High Fidelity: Redlight's Top 5 CIA Conspiracy Theories

Changing his name in an attempt to free himself from the expectations of a legion of loyal DJ Clipz fans – or to avoid the all seeing eye of the law if his following delve into social paranoia is anything to go on – Redlight has already secured a powerful handful of highly vocal fans, with dubstep producers Skream and Rusko, BBC 1xtra’s Mistajam and Radio 1’s Annie Mac all singing his praises. With a new blend of club friendly UK music – feeding as much of the ominous bass weight of dubstep as the skip of UKG or the vibes of UK funky – he’s already released on the Digital Soundboy label and his next single, which features a vocal collaboration from Ms Dynamite, ‘What You Talking About?,’ is dropping later this month via Chase & Status’ fledgling MTA imprint.

But no matter what the success – as his recent tenure as one of 1xtra’s ‘In New DJs We Trust’ DJs attests to - you simply cannot suppress Redlight’s inquisitive side. Questioning society as much as he studies filter operations of bass frequencies we asked him to revive our High Fidelity list feature ahead of his Room One slot on the 20th August, and he picked his top 5 CIA conspiracy theories, complete with further reading on each...

Freeway Ricky



"The real and original Rick Ross. This guy was the ultimate G, or at least he thought he was until he realised his coke supplier turned out to be the CIA! He's still in prison now, whilst one of the main men involved in his whole operation has his own TV show on Fox News..."

Further reading...

The Moon Landing



"Did the CIA help NASA beat the Russians in the space race by faking the moon landing in a TV studio which was then watched by millions all around the world? Who really gives a fuck?"

Further reading...

Biggie and Tupac



"Did the CIA help to kill them? Did they try to stop the two powerful black icons becoming too influential? Or did they just take offence to Big's classic ‘The Ten Crack Commandments’?! Or maybe Biggie's bid to take over their favourite Krispy Kreme outlet was a step too far..."

Further reading...

The Golden Triangle



"Is it a shady porno? No. A Chinese takeaway in Bermondsey? Maybe, but not in this case. It's when the CIA started a war so they could turn Afghanistan in to the world’s biggest heroin producer! Allegedly, they supplied the top dealers with arms, transport and political protection."

Further reading...

The Framing Of The A-Team



"Everyone already knows about this one, right?! Come on, keep up..."

Catch Redlight performing with Ms Dynamite alongside live shows from Addison Groove and Cosmin TRG and DJ sets from Hatcha and MJ Cole in Room One a week on Friday