Capturing song fragments and lo-fi experiments on old cassette machines in the tiny back bedroom of a scarborough terraced house. 

Debut EP Back Down Woe Betide Ravine out now on bandcamp!

I am a Hip Hop MC. Music is my escape and way to vent, it is my therapy.

“With a sound that references British soul, sample culture and even a smidgeon of Bowie, Evading Straights brand of trip hop is a creative breath of fresh air on the Scarborough music scene”
- Sound of Scarborough 2023.

Forming in late 2019 and producing their first EP during the 2020 lockdown, Evading Straights have since curated their own distinctive brand of electro grunge and trip-hop. Jake’s sub heavy, atmospheric instrumentals are paired with Anna’s raw vocal stylings and punchy politically fuelled lyrics, combining to bring you a sound which is reminiscent of the triphop movement of the 90’s.
Anna and Jake take their inspiration from an eclectic range of influences such Garbage, Morcheeba, Massive Attack, Republika and Sneaker Pimps, as well as British EDM legends like Squarepusher, Orbital, Burial and Aphex Twin. 

They have recently begun to perform their material live and have received a huge amount of positive feedback.
Venues that they have performed at include; the historic Scarborough Spa, The Old parcels office art space, The Black Lion Bridlington, as well as local clubs Kings and Twist bar. Evading Straights were thrilled to be invited to record a live set at Beckview Studios, Scalby in august 2023. 
The “Beckview Sessions” is a project that aims to highlight and promote up and coming Yorkshire artists, recordings from this will be publicised in the later quarter of 2023. They also performed their first festival set at Headland 2023, where they headlined the Saturday evening.

These songs are old now though even when they were new they seemed faded and dusty, dressed in cobwebs like cluttered junk forgotten in the corner of some attic. I clearly didn't know what I was doing and that at least hasn't changed.

Redeyefeenix is hip-hop emcee from Hull and has played live gigs for 20+ years around the UK. Redeyefeenix was internationally signed in 2014 and made history in his city of Hull he then went on to win an award from the official Zulu nation for his community work and his workshops, Redeyefeenix has recorded 4 albums 3 solo and one with his crew Projekt Feenix who sadly split in 2009.

Redeyefeenix recently supported the legend that is Big Daddy Kane in Leeds and it was an awesome night with Big Daddy Kane inviting him to join him on stage.

“Still Representing Hull” was internationally released in 2016 and since then he has gone on to be the protagonist in Sean McCallister’s documentary “A Northern Soul”.

Redeye has also created and is the founder of the Beats Bus a mobile recording studio that is used to teach Hip-Hop to communities in and surrounding Hull that a more deprived than others giving young people hope and aspirations whilst teaching them the values and elements of Hip-Hop alongside some learning and development and confidence building classes.

Beats Bus have now won 10 awards the latest being "Music Tutoring Business Of The Year 2023" from Yorkshire Prestige award and continue to empower their community through the power of hip-hop and it's elements and values!

Recording artist based in the UK. 

JayLeeProductions@hotmail.com

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