# Higher State

Higher State is a dance record company and music publishing company founded in 1992 by house music producers and DJs Dillon & Dickins (Marc Dillon & Patrick 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 (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 Imagination). 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 dance music group the Ones) 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

| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| HSD 001 | Groovoid | Until U Drop EP | 30 Mar 1992 |
| HSD 2 | Mesozoik | The Future EP | 1 Jun 1992 |
| HSD 3 | Kartoid | Kartoid EP | 29 Jun 1992 |
| 12 HSD 04 | Dillon | "Make It Take It" | 28 Sep 1992 |
| 12 HSD 05 | Lafferty | "Brand New Day" | 23 Nov 1992 |
| 12HSD6 | Sound Environment | "Natural High" | 11 Jan 1993 |
| 12 HSD 07 | Crazy Prophylactic | "Reach" | 15 Mar 1993 |
| 12 HSD 08 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit" | 19 Apr 1993 |
| 12 HSD 09 | Lentil Lovecake | "Don't Desert Me" | 5 Jul 1993 |
| 12HSD10 | Sound Environment | "Natural High (The Remixes)" | 20 Sep 1993 |
| 12 HSD 11 | Spacebase | "I Need You" | 1 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 12 | NASA | "Secret" | 15 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 14 | Sound Environment | "Feel So High" | 29 Nov 1993 |
| 12 HSD 15 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit (Remixes)" | 13 Dec 1993 |
| 12 HSD 16 | Lafferty | "Thinkin 'bout" | 24 Jan 1994 |
| 12 HSD 17 | On the Blag | Working Jocks E.P. Vol. 1 | 7 Feb 1994 |
| 12 HSD 18 | Spacebase | "Release" | 21 Feb 1994 |
| 12 HSD 19 | Swag Bag | The Money EP | 14 Mar 1994 |
| 12 HSD 20 | European Express | "Heaven" | 28 Mar 1994 |
| 12 HSD 21 | Roller Coaster | "My Geetar Hertz" | 11 Apr 1994 |
| 12 HIMP 1 | Cluedo | The White EP | 31 May 1994 |
| 12 HSD 22 | Sound Environment | Had Enough E.P. | 13 Jun 1994 |
| 12 HSD 22R | Sound Environment | Had Enough E.P. (Rebound Remixes) | 27 Jun 1994 |
| 12 HSD 23 | Lentil Lovecake | "Let Me See" | 11 Jul 1994 |
| 12 HSD 24 | Various | "Higher State Sampler" | 30 May 1995 |
| 12 HSD 25 | Gorgeous Darlings | "I Want U" | 26 Jun 1995 |
| 12 HIMP 3 | Miss Stuck-Up | "Stick Together" | 4 Sep 1995 |
| 12 HSD 26 | Upstate | "I Get High" | 2 Oct 1995 |
| 12 HIMP 4 / CD HIMP4 | Johnny X | "Call on Me" | 19 Feb 1996 |
| 12 HSD 27 | Spacebase | "Patience / Frustration" | 25 Mar 1996 |
| 12 HSD 28 | Gorgeous Darlings | "Boy U Take Me / Alright / Angel" | 15 Apr 1996 |
| 12 HSD 29 | Crystal | "Bring Me Luv" | 11 Jun 1996 |
| 12 HSD 30 | Upstate | "I Get High (Remixes)" | 8 Jul 1996 |
| 12 HSD 31 / CD HSD 31 | Disco Biscuit | "Disco Biscuit (Remixes)" | 21 Oct 1996 |
| 12 HSD 32 / CD HSD 32 | Matter | "Don't U Want Some More" | 12 May 1997 |
| 12 HSD 33 / CD HSD 33 | Naka | "That's It" | 30 Jun 1997 |
| 12 HSD 34 / 12 HSD 34R / CD HSD 34 | Johnny X | "Call on Me (Remixes)" | 24 Nov 1997 |
| 12 HSD 35 / CD HSD 35 | Spacebase | "What Am I Gonna Do" | 27 Apr 1998 |
| 12 HSD 36 | Nature | "Trumpet Gun – Feelin Higher" | 14 Jun 1999 |
| 12 HSD 37 | Yosh Presents @-Large | "Do You Feel It" | 26 Jul 1999 |
| MP DND 009 | Dillon & Dickins | "Digigen" (feat. Sonny) | 2 Sep 2011 |
| MP DND 010 | Dillon & Dickins | "Nite Moves" (feat. Rose Windross) | 2 Sep 2011 |
| MP DND 011 | Dillon & Dickins | Exquisite Illicit (album) | 10 Feb 2012 |

