Puretone

Puretone
Josh Abrahams, c. 2000
Background information
Also known as	Puretone, The Pagan, Bassliners
Born	1968 (age 48–49) Melbourne, Australia
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Shock, Worldwide Ultimatum, Festival, EMI
Associated acts	Havana Moon, Future Sound of Melbourne, Amiel Daemion, Davide Carbone, s:amplify

Josh Abrahams (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance music scene in the early 1990s. He has performed and recorded under the stage name Puretone, and is also known as The Pagan and Bassliners.

Abrahams is a composer, producer, bass guitarist and electronica artist and has worked as a writer, music director and producer on albums and film soundtracks, and in television and theatre. His single, "Addicted to Bass", with singer Amiel Daemion, peaked at No. 15 in February 1999.

Abrahams was born in 1968 in Melbourne and started as a bass guitarist and singer in covers band, Havana Moon in 1990. Abrahams formed the techno group, Future Sound of Melbourne (FSOM) with drum and bass producer Davide Carbone and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released 12" singles on the Shock Records imprint, Candyline Records. Future Sound of Melbourne also released tracks on Belgium's underground dance-music label, Two Thumbs Records, with the Thomas Heckmann remix of their track "Welcome" featured on the inaugural IF? Records compilation Zeitgeist which was released internationally through Nova Zembla. The Heckmann remix was re-released in 2008 through Sydney-based netlabel, Hypnotic Room. Future Sound of Melbourne won the ARIA Award for "Best Dance Release" for their Chapter One album in 1996. During this period Abrahams also released several dance singles under various artist names including The Pagan and Bassliners.

In 1995, Abrahams left Future Sound of Melbourne to become a solo artist, and signed to Carl Cox's label, Worldwide Ultimatum, releasing his techno album The Satyricon to critical acclaim. The album did not chart into the ARIA Top 50, although a track from the album, titled "The Joker", appeared on the soundtrack for the film Hackers.