Defunct 2003 Genre Various Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Founders Kenny Tay, Jeff Siah | Status Inactive Country of origin Malaysia Founded 1993 | |
Distributor(s) EMI Music Publishing Sdn. Bhd. |
Positive Tone was a Malaysian music production house, established in 1993 by Jeff Siah and Kenny Tay. The first release is Leonard Tan's first album. After Paul Moss and Ahmad Izham Omar joined Positive Tone, Positive Tone become one of Malaysia's top recording companies. In 1998, Positive Tone was acquired by EMI Malaysia, after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Some of the company's famous act includes Too Phat, Poetic Ammo, VE, Ruffedge, Juliet The Orange, Nicestupidplayground and Innuendo. This record company was closed in 2003, and all of the singers was absorbed into EMI Malaysia. As part of EMI's withdrawal from Southeast Asia market in 2008, EMI Malaysia was closed. The compilation album "Best of Positive Tone" was the last album to be released by EMI Malaysia.