Redeye Distribution is an independent music distribution company founded in 1996 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Redeye currently distributes such labels as Marsalis Music, Barsuk Records, Warp Records, Daptone Records, Luaka Bop Records, Kill Rock Stars, Sargent House, Hydra Head Records, The Mylene Sheath, Babygrande Records, Bomp! Records, Alive Naturalsound Record, Bella Union Records, Ace Fu Records, Northern Blues Records, Gold Standard Laboratories, Fake Four Inc, Arena Rock Recording Company, Parasol Records, Friendly Fire Recordings, A-F Records, Steel Cage Records, Dare to Care Records, Upper Class Recordings, S.A.F. Records, Rainbow Quartz Records, Three One G, 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, Pernice Brothers, Public Enemy, Iris DeMent, Anti-Flag, The Faint, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bauhaus, Vonda Shepard, Lisa Loeb, Hammock, Juliana Hatfield, Darren Hayes, Ariel Pink, 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 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.