Deaf Tonics Records

Check out part of an unaired PBS Austin City Limits episode where Slow Leak delivered their most celebrated classic hit! Unfortunately, PBS botched it and only chops and bits of the video made it on tape. Oh well.

Deaf Tonics Records, in collaboration with Digitized Revolution, proudly announces "Noise", a heavy trip hop/hip hop electronica hybrid AI track with a hybrid AI dystopian music video made by Slow Leak, virtual downtempo band, and Olivier Moore, hip hop artist and AI creator. A cinematic music video blending trip-hop, hip-hop, and dystopian storytelling, Noise follows a satirical and symbolic call against propaganda, censorship, and political overreach and indifference through an ambitious visual narrative packed with practical effects, cinematic camera work, and original world-building.

Slow Leak - Molten Lava Heart (Live in New York)

Slow Leak returns with a 5 1/2 minute cinematic thrill ride that sonically goes outside the box of their usual relaxed vibe. Frontwoman Ava Hart is on the run after a lethal event at 3 AM. Time seems to sit still as the members of Slow Leak find their role in her struggle. Count on a twist ending! Also features the members of stoner rock band Deaf Tonics as the villians in this. Love to hear what you guys think. Took many, many, hours of work for this one.

I gave Slow Leak's debut Zero 7'esque trip hop "hit" from 2025 a cinematic video makeover. It's my most ambitious video to date, taking me many hours of effort to redo parts to get it where I wanted it. I wanted to make a video for this one as it feels like the band's signature tune (the concert closer). It's a biblical love song, with plenty of elements of sci fi. I'm thinking my next one will probably take me into the Suno era, so stay tuned.

Slow Leak's title track to their second album is a sensual duel play on the band's continuation, but also a play on looking forward to a relationship redo. I think this is one of the best songs by this band and a defining track of the album. I'm proud of it. It's a 90s/early 2000s era loungey downtempo/trip hop/synthpop track with a touch of R&B. For some reason, the bridge keeps making me think Gran Turismo.

Well, after failing to gain ANY traction with my last two videos (even after holding first place for a couple weeks in 51Love's Search for the Holy Grail competition with Artificial Love), I yet press on with my most ambitious Slow Leak video yet, which is the third and final downtempo video single from The Sequel, Money and Honey (Flushes Around). I guess the anti-hookup culture message of the video kinda speaks for itself. Check out The Sequel on Spotify! Live album in the works (not that anyone cares about my AI crap, but hey, I like to pretend I have eager fans)🤷‍♂️

Just a babbling, mostly instrumental trip hop track from Slow Leak's The Sequel album. Leads into the album's bluesy closing track. I miss getting sounds like this out of Udio. Check out The Sequel. Also check out the full length music videos for the first two singles Artificial Love and Dichotomy. Music video for the next single, Money and Honey (Flushes Around) coming soon!

Souls Parted is the three part pretentious stoner rock epic closing ballad from the Deaf Tonics' sophomore banger, Digital Genocide. It's a song about loss and moving on in the face of it, be it in the aftermath of war, struggles with depression, health problems.. you name it. Frontman Sid Sharpe whips out the piano skills in the first part, as the song seques into the chugging middle section, and then finally closing with an epic stoner rock finale. It ends with the band's proclamation that this isn't "the end"...even without Udio, somehow they may return...one day.

Downtempo triphop/synthpop trio Slow Leak return with The Sequel. The new record far surpasses the debut, tackling a full circle emotional journey through the lens of vocalist Ava Hart through a haze of 90s style edgy R&B downtempo minimalism. Artificial Love is the album's sexy and shimmering first single, inspired partly from the cheesy 80s dystopian comedy, Cherry 2000. In a world of increasing isolation using technology and now AI, of course, the song is a subtle critique of the idea of artificial relationships. Ava plays the role of an artificial companion. This comes from my last hurrah of pre-TOS change Udio, and frankly, I think it's a darn downtempo masterpiece. I'm fairly proud of my creation, and I hope someone can enjoy my vision here as much as I had making it (after I nearly pulled the rest of my hair out findin out how to overcome CapCut's stupid exporting issues). Let me know what you think! The Sequel available now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vyYZeyeZzavlSLiRxeNUR

Not too much traffic on the site lately, but I might as well post another one on my flagship band's sophomore opus from the Udio wreckage. Here's another middle finger to the mainstream from Sid and company. The band is snobbish like that, dissing all the new kids on the block and their new school sounds.

