Artist
High Contrast
High Contrast is an electronic artist from Penarth, Wales formed in 2000. 128 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Electronic · Penarth, Wales · Best electronic albums
- 128
- Releases
- 2001–2026
- Active years
- 2000
- Formed
Discography
21
Most popular
Night Gallery
2017 · 14 tracks
Notes From the Underground
2020
Tough Guys Don't Dance
2007
The Agony & The Ecstasy
2012
High Society
2004
True Colours
2002
Confidential
2009
Derestoration
2025
Restoration
2024
True Colours (20th Anniversary Edition + Remixes)
2022
Notes_from_the_Underground_2.0_Remixes.zip
2021
Remixes and Rarities
2020
Questions EP
2017
The Road Goes On Forever
2012
- Hospitality Presents: This Is Drum + Bass
Hospitality Presents: This Is Drum + Bass
2009
Watch the Ride
2008
- Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance
2007
Hospitalised
2006
- FabricLive 25: High Contrast
FabricLive 25: High Contrast
2005
Mixmag Live: High Contrast
2005
- Hospital Records Selection
Hospital Records Selection
2001
Popular tracks
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Singles & EPs
107You Don't Understand
Single · 2023
The First Note Is Silent (feat. Tiësto & Underworld)
EP · 2011
Time Lapse
Single · 2026
SAKURA
Single · 2026
Rebuild
Single · 2026
Stereo (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2025
If We Ever (Remixes)
Single · 2025
Anti/Thesis: Vol. 2
Single · 2025
Happy People
Single · 2024
Racing Green (Disrupta Remix)
Single · 2024
Loved You So
Single · 2024
Remember Me
Single · 2024
Be No Rain
Single · 2024
Anti/Thesis: Vol. 1
EP · 2024
- listen up (High Contrast Remix)
listen up (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2023
You Don't Understand (feat. Jamie McCool)
Single · 2023
Can't Give You Up
Single · 2023
Beyond Horizons (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2023
Stella (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2022
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bou Remix)
Single · 2022
Music Is Everything (Pola & Bryson Remix)
Single · 2022
Return Of Forever (Camo & Krooked & Mefjus Remix)
Single · 2022
Something to Someone (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2022
Bourgeois Imagery
Single · 2021
Remind Me (High Contrast Jungle Mix)
Single · 2021
Met Her At A Dance In Leicester (DJ Marky Remix)
Single · 2021
Met Her At A Dance In Leicester (Sticky Remix)
Single · 2021
Don't Need You
Single · 2021
Paradise (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2021
Time Is Hardcore (Remixes)
Single · 2020
Rhythm Is Changing (Tom Everett Remix)
Single · 2020
Time Is Hardcore
Single · 2020
Rhythm Is Changing
Single · 2020
Rhythm Is Changing (Mella Dee All Boots In At Once Mix)
Single · 2020
Days Go By
Single · 2019
Blue Sky Tower
Single · 2019
Nice Trip
Single · 2019
Snare The Blame
Single · 2019
Going Up
Single · 2019
Leave a Light On (High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2018
If We Ever (Unglued Remix)
Single · 2018
Save Somebody (SPY Vs. High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2018
Save Somebody (S.P.Y vs. High Contrast Remix)
Single · 2018
God Only Knows
Single · 2018
Questions E.P.
EP · 2017
Save Somebody (Acoustic Version)
Single · 2017
Shotgun Mouthwash (Jungle Remix)
Single · 2017
Shotgun Mouthwash
Single · 2017
Love On A 45 (MJ Cole Remix)
Single · 2017
Remind Me
Single · 2017
The Beat Don't Feel The Same
Single · 2017
The Beat Don't Feel The Same (DNB Remix)
Single · 2017
Shotgun Mouthwash
Single · 2017
Mr. Majestic
Single · 2016
Remind Me
Single · 2016
How Love Begins (feat. Dizzee Rascal) (Hardcore Will Never Die Edit)
Single · 2016
How Love Begins (Remixes) - EP (feat. Dizzee Rascal)
EP · 2016
- Who's Loving You
Who's Loving You
EP · 2014
Who's Loving You (Pt. 2)
Single · 2014
- Together / Music Is Everything (Influx UK remix)
Together / Music Is Everything (Influx UK remix)
Single · 2014
Who's Loving You (EP)
EP · 2014
Who's Loving You (Pt. 1)
Single · 2014
Spectrum Analyser
Single · 2013
- Spectrum Analyser / Some Things Never Change
Spectrum Analyser / Some Things Never Change
Single · 2013
- If We Ever (Toronto Is Broken Re-Fix)
If We Ever (Toronto Is Broken Re-Fix)
Single · 2012
- Tread Softly / Murderation
Tread Softly / Murderation
Single · 2012
The Agony & The Ecstasy (feat. Selah Corbin)
EP · 2012
The First Note Is Silent (feat. Tiësto & Underworld) (Tiësto Remix)
Single · 2011
The First Note Is Silent
Single · 2011
- Fifteen Years of Hospital Records: Sampler One
Fifteen Years of Hospital Records: Sampler One
Single · 2011
- Who Loves Ya?
