1) German Hip-hop perfo… Read Full Bio ↴Name applies to multiple artist(s)/group(s):
1) German Hip-hop performer
2) Danish vocalist and electronica producer
3) Spanish Hip-hop performer
4) American ensemble
5) Japanese traditional ensemble
6) Mandarine Rap Artist TONE -please tag as 仲维军
7) American metal band
8) French Hip-hop performer
(1) Tone is a German hip-hop artist, born in Frankfurt. As part of Konkret Finn (the first German battlecrew) along with his former partner lz, he was one of the inventors of German battle rap.
After "Konkret Finn" broke up, Tone considered starting a solo career and was featured on songs of artists such as Azad, the Brothers Keepers, Curse, D-Flame, J-Luv, Killa Hakan, Melbeatz, Samy Deluxe, the Stieber Twins and Roey Marquis II.
His solo breakthrough came in 2004, when he formed "Fourtress" with Bintia and Billy Davis and toured all over Germany. One year later, he was featured on German star Xavier Naidoo's release "Bist du am Leben interessiert?", and also released his first solo album, "Zukunftsmusik".
(2) With her abstract break beats, fragile voice and mesmerizing lyrics, female artist Tone has found an impressive outlet for her inner musical strengths, creating experimental ambient electronica sounds ranging from uplifting moods to bleak shades of melancholy.
Musically, Tone - who carries the civil name Sofie Nielsen - creates a remarkable audiovisual realm in which her light and spell-binding voice adds to a bedrock of crunchy break beats, abstract compositional structures and melodic sounds and samples. Not being a typical songwriter in terms of clinging to the usage of the traditional structure of verses and choruses, Tone relies on improvisation and creative exploration in the creation of her unpredictable musical landscapes - while adding daunting, yet compelling lyrics - and thereby drawing listeners into her musical and atmospheric universe of thoughts, sounds and a myriad of emotional expressions.
Tone’s live performance is a spectacular experience. Accompanied by VJ Kristian Ravn Ellestad, the two blend together in an audiovisual symbiosis accentuating the moods of Tone’s emotionally charged music. Tone and Kristian have cooperated in making small individual movie loops to each of her tracks, adding coherency and an abstract kind of storytelling to the performance.
Tone is signed to Urlyd, an independent Danish record label.
(3) Tone is one of the most original MCs in Spain. With a style you may have never heard in a hip hop artist, Tone fills his songs with dark, claustrophobic pictures, being extremely well accompanied by Dark la eMe's almost trip hop instrumentals. He has created and developed his unique style through hundreds of shows and one album (2005). The underground spanish hip hop scene awaits his next album.
Discography:
1. Tr3s ojos en la espalda
2. Algunos Cortes (2005)
(4) Tone was formed in Washington DC in 1991 by Norm Veenstra, with the goal of creating dynamic instrumental music using a layered, multiple electric guitar format. Operating within a rock context, with a drummer, one or two bass players, and as many as six guitarists, the result was a sound that gladly accepted the unambiguous tonality of popular music yet still found room for meaningful dissonance - austere, dramatic, and loud. With an unmistakable lineage (Savage Republic, Nice Strong Arm, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham), Tone set about its earliest performances with the determination and belief that there was still room for intelligent instrumental music.
While Tone's first shows were often described as relentlessly raw, by the time of their first recording sessions in 1993 and 1994 they had evolved a more precise, if not polished, approach. One of the more fascinating characteristics of the band came about in their early performances, when sounds that no one actually played arose as a natural occurrence of the harmonic interplay of multiple guitars. Eschewing the theatrics of the guitar solo and the seductive allure of electronic effects in favour of highly arranged ensemble work and bright glowing power amp tubes, Tone delivered their first CD in November of 1994, Build (on Dischord/IPR), an EP of six songs that used layered and repeated interlocking guitar parts as compositional building blocks.
(5) TONE is a Western ensemble comprised of three musicians, who play the shakuhachi (an instrument representative of Japan), and the guitar. The trio's leader, Yukihiko Mitsuka, is well known not only as a shakuhachi player, but as a master craftsman of the instrument, as well. TONE expresses the elegance of traditional Japanese music, and is currently well-received in live performances in many parts of Japan.
(6) TONE (仲维军) is a MC/rapper singer song writer from Taiwan
(7) TONE is a metal band in Greenville, SC. https://tonesc.bandcamp.com/
(8) Tone is a french artist who has been performing on the Twitch platform since 2019. With the support of his community of 30,000 followers on the streaming platform, the artist more recently decided to embark 100% on this musical project, with the composition of a first EP released in December 2021.
I Am Long
tone Lyrics
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When I don't hide away
I have these feet that wander
And lips that sometimes stray
I get caught up in circles
Nothing that I can do
But I have ears and I can hear
When I stop and listen to You
Hineini here I am
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Here I am
Here I am
There's so much I don't know
I feel like shifting sand
I look inside our story
And like a wedding band
I feel You circle me
With comfort and with truth
You are my tree of life
My every breath, my soul, my roots
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Here I am
Here I am
I am Yours and You are mine
Ani l'dodi, v'dodi li
Bonded forever
Through desert winds and raging seas
In black of night we lost
Six million precious lives
But here we are, Your people
Standing strong, am Yisrael chai
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
The lyrics of Tone's song I Am Long reflect a deep and profound spiritual yearning for a connection with a higher power. The opening lines, "I have these eyes to see You when I don't hide away" suggests an acknowledgement of one's own imperfections and tendency to shy away from the divine. The next lines, "I have these feet that wander and lips that sometimes stray," continue this theme of self-awareness and acceptance of one's own weaknesses.
However, the lyrics also express a willingness to improve and to listen to the divine, as evidenced in the lines "But I have ears and I can hear when I stop and listen to You." The repeated phrase "Hineini, hineini," which roughly translates to "Here I am" in Hebrew, emphasizes this commitment to being present and open to the divine.
The lyrics also reflect a connection to Jewish identity and history, particularly in the lines "In black of night we lost six million precious lives / But here we are, Your people / Standing strong, am Yisrael chai." This connection to Jewish history and resilience adds another layer of meaning to the song's themes of spirituality and self-improvement.
Line by Line Meaning
I have these eyes to see You
When I don't hide away
My eyes are open to You, but sometimes I hide from You
I have these feet that wander
And lips that sometimes stray
I often wander and make mistakes that cause me to stray
I get caught up in circles
Nothing that I can do
But I have ears and I can hear
When I stop and listen to You
I feel stuck sometimes and can't change my situation, but I can listen to You and learn from it
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Here I am
Here I am
I'm ready and willing to commit myself to You
There's so much I don't know
I feel like shifting sand
I look inside our story
And like a wedding band
I don't always understand everything, but I feel a strong connection to our history
I feel You circle me
With comfort and with truth
You are my tree of life
My every breath, my soul, my roots
I feel surrounded by Your love and guidance, and You are essential to my very existence
I am Yours and You are mine
Ani l'dodi, v'dodi li
Bonded forever
Through desert winds and raging seas
I belong to You and You belong to me, and we are connected even through life's ups and downs
In black of night we lost
Six million precious lives
But here we are, Your people
Standing strong, am Yisrael chai
Despite great tragedy, we are still here as a people, and we remain strong
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Hineini, hineini
Hineini here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
Here I am
I am fully pledged to You and ready to serve, now and always
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Helene Kates, Michael Kates
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