Happy New Year! The Deaf Tonics have released their sophomore stoner rock album, Digital Genocide. This is the deep cut on the record, the track people stumble onto halfway through the album and realize they’re not in the same headspace they were five minutes ago. It’s one of the heaviest things Deaf Tonics have written, not because it’s constantly loud, but because it slowly grinds you down and doesn’t let go. The song unfolds in three distinct movements. It begins with a desert-soaked psychedelic opener that feels distant and sun-bleached, like the mind drifting away from everything familiar. The guitars float, time loosens, and Sid’s vocal sounds removed, already pulling back from the world. It doesn’t feel like escape so much as withdrawal — the first step in choosing isolation. The middle section locks into a dirgy, hypnotic groove where the core idea reveals itself. “Disconnected my brain stem” repeats like a mantra, less a threat than a declaration. There’s no plea for help here, no desire to be pulled back in. It’s about opting out, about refusing to participate in a reality that feels dishonest and corrosive. When the final section arrives, the song shifts from numb detachment into forward motion. The tempo tightens, the repetition becomes confrontational, and the message hardens. The anger isn’t theatrical or directed at a single target — it’s blunt and final. A severing of ties. A rejection without apology. “Brain Stem” isn’t about self-destruction. It’s about cutting the signal. It’s about stepping away from mankind, duplicity, and the endless noise, and choosing silence over submission. There’s no resolution, no comfort at the end — just the echo of someone who’s already gone. This isn’t a single. It isn’t background music. It’s the track you find late at night, alone, and don’t forget.

The third single off of the Deaf Tonics' yet to be released second album, Digital Genocide. Stoner/hard rock. What if the band was successful and getting stalked by an obsessive fan? This song envisions that concept.

The closing ballad from the stoner rock debut album Octane Red. A song about repairing a relationship with a toxic family member.

The Deaf Tonics scored their first mildly successful hit with Big Shot Money, the third official single off of Octane Red, currently with 2.3K listens on Soundcloud, half a year after its release. Funny enough, the band sort of disowns this one in live performances, being the mainstream outcasts that they are.The song has more of an unsually slight 80s rock bent to the normal stoner rock sound of the band. Lead singer Sid shows off his chops though. A song about standing up to recurring bullies.

This is the leadoff track off of the Deaf Tonics debut album, released in January 2025. The album had three other singles, but hoping I can generate some buzz in anticipation of the first single of their second album, to be released soon.

Another hot album track from rock album Octane Red. The lyrics can be interpreted different ways, but is essentially a song about a guy who witnesses something really bad going on, but chooses not to get involved.

Deaf Tonics drummer Manny pulls up the microphone to provide the lead vocals on this stoner rock deep track from Octane Red.An ambiguous dirge about butting heads with someone close.

During my time managing the Deaf Tonics in their early shows, my late cat Pepe became the band's lovable mascot. We even brought him along to give the band good luck backstage. The band wrote this furball anthem, and what started as a joke about how Pepe stole some chicken backstage and the band yelled "Pepe, surrender!" somehow made it's way onto the Octane Red album, on bassist Sasha's insistence. She wanted it to be a single too, but I convinced the band better of it. It nevertheless is a concert favorite and staple.Sadly, Pepe passed away to cancer last year, but he lives on in the Deaf Tonics' canon.

If there's one Deaf Tonics song to own them all, it would be Made Man, the second official single off of Octane Red. It's hard and slaps, evoking the sardonic imagery of cinematic gangster tropes. It's the band's personal favorite and has been the closer at every Deaf Tonics show since inception.

The Deaf Tonics just keep kicking your ass with this official lead single off of their upcoming sophomore stoner rock album, Digital Genocide. This is the band's official big middle finger to the mainstream and pop culture. It's ironically a virtual band preaching about being authentic. The official Spotify single includes the sarcastic testosterone loaded b-side, Bad Guy Coming Through. Check that one out too! The Deaf Tonics also plan to release their first music video to accompany this one soon!

Deaf Tonics Records veers away from the stoner rock genre and introduces Slow Leak, a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre.In one of the singles from the group's debut effort, sultry redheaded vocalist Ava Hart laments about the trials and tribulations of a controversial topic, all to the backdrop of a catchy beat.

