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Chase And Status – Hypest Hype

• 14th Oct 2010

Chase & Status return with the release of Hypest Hype, featuring Tempa T. Possibly their most groundbreaking work to date, Hypest Hype is a blistering hybrid of heavy guitars and massive drum breaks, coupled with a ferocious vocal performance from new underground superstar Tempa T.

Hypest Hype will be available as a free download on November 8th. That date will also see the unveiling of Chase & Status’ new album title, artwork and track listing.

For the past few months Chase & Status have been meticulously balancing their time between DJ sets, festival shows, and extensive studio sessions whilst working on the much anticipated follow up to their genre bending debut, More Than A Lot. Along with Hypest Hype, the highly anticipated album will feature their street single 'Heavy', the critically acclaimed collaboration where Chase & Status fused Dubstep, Grime, and Dizzee Rascal's classic 'Boy In Da Corner' flow to create the biggest brutal, un-compromising, but highly revered club banger of the year. The album, due for release in January, also features ‘End Credits’, their top 10 smash with Plan B, and their latest hit single ‘Let You’ Go ft Mali.

Off the back of a massive festival run this summer (Glastonbury, Wireless, V Festival and Bestival to name just a few), Chase & Status have just announced a number of shows this Autumn. Featuring MC Rage and Andy Gangadeen (Massive Attack, Faithless) on drums, Chase & Status Live, described by Mixmag as “rocking the living crap out of dance floors across the globe”, is one show not to be missed. The band will be playing Radio 1’s Student Tour @ Oxford Academy on 20th October, followed by headlining the Q Awards show @ London Forum on 21st October. In addition, Chase & Status have just announced their November tour. Full details below:

Thursday 21st October – London, Forum (Q Awards Headline Show)
Thursday 11th November – Cardiff Uni Great Hall
Friday 12th November – Newcastle O2 Academy
Saturday 13th November – Liverpool O2 Academy
Sunday 14th November – Preston 53 degrees
Tuesday 16th November – Cambridge Junction
Wednesday 17 November – Birmingham HMV Institute
Thursday 18th November – Leicester O2 Academy
Friday 19th November – Portsmouth Pyramid centre
Saturday 20th November – Edinburgh Picture House

Chase & Status released their debut album ‘More Than A Lot’ on the independent label RAM in October 2008 and are quickly approaching 100,000 sales. Whether it is Drum & Bass, Hip-Hop, or Dubstep, the duo’s versatility has enabled them to become leaders within the most cutting edge genres. In the past 12 months their production work includes some highly-praised remix work for Jay Z and The Prodigy’s recent comeback, collaborations with Snoop Dogg and more recently, Will and Saul produced a bunch of tracks on Rihanna’s current album Rated R.

Chase & Status – Hypest Hype