This is not Cipha Sounds from hot97! this is the Original Cipher Sounds

[ Cipha Sounds, Cypher Sounds, Cipher Sounds, Cipha Sound, Cipher Sound, Cypher Sound ]

Cipher Sounds began working with up and coming rap groups including; Positive K, Kool Moe Dee of Treacherous 3, M.C. Spanky, Spyder D, The Crash Crew and Jimmy Spicer (Super Rhymes). In 1981 he began to produce records and worked with Stetsasonic, Davy DMX, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Breakout Crew and the Fearless Four. In 1982 Cipher Sounds did a deal with Romell Records and produced and recorded two singles for the label; ’Äú3 card Marley’Äù and ’ÄúGet moved on’Äù. He then moved on to sign a deal with Profile Records and began to do Dance music as well as Rap. While working at Profile, Cipher Sounds would meet and mentor a group of rappers (The Rza, The Genius and Ol’Äô Dirty Bastard) that would later become members of the WU Tang Clan.He also formed and produced a dance music group called ’ÄúArtz and Kraftz’Äù. Cipher Sounds left Profile Records in 1988 and signed with Uptown Records as a producer, doing songs for Mary J Blige, Jeff Red, and Father M.C. After inking Artz & Kraftz to a deal with Motown Records, Cipher Sounds began producing and writing songs for the movie; House Party starring Kid & Play. He would produced two songs for the soundtrack; ’ÄúSurely’Äù, and ’ÄúWhat a feeling’Äù. With the success of House Party, Cipher Sounds appeared with Jeff Red on Soul Train, BET and Showtime at The Apollo.

In 1991, Cipher Sounds left Motown and moved Artz & Kraftz over to Columbia Records and toured the United States on the strength of the single; ’ÄúAll of it’Äù. The song was also an underground hit in the U.K. and would take the group to parts of Europe, Japan and Canada, takIn 1995, after 25 years of making hits and working with some of the most influential people in the record industry, Tony Moore aka (DJ Cipher Sounds) decided to broaden his talents and learned graphic design.
In 1999 he started a business in Harlem, New York and his new multimedia company included but was not limited to; video editing, video production, an audio recording studio, as well as web and graphic design.

After establishing his venture as a full production studio, and becoming a major force in the industry right in the heart of Harlem, Tony Moore was faced with a life-altering crisis when in 2002 his daughter was diagnosed with a congenital brain tumor at the age of 8 years old, thus causing him to turn away from the industry to concentrate on family issues.

Currently Tony Moore (Cipher Sounds) has returned to the entertainment industry in an effort to reestablish his position as a leader in the fields of music and video production and computer graphics.

ers.