Who Loves Ya?
Single · 2010
Basement Track (Upstairs Downstairs remix) / Seven Notes in Black
Single · 2009
The Basement Track (High Contrast's Upstairs Downstairs Remix)
Single · 2009
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (The Jonny L remix)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (The Jonny L remix)
Single · 2008
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Jonny L Remix)
Single · 2008
- Suddenly / What's the Story?
Suddenly / What's the Story?
Single · 2008
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Single · 2007
If We Ever
Single · 2007
Everything's Different / Green Screen
Single · 2007
If We Ever / Pink Flamingos
Single · 2007
When The Lights Go Down
Single · 2005
- Days Go By / What We Do
Days Go By / What We Do
Single · 2005
When the Lights Go Down / Only Two Can Play
Single · 2005
- When the Lights Go Down / Magic
When the Lights Go Down / Magic
Single · 2005
- Angels and Fly
Angels and Fly
Single · 2004
Racing Green / St. Ives
Single · 2004
Mr. Majestic / The Other Side
Single · 2004
Racing Green
Single · 2004
Angels & Fly (feat. Nolay)
Single · 2004
- It's Too Late / You're Not Alone (High Contrast Remixes)
It's Too Late / You're Not Alone (High Contrast Remixes)
Single · 2004
- Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Single · 2004
Basement Track
Single · 2003
The Basement Track
Single · 2003
- Music Is Everything (Remixes)
Music Is Everything (Remixes)
Single · 2002
Global Love (Calibre Remix)
Single · 2002
Global Love (Calibre remix) / Return of Forever (Landslide remix)
Single · 2002
Return of Forever Remixes
Single · 2002
Music Is Everything (Influx UK + Danny Byrd Remixes)
Single · 2002
Music Is Everything (Influx Datum UK + Danny Byrd Remixes)
Single · 2002
- 3AM
3AM
Single · 2002
Global Love
Single · 2002
Return Of Forever
Single · 2002
Make It Tonight
Single · 2001
Passion
Single · 2001
- Make It Tonight / Mermaid Scar
Make It Tonight / Mermaid Scar
Single · 2001
- The Ride VIP / What's the Story
The Ride VIP / What's the Story
Single · 2001
Passion / Full Intention
Single · 2001
Collaborators
3
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About
Lincoln Barrett, better known by the stage name High Contrast (born 18 September 1979, Penarth, Cardiff), is a Welsh drum and bass DJ and producer. Barrett grew up more interested in films and film soundtracks rather than music, and still cites Wendy Carlos's A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album and the Vangelis soundtrack for Blade Runner as defining musical influences. Whilst studying film making in Newport, he heard J Majik's Arabian Nights which turned the then 17-year-old Barrett on to drum and bass music. Barrett used to work in Cardiff's only electronic record shop, Catapult. A short time after he began to make music, he was given a DJ residency at Cardiff's drum and bass night, named Silent Running. During his residency at Silent Running, Barrett played alongside artists such as Grooverider and London Elektricity. In June 2002, Barrett's debut album, True Colours, was released on Hospital Records, with "Return of Forever" and "Global Love" finding their way into the UK Singles Chart. His second album was High Society.
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On 6 April 2003, High Contrast was featured on the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix show. His mix included liquid funk mostly from the Hospital Records label. On 9 January 2005, this Essential Mix was replayed on Radio 1 when another drum and bass artist, Andy C, was unable to deliver his mix. In October 2005, Barrett launched his own record label, The Contrast. The first single, "Days Go By" / "What We Do" was released in early November 2005. In 2007, he delivered his second effort, selected as 'Essential Mix of the Year' by Pete Tong. His third album Tough Guys Don't Dance was released in October 2007. The second single from the album, "If We Ever" was supported on Radio 1 by Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley helping it to reach number 1 in the DnB chart, number 1 in the dance chart and number 4 in the Indie chart. In 2008, High Contrast remixed the #1 single "No Way to Say" for the Japanese Ayumi Hamasaki's remix album, Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver. He also made successful remixes of "Hometown Glory" by Adele and "Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz, which were later included on album, Confidential. He has started producing house tracks under the alias, 'Two Fisted Tales' with tracks released so far including "Fugue State" and "Rushmore" He played them during his take over for the Rob Da Bank show on BBC Radio 1 in January 2009.
High Contrast in brief
- How many High Contrast releases are on Riffiter?
- 128 releases are catalogued, spanning 2001 to 2026.
- When was High Contrast formed?
- High Contrast formed in 2000, in Penarth, Wales.
- What genre is High Contrast?
- High Contrast is catalogued under Electronic.
- What is the most recent High Contrast release on Riffiter?
- Time Lapse, released in 2026.