Higher State is a dance

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and music publishing company founded in 1992 by

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and DJs Dillon & Dickins (Marc Dillon & Patrick Dickins) which incorporates the three

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s Higher State, 99 North and 99 Degrees.

History

Initially, all the releases were composed by Dillon & Dickins under different aliases, e.g. Disco Biscuit, Sound Environment, Upstate, 99 Allstars & Illicit. The first release not written by Dillon & Dickins (although they did produce many of the mixes) was in November 1997 when they released Johnny X "Call on Me" (catalogue numbers 12HIMP4 & CDHSD34), which was written by Leee John (ex-singer and member of 1980s band

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). This was followed in April 1998 with Spacebase "What Am I Gonna Do" (catalogue number 12HSD35), which they co-wrote with the singer on the track, Kate Cameron. The company then started licensing tracks from other companies, and had their first notable chart success in March 1999 with FPI Project's "Everybody (All Over the World)" (catalogue number CDNTH14), which on 13 March 1999 for one week reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. Other notable releases include Matter's "Don't You Want Some More" (originally released in 1993 on Guerilla Records), M1's "Electronic Funk", 99 Allstars' "Chemical Generation" (which also featured the vocals of Kate Cameron as well as male vocalist Paul Alexander from American-based

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) and Dillon & Dickins' "Queers R Doin It".

Discography

(All catalogue numbers are stated exactly as printed on the release – multiple catalogue numbers reflect all available formats.)

Higher State

99 North

99 Degrees

References

External links

Official websitePPI Ltd Members ListMusic Week Listing
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99 North at Discogs99 Degrees at Discogs
{{Authority control British record labels House music record labels Record labels established in 1992 English electronic dance music record labels