Higher State


Higher State is a dance record company and music publishing company founded in 1992 by House music producers and DJs Dillon & Dickins which incorporates the three record labels 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 was in November 1997 when they released Johnny X "Call on Me", which was written by Leee John. This was followed in April 1998 with Spacebase "What Am I Gonna Do", 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 "Everybody ", which on 13 March 1999 for one week reached number 67 in the UK singles chart.
Other notable releases include Matter "Don't You Want Some More", M1 "Electronic Funk", 99 Allstars "Chemical Generation" and Dillon & Dickins "Queers R Doin It".

Discography

Higher State

99 North

99 Degrees