Topanaris, 3Tripletone 3TRIPLETONE
TOPANARIS // MIXTAPE NO.8 // 2003 // VINYL MIX

TOPANARIS HIGHPOWER has been founded under the name BASS CULTURE in 1993. In the meantime the crew consists of three people: ENGLISH MC/Selector, LION Selector/Engineer and BONNIE, who is also spinning the wheels. After two years of local appearances, ENGLISH and LION began to travel to London. There the sound played in the Virgins Cafe Bar or in clubs like Pegasus, which was already honoured by well known jamaican soundsystem such as STONE LOVE/METRO MEDIA and musicians such as F.Mc. GREGOR & BERES HAMMOND. In 1996 they toured with GREGORY ISAACS and STARKY BANTON through the Gambia and Senegal. Back in Germany TOPANARIS dedicated themselves again to the local Reggae and Dancehall scene. 1998 they changed their name from Bass Culture into TOPANARIS HIGHPOWER , since the name was given away several times. In the year after the crew organized together with JUDGE SILVA from BLACK SPIDER an event and brought STONE LOVE for the first time to Germany (D´dorf - White House). 1999 Topanaris organized together with NUFORMS a party row with changing LINE UP in the Projekt4 in Cologne. The ´Yardcore Collective´ has been continued also in the following year in different locations in and around Cologne, amongst clubs like the Dock8 or also in the Artheater, with guests like FIREBALL, FRED&BARNEY SOUND SYSTEM or SILLY WALKS. BONNIE, who created some sensation on guest appearences as female Selector, got in 2000 firmly into the crew. In the following two years TOPANARIS joined the MAJOR DAMAGE CREW, a cooperative of different sound systems, DJs, Singers and MCs. Together with the MD CREW an appearance at the ´Lords Of The Boards´, European Snowboard Championchips in Fieberbrunn 2001 amongst other artists like OUTKAST, followed, and a one year's party series in the MTC in Cologne with guests like FREDDIE KRUEGER. Since the ending of the project TOPANARIS concentrates again on the realisation of own ideas and visions. In the year 2003 the head of the sound system as well as two further partners founded the Musicmarketing and Booking agency 3Tripletone. During the last years the sound is in constant progress. TOPANARIS always endeavors to supply a varied and professional program at any time. The Sound is always open for new musical challenges. TH plays Reggae, Dancehall, Lovers, Foundation, Classics, Soca, HipHop, Rap, R'n'B, Soul a.m.m. + ++