Tonedeff

Genre is dead. Emcee/producer/singer-songwriter/designer/director, Tonedeff shatters the mold of conventional hip-hop, imbuing it with the sense of depth, honesty and self-sufficiency more attributed to an author than a rapper. Influenced by a diverse range of artists – <a href="spotify:artist:1KsASRNugxU85T0u6zSg32" data-name="Tori Amos">Tori Amos</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2GHclqNVjqGuiE5mA7BEoc" data-name="Common">Common</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6uothxMWeLWIhsGeF7cyo4" data-name="Enya">Enya</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb" data-name="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4k1ELeJKT1ISyDv8JivPpB" data-name="The Prodigy">The Prodigy</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA" data-name="Björk">Björk</a> – his fearless style is a seemingly impossible dichotomy of dense technical emceeing, emotive crooning, and cross-genre fusion. With a career as varied as his collaborators (ie. <a href="spotify:artist:7h8ja4JSORo2sXJPmCXRxa" data-name="Immortal Technique">Immortal Technique</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2gINJ8xw86xawPyGvx1bla" data-name="KRS-One">KRS-One</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1wo9h8DP7M0M1orKuGZgWv" data-name="Masta Ace">Masta Ace</a>), his QN5 Music label proved to be a force of early 00&#39;s independent Hip Hop with acts like <a href="spotify:artist:7EA0bLf8dXCIUkwC3lnaJa" data-name="CunninLynguists">CunninLynguists</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1kaMqPukN9qA9K2p90iHv2" data-name="PackFM">PackFM</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:5FmThJ74ycmeBdQnu4Cfcw" data-name="Substantial">Substantial</a>.

His debut album, <a href="spotify:album:4Y2Of5qNuvCMm734lL1tX7" data-name="Archetype">Archetype</a> (2005) is widely regarded as an underground classic by critics and fans alike for predating the current wave of rapper/singers by nearly a decade. 2016&#39;s multi-part follow-up, <a href="spotify:album:4DUvDSIizY6nRqEat3C65W" data-name="Polymer">Polymer</a>, completely redefined the boundaries of the genre, birthing &#34;Wall of Sound Rap&#34;, while the self-directed accompanying documentary, &#39;Polyoptics: The Formation of Polymer&#39; (and <a href="spotify:album:7z4nwUWAX81R9JLiEg62Bm" data-name="Polyoptics (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)">Polyoptics (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a> serves as a gripping examination of his motivations and struggles with depression and anxiety. 2025 sees the release of his long-awaited fully sung singer/songwriter project &#39;Hyperrealism&#39; under the alias, <a href="spotify:artist:1oZ5f81sKUNzFLeqopxBs0" data-name="Peter Anthony Red">Peter Anthony Red</a> .


The &#39;Rap Game Hans Zimmer&#39; continues to prod the edges of the genre in his unending quest to break music. For more: http://tonedeff.com