Chronic Redeye

Chronicredeye are producer/DJ ‘Chronic’ and rapper/songwriter ‘Redye’ based in East Anglian town of Norfolk. Drawing influences from UK & US Hip-Hop as well Reggae & Techno, this creative and talented duo have delivered an album that deserves your attention. Totally original beats, this CD comes as a breath of fresh air with its own diverse and forward-thinking sound. Chronicredeye formed in 2003 when DJ Chronic relocated from Oxford to hook up with a large collective in Norwich (including Redeye) that was running a custom built sound system doing events in disused buildings and at free festivals etc. Most of the crew were squatting disused buildings in Norwich to home themselves and as a base for activities which included a very basic recording set up. Musical tastes in the crew vary but DJ Chronic and Redeye both share a love for real hip hop and reggae which led to Chronic producing tracks at the squatted studio for Redeye to rhyme over. In early recording sessions there were so many people rammed into that building it was near impossible for it to be quiet enough to record! The (often shoddy!) results of these sessions were then put on compilations that were sold at events along with recordings from previous dances to help raise funds for the movement. At this point there were big illegal parties happening nearly every week around Norwich and on March 28th 2004, things reached boiling point! Police moved in to shut down a warehouse party on the airport industrial estate, and got ejected by a huge gathering of our crowd who then barricaded themselves in to the warehouse and kept the music playing. Police got forces from all surrounding areas and finally gained entry around midday next day! CS Gas and rioting followed, with loads of the crew getting arrested. This turn of events inspired the first noteworthy Chronicredeye track called ‘Seein’ Red.’ Named because they were ‘seein red’ when we were getting CS gassed by police! They then ended up producing a CD album called ‘Seein Red’ and distributing it their selves around the UK, getting good feedback from HHC, as well as DJs such as KMT (Genesis fm) and Steg G (Powercut). This movement (sparked off by Brainskan sound system) is still going today and the twists and turns of sound system culture is what inspires Chronicredeye music….

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