Slow Leak is a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre.Control the Weather is the dreamy chillwave/downtempo pop lead single from the group's debut album. A metaphorical love song, with the ever so melancholy voice of redheaded frontwoman Ava Hart.

Slow Leak is a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre. The recording trio features the vocals of redheaded vixen Ava Hart, DJ mixing master Jason Dorsey, and keyboard/synth wizard Brandon Hardy.In this third dancey single from the debut album, Ava sarcastically lashes in amusement and disdain at the arrogant players that try so hard to impress her all the time. It's fun, dancey and playful with nice downtempo vibes.

Deaf Tonics is a Detroit American four piece stoner rock band. The band often evokes sardonic lyrics and aggressive riffs to get your blood going. The quartet consists of macho lead vocalist/guitarist Sid Sharpe, chain smoking lead guitarist Jack Hawkins, bad girl bassist Sasha Bernhart, and Cuban drummer Manny Ortagus. The Deaf Tonics return swinging hard with the second single off of the upcoming Digital Genocide album that bleeds grit and vengeance. Last Chance at Dawn is a high-noon showdown wrapped in pounding riffs, snarling vocals, and a fight-to-the-finish attitude. This is the sound of no turning back — a brutal rock anthem about betrayal, payback, and facing the final reckoning when the sun rises. Proud of this one. Features Manny on the lead vocals. The official single release includes the b-side track Fumbler.

Slow Leak is a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre. The recording trio features the vocals of redheaded vixen Ava Hart, DJ mixing master Jason Dorsey, and keyboard/synth wizard Brandon Hardy.Slow Leak goes edgy electropop with this deep cut from the debut. It mixes pulsing bass, icy synth lines, and a venom-laced vocal delivery that calls out betrayal without mercy. This isn’t a breakup ballad — it’s a showdown. Every verse drips with tension, every chorus hits like a spark to gasoline. It’s about lies exposed, masks torn off, and who knows what the revenge is.

Slow Leak is a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre. The recording trio features the vocals of redheaded vixen Ava Hart, DJ mixing master Jason Dorsey, and keyboard/synth wizard Brandon Hardy.In the wake of this previous dark, divisive week for our country (here in the US anyway), Slow Leak feels it's appropriate to select the tone of it's album closer, I Bleed, to present this week on the Billboard. It's a stripped-back ballad that highlights heartbreak, loss, and the weight of loss of humanity. Gentle piano and the voice of Ava carries the song while the lyrics reflect on love that turned cold and the pain it leaves behind. It’s quiet, raw, and honest — the kind of song that lingers after the music fades.

Slow Leak is a downtempo/trip-hop electronica group that channels the sound of late 90s, early 20s music of the genre. The recording trio features the vocals of redheaded vixen Ava Hart, DJ mixing master Jason Dorsey, and keyboard/synth wizard Brandon Hardy. Slow Leak delivers lighter fare on this track from the debut, with a whimsical look at nostalgia from Ava's innocent past. It contrasts nicely with some the darker themes of heartbreak, revenge and pain on the rest of the album.

I don't really care about quality here, but the Deaf Tonics have broken their silence on the controversy.

Well folks, I wanted to share my developing, almost finished new album for you, but it looks like the party is over at Udio. The company has destroyed itself and now disallows downloads of the music I've spent weeks generating. Suno is trash, so I'm opting out and returning to real music. It was fun while it lasted. RIP.

Modern trip hop wizards Slow Leak release Not Broken, a cover of the Deaf Tonics' timeless closing ballad from their first album, Octane Red.Frontwoman Ava Hart calls it a “simmering and brooding homage to the ones who built the fire,” paying tribute to their labelmates and longtime friends, the Deaf Tonics. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, Slow Leak keeps this version faithful to the original structure and emotion, but filters it through their signature downtempo haze and Portishead-style melancholy — think trip-hop drums, whispery vocals from Ava Hart, and a late-night pulse.It sort of turns into dark polka during the solo..lol. It’s both familiar and fresh — you can tell they approached it with respect rather than nostalgia. Here's the original, posted here as well: https://mixtape.community/forum/c/feedback/t/not-broken In stores now and on streaming platforms.