Kamel Omais, better known as Dead-Tones, is a French Lebanese producer based in LA
He has multiple soundscapes with extremely varied productions yet aiming at keeping the warmth of a musical past. Being originally Lebanese growing up in Ivory Coast, he finds influences from a wide variety of genres ranging from synth pioneers such as Vangelis and Tangerine Dream as well as rhythm masters such as Fela Kuti or even Fairuz.
He has acquired some unique sound-design abilities from three of the top music schools in Los Angeles which allows him to blend these influences in order to build a distinct sound of his own. “I don’t ever want my music to sound like someone else’s” “I’m not a classically trained musician and it’s something I had to learn to embrace in order to make it a strength” Since 2017 he shared lineups with artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Black coffee bedouin etc Being a studio-driven artist, he's landed releases on All Day I dream, Bar 25, Blue Shadow, Kindisch and more.
