RedEye Distribution

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Redeye Distribution is an independent music distribution company founded in 1996 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Redeye currently distributes such labels as Warp Records, Babygrande Records, Bomp Records, Alive Records, Bella Union Records, Ace Fu Records, Northern Blues Records, Gold Standard Labs, Arena Rock Records, Revelation Records, Parasol Records, Friendly Fire Recordings, A-F Records, Steel Cage Records, Dare to Care Records, Daptone Records, S.A.F. Records, Rainbow Quartz Records, Empyrean Records, Light in the Attic Records, Luaka Bop Records, Three One G, Dirtnap Records and Nublu Records. Redeye also distributes artist-run labels by artists such as Widespread Panic, Cake, The Donnas, Sun Kil Moon, Martin Sexton, The Supersuckers, The Pernice Brothers, Public Enemy, Iris Dement, Daniel Lanois, Anti-Flag, The Faint, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Au Revoir Simone, Bauhaus, RuPaul, Lisa Loeb, Juliana Hatfield, Darren Hayes and David Byrne.

In addition, Redeye has two in-house labels: Yep Roc Records and Eleven Thirty Records.

Their customers include every major music retailer in the U.S. including chains such as Best Buy, Borders and f.y.e., independent stores and sub-distros throughout the country including all members of the major independent store coalitions (A.I.M.S., C.I.M.S, and Music Monitor Network) as well as every domestic one-stop distributor including Alliance Entertainment Corporation (A.E.C.), EDGE Entertainment Distribution, Baker & Taylor Inc. and Super D. Redeye also exports records to Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia and provides a digital distribution service that delivers content to iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and many other digital music stores.

They have won the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Distributor of the Year Award (Small Division) seven times (2000, 2002-2007) and were re-designated as a Medium Division distributor by NARM in 2008.