2003–2009: Beginnings and More Than Alot Saul Milton (Chase, born June 23, 1981) and Will Kennard (Status, born October 21, 1980 The duo cited
the Prodigy and
Orbital as major influences on their music and creativity alongside the original
jungle and
drum & bass scene. They were supported by
BBC Radio 1Xtra DJs early in their career, with "Love's Theme", released via
DJ Zinc's Bingo Beats, played on air in 2004. Chase & Status had three number one singles on the
UK Dance Singles Chart between 2007 and 2009; the double A-side "Hurt You" / "Sell Me Your Soul" in 2007 and "Take Me Away" / "Judgement (Informer)" in 2008, then on 5 October 2008, they reached number 70 on the
UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart again with the single "
Pieces" featuring vocals from
Plan B. In 2009, they peaked at number 45 with "
Against All Odds", which featured UK rapper
Kano.
2009–2011: No More Idols In November 2009, the duo entered the top forty of the UK Singles Chart for the first time with the track "
End Credits". The track was released on 2 November 2009 and features
Plan B; it reached a peak of number nine on the UK Singles Chart. The duo released "
Let You Go" on 15 August 2010, revealing it to be the second single to be released from their second studio album
No More Idols. The single featured vocals from Mali and debuted at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, marking the duo's second consecutive Top Forty hit. "Hypest Hype" (featuring
Tempa T) was confirmed in October 2010 to be the third single from the album. As it was released as a free download from their website on 8 November 2010, it did not qualify to chart. The fourth single from the album is "
Blind Faith", which features soul singer/songwriter
Liam Bailey and was released in January 2011. Other singles include "
Time" (featuring
Delilah), "
Hitz" (featuring
Tinie Tempah) and "
Flashing Lights" (with
Sub Focus featuring
Takura). The album also contains the song "Heavy" with
Dizzee Rascal. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold in the first week of sales by the
British Phonographic Industry.
2012–2014: Brand New Machine In contrast to
More Than Alot and
No More Idols, the new album has a darker sound. The duo performed as a sub-headline on Friday night at
Download Festival 2012, provoking an outcry from regular Download enthusiasts (the festival is recognized as a rock/metal festival), not least due to them being higher on the bill than fan favourites
Machine Head, who had been subject to an internet campaign to headline the festival. However, they were well received. Chase & Status have also headlined electronic music festival South West Four hosted on London's Clapham Common.
Chase & Status: Live at Brixton, a CD/DVD featuring appearances from Tinie Tempah, Liam Bailey, Mali and Delilah, was released on 2 April 2012. On 15 October 2012, the track "Big Man" featuring
Liam Bailey was released on the Chase & Status website as a free download. The following day, it was released through online retailers. The music video was also published on 15 October on their YouTube channel and the 'UKFDrumandBass' channel. On 8 March 2013, the duo were confirmed to headline Saturday night at
Roskilde Festival following Metallica at Orange stage. On 11 March 2013, the duo were confirmed through their website to co-headline Saturday night at Reading Festival and Sunday night at Leeds Festival 2013. On 4 June 2013, the album's lead single "
Lost & Not Found" featuring Louis M^ttrs was uploaded to the Chase & Status Vevo channel. The digital single was released on 26 June and includes remixes from MTA Records artists Dream Mclean, Kove and Josh Butler. On 17 June 2013, MTA Records announced that newly signed Elli Ingram will support them on tour and feature on the album. On 26 July 2013, they announced the album title to be
Brand New Machine. The album's second single "
Count On Me" featuring
Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi (under her stage-name "Moko") premiered on
B.Traits'
BBC Radio 1 show on the same day, and the album artwork was released. "Count On Me" was released on 29 September. The album was released on 7 October. On 24 August 2013, they performed on the Main Stage at
Reading Festival before
Eminem. During the performance, MC Rage had to stop the show due to people being crushed at the front of the crowd. The act was resumed, and finished successfully. They headlined
1Xtra Live in
Bournemouth on 7 October, the same day as the album release, and returned to the
BIC on their arena tour in November. The band played their first show in India during the multi-genre music festival
NH7 Weekender on 20 October 2013. On 25 July 2014, they headlined Friday night on the mainstage at
Global Gathering festival. Despite the performance being a roaring success, attracting the second largest crowd after Saturday headliners
the Prodigy, the festival's memory was tainted with the death of a man on the Friday night. For 2014's
Red Bull Culture Clash, Chase & Status joined forces with
Shy FX,
David Rodigan and MC Rage to form the soundsystem Rebel Sound. They went on to win the clash, defeating fellow groups
Stone Love Movement,
Boy Better Know and
ASAP Mob. On 21 and 28 November 2014, they headlined the UK's largest indoor winter music festival, The Big Reunion. On 30 December, they headlined the main stage of
Rhythm & Vines 2015: London Bars EP While working on their fourth studio album, the duo began releasing a new
grime or
British hip hop track every week. The four songs were released collectively as the
London Bars EP on 4 December 2015. The project was also made available on limited 12" vinyl on
Record Store Day 2016. All of the tracks from the EP received daytime and night-time airplay on
BBC Radio 1Xtra as well as
Kiss 100 during its urban specialist shows, although "
Wha Gwarn?" featuring Bonkaz was pulled due to the rapper's past conviction and imprisonment for a sex offence, which he continues to deny.
2016–2017: Tribe The duo released their fourth studio album
Tribe on 18 August 2017, and featured collaborations with artists such as
Craig David,
Emeli Sandé,
Shy FX and SOFT PLAY. The album featured much more
drum and bass compared to their last album
Brand New Machine, taking the band back to the sound which initially made them a commercial success, whilst still experimenting with other genres such as
UK garage in the track "Reload" with
Craig David and
electronic rock in the track "Control" with British
punk band Soft Play.
Remixes and productions The duo have also created a remix version of "
Invaders Must Die" for
the Prodigy. In Australia, the remix reached fifty three on the
Aria Singles Chart and number seven on the Aria Dance Chart. They have also produced for
Rihanna numerous times, on her fourth album
Rated R, sixth album
Talk That Talk and seventh album
Unapologetic, as well as producing British singer
Rita Ora's number one UK hit, "
R.I.P", and co-producing a track on
Alexandra Burke's album
Overcome. Other remixes include Black Canvas' "Broken Dreams",
Dizzee Rascal's "Sirens",
Nneka's "Heartbeat" and
Capleton's "Who Dem" (renamed "Duppy Man"). Chase & Status also produced a track for singer
Example for his second album ''
Won't Go Quietly ("Sick Note") and again for his third album Playing in the Shadows'' ("Playing in the Shadows"). They also produced Example's unreleased track "Pink Notes" that features on his mixtape
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