tonetic

tonetic

(təʊˈnɛtɪk)
adj
(Linguistics) (of a language) distinguishing words semantically by distinction of tone as well as by other sounds. See tone language
[C20: from tone + -etic, as in phonetic]
toˈnetically adv
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Some of her proudest works have included the promotional video for First Rain Dance Theatre's Anima, documenting Hage Geingob's presidential campaign, and a video for music artist Tonetic.
Anima is an explosion of Namibian fashion, film, photography, sound and movement and boasts stars such as Shishani and Lize Ehlers who will be performing live and Steffen List (front man of amazing local band Tonetic) who is creating the original soundtrack.
polygenesis of prosodic contrasts regardless of how, exactly, we conceive the proto-system in tonetic terms.
Tonetic, Penilane, Erna Chimu, Famaz Attack, Lize Ehlers, Essence and the Heritage Band, Percival Rinquest and Shemyetu are just some of the better known established bands performing, but the Windhoek programme also features a few surprise acts of upcoming groups and individuals.
"I describe my music as Fragile, Free, Curious, Warm and Expansive and categorize it as secretive and shy with the qualities of an intimate friendship", are the words of Steffen List better known as Tonetic who releases his self-produced solo album 'Tones of Red' at the Franco Namibia Cultural Centre (FNCC) this Friday 15 February.
Tonetic's songs are populated with a fusion of genres such as rock, pop, classic, jazz and African, that does not follow musical traditions and cliches too closely.
Tonetic has since had numerous concerts and represented Namibia at festivals locally and in Malawi, and recently received the award for Best Original Music Score for the short film 100 Bucks, at last years Namibian Theatre and Film Awards.
This year the popular show continues on Saturday 19 January with inspired singer and songwriter Tonetic's live performance in the Nice restaurant court yard.
Who is this man behind Tonetic? Steffen List is the name by which his friends know him.
His music has touched many hearts and some listeners have even said that if they could one day walk in the clouds, the would take the walk with Tonetic's music.
The sophisticated and enigmatic artist, TONETiC, will be staging a show at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) on 18 February.
Steffen List, known by his stage name TONETiC, recently decided to put his music career first.