### 99 North

| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| 99 NTH 01 | Various | "Taster" | 31 Jul 1995 |
| 99 NTH 02 | Sweet Peach | "Disco F*ck / Hard Suck" | 18 Sep 1995 |
| 99 NTH 3 | Doc Ximbi | "African American" | 13 Nov 1995 |
| 99 NTH 04 | Sweet Peach | Naked Fruit EP | 4 Mar 1996 |
| 99 NTH 05 | 99 Allstars | Allstars EP | 13 May 1996 |
| 99 NTH 6 | 99 Allstars | Allstars EP Vol. 2 | 30 Sep 1996 |
| 99 NTH 7 / CD NTH 7 | DPD featuring Rose Windross | "Sign Your Name / Problem Child" | 25 Nov 1996 |
| 99 NTH 8 / CDNTH08 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Luv Is All U Need" | 9 Dec 1996 |
| 99 NTH 9 / CD NTH 09 | Blackout | "Gotta Have Hope" | 2 Jun 1997 |
| 99 NTH 10 / CD NTH 10 | Gold Dust Twins | "Luver (All That I Wanted)" | 20 Oct 1997 |
| 99 MCC 1 / CD MCC 1 | Ninety Nine Allstars | Metal Can Collection (album) | 8 Dec 1997 |
| 99 NTH 11 / CD NTH 11 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Soakin' Wet" | 30 Mar 1998 |
| 99 NTH 12 / CD NTH 12 | Ninety Nine Allstars | "Chemical Generation" | 8 Jun 1998 |
| 99 NTH 13 / CD NTH 13 | MURK | "Reach for Me" | 14 Sep 1998 |
| 99 NTH 14 / CD NTH 14 | FPI Project | "Everybody (All Over the World)" | 1 Mar 1999 |
| 99 NTH 15 / CD NTH 15 | Dillon & Dickins | Steers and Queers EP | 31 May 1999 |
| 99 NTH 16 / 99 NTH 16R / CD NTH 16 | Shawn Christopher | "Another Sleepless Night" | 13 Sep 1999 |
| 99 NTH 17 / 99 NTH 17R / CD NTH 17 | FPI Project | "Rich in Paradise / Going Back to My Roots" | 29 Sep 1999 |
| 99 NTH 18 | M1 | "Electronic Funk" | 24 Jan 2000 |
| 99 NTH 19 | Illicit feat. Shannon | "Pulsation" | 20 Nov 2000 |
| 99 NTH 20 | Dillon & Dickins | "Stop the Groove" | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 99 NTH 21 | 99 Allstars | "Space Sensation" | 5 Feb 2001 |

### 99 Degrees

| Catalogue Number | Artist | Title | Release Date |
| 99 DEG 1 | T-Total | The Groovaholic EP | 21 Jul 1997 |
| 99 DEG 2 / CD DEG 2 | T-Total | The Dub Addict EP | 2 Mar 1998 |
| 99 DEG 3 / CD DEG 3 | Sweet Peach | "Take U Up" | 1 Jun 1998 |
| 99 DEG 4 / CD DEG 4 | T-Total feat. Paul Alexander | "Don'tchoowanna / Do It All Night" | 10 Aug 1998 |
| 99 DEG 5 / CD DEG 5 | Tallulah | "Gimmee Your Lovestick" | 1 Sep 1998 |
| 99 DEG 6 | Bounce | "Off Da Floor" | 5 Oct 1998 |
| 99 DEG 7 | T-Total | The Looprication EP | 3 Mar 1999 |
| 99 DEG 8 | Zero Zero | New Aegean Movement EP | 19 Apr 1999 |
| 99 DEG 9 | Orienta Rhythm | Orienta Rhythm EP | 25 Oct 1999 |