Positive Tone Sdn. Bhd. was a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

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, established in 1993 by Jeff Siah and Kenny Tay. The label's first release is Leonard Tan's debut album. After

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and Ahmad Izham Omar joined Positive Tone, the label become one of Malaysia's top recording companies. In 1998, Positive Tone was acquired by EMI Malaysia, after the

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. Some of the company's famous act includes

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, Poetic Ammo, Reefa, VE, Ruffedge, Juliet The Orange,

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and

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. The label was closed in 2003, and all Positive Tone artists 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.

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* (archived) 1993 establishments in Malaysia 2003 disestablishments in Malaysia Malaysian record labels Record labels established in 1993 Record labels disestablished in 2003 Defunct record labels EMI Defunct companies of Malaysia {{record-label-stub

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