Michael Gene Dionne (born September 4, 1985), better known by his

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Eyenine, is an American

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recording artist from

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. Eyenine began writing and recording music at the age of 16, being heavily inspired by acts including

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, Adeem and

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. In his twenties, Eyenine began touring the country with such acts as PT Burnem, Paulie Think, Ecid, Prhym8 and Farout. He helped found an upstart recording label called Flyrock Records which released multiple albums from various New England artists including The If In Life, Rio Bravo, The Nasty and others. After years of freestyling at the weekly Rap Night in

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he entered and won two separate Ruckus Cup Classic battle tournaments. He also went on to win two separate Church of Providence battle tournaments hosted by B. Dolan and refereed by

and later came out of battle rap retirement to win the first ever Overcast battle championship in Cincinnati, OH, the birthplace of the Scribble Jam, in 2018. Eyenine is currently under Real Hood Music LLC, a brand of Wu Tang Management and has shared stages with artists such as

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and

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Career

Eyenine began his career in New Hampshire doing local shows around the area. He was one of the founding members of the label Flyrock Records, which released multiple albums and hosted shows in the New England area. Eyenine and Flyrock Records were featured in an episode of ''Chronicle''. He was able to work with his biggest influence,

before his untimely passing on his album ''Afraid to Dream''. After two full length releases, he began touring the nation and building up a fanbase which eventually caught the attention of the legendary

of the

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. RZA invited Eyenine to join him on the Major Motion Picture Soundtrack tour for ''

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'' across the country from

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. Since then, Eyenine released his third studio album, ''Dissembler'' in 2013, toured with

, and has done multiple shows with

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and many others. In May 2019, after a five year hiatus, Eyenine teamed up with The Lonely Ghosts to release a full length titled ''A Reason for Departure'' which features a marked difference in sound and style from his earlier solo ventures. Eyenine is in the process of recording his fourth solo studio album, titled ''A Little Above Low Key'', being produced by El Shupacabra and features such artists as

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, Witness, Adeem and more. The album released, after major delays due to COVID-19, on August 20th, 2021. After the release of ''A Little Above Low Key'', Eyenine has been working with DC The Midi Alien to release his next full length, titled ''Fast Radio Bursts'' due out Q3 of 2024.

Touring

Eyenine has done many tours over the course of his career, ranging from self funded DIY tours to Major Motion Picture Soundtrack tours such as “The Man With the Iron Fists” alongside

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and more. He has performed at

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multiple years and continues to reach new places each tour. Recently, he has toured the country with fellow acts ECID and Farout multiple times and continued the trend into 2019 in support of his fourth studio album, ''A Little Above Low Key''. Eyenine3

During the lockdown, Eyenine continued to perform via livestream festivals through 2020. Since then, he has gone on a yearly tour with Jarv, Dillon and Mister Burns across the country and continues to tour in the future, supporting his upcoming album ''Fast Radio Bursts''.

Personal life

Eyenine is an avid fan of anime, video games, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and playing music of various genres in multiple collaboration projects and bands. He also hosts multiple events around New Hampshire, including various shows of multiple genres and also open mic comedy events.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''the insomnia sessions'' (2009) * ''afraid to dream'' (2011) * ''Dissembler'' (2013) * ''A Reason for Departure'' (2019) * ''A Little Above Low Key'' (2021))

Non-studio albums

* ''$ece$$ion'' split w/The If in Life (2007) * ''free music'' (2010) * ''the narcolepsy sessions'' (2014)

Guest appearances

* "Week by Week" by Micodin and Dynamo-P on ''Let the Sleepers Sleep'' (2011) * "Don't Know My High" by Ecid, Prhym8 and Eyenine on ''Fill in the Breaks: File Under Blood Shot'' (2013) * "Interpretive Rants" by Ecid on ''Post Euphoria (Vol 1 & 2) Deluxe'' (2013) * "Arachnophobia/We're Alive (Live)" by Eyenine and

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on ''Big Band Syndrome, Vol. 2'' (2013) * "Wasted (Live)" by Eyenine and The Fogcutters on ''Big Band Syndrome, Vol. 2'' (2013) * "Fire Like This" by Sea Level on ''Sea Level'' (2014) * "Turning" by Ill By Instinct on ''Ill-Advised'' (2015) * "Quite a Man" by Ill by Instinct feat. Mad Dukes & MC22 on ''Ill-Advised'' (2015) * "The Misinformation Age" by Ben Shorr on ''Live & Direct'' (2016) * "Pretty OK" by