old and new Tone Def Records tracks are featured in my new film, Age of Quorum, which is a psychological thriller.

Here’s the pitch:
“A young man's NYE goes dramatically downhill when he's separated from his friends and the night becomes an opponent in a fight he must win to survive. “

Set and already filmed in Bristol.

With room for one more track from our archive. What should it be?

21/09/2024

I’m playing my Afro House set at the next Pamoja Project event on Saturday 5th of October at the Bermondsey Social Club.

Tix are £16!!! Come have a ground stomping night with us.

Pamoja Project brings another night of African music, great people and epic vibes - an (afro)house party without neighbour comp...

24/08/2024

I'm going to leave this right here...

Thank you!!!!!