Pioneering UK record label and music publisher bringing together the finest nu-jazz, broken-beat and hip-hop artists from Japan and the West.
Founded in 2004 by Gav Smith, global DJ and former Disorient and Mr Bongo record label manager.
Current Roster...
Breakthrough are the latest Pantone Music signing and are releasing an album on the 24th of September 2007. Check out the blog post for further information!
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Jazztronik is the musical product of Ryota Nozaki: composer, producer and pianist. With a classical and scholarly music upbringing, Ryota Nozaki combines emotive and melodic jazz arrangements with crisp breaks and beats from around the world. As a result, BBC Radio 1 DJ, Gilles Peterson, voted Jazztronik’s Samurai single as one of his top-twenty for 2004.
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Jafrosax is the musical product of Toyko saxophonist Kazuki Katsuta. With his career founded upon the Japanese jazz fusion band Dimension, Kazuki has taken his talents to another level by combining soulful jazz with uplifting house, chill-out breaks, fractured beats and world sounds.
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Yukihiro Fukutomi is one of Japans best exports, has previously record for quality labels that include King Street and Jazzanova Compost, and has compositions on just about every quality compilation in the world. Through Pantone Music, Yukihiro has released his ninth album by collaborating with artists from London, Philly, Gothenburg and Tokyo.
Bun , pronounced ’Boon’, is the newest artist to feature on Pantone Music and has recently collaborated with Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest, Grand Visitor from Homeliss Derilex, and UK soul/jazz act Break Reform.
Latest News...
Pantone Music are releasing a series of funky little seven inches dedicated to hip-hop and lo-fi soul in the summer of 2006.
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