[1] Founded by Caspar Pound, who had chart success with A Homeboy, a Hippie and a Funki Dredd,[1] the label went on to be at the forefront of dance music in the 1990s.
[1] The label's first release "Rainbows in the Sky" became an instant hit,[1] and was quickly followed by "The House Is Mine" and "Hardcore You Know the Score", three tracks that defined the sound of techno through the decade.
Vocals and samples for all three were provided by Andy Higgins, who also ran the export and production of the label in the early years, according to Colin Larkin in The Guinness Who's Who of Rap, Dance and Techno.
Rising High was also among the first to champion hardcore techno and ambient chill-out music in the UK.
Originally from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, he shot to fame at age 19 with the single "Total Confusion", and then founded the Rising High and Sapho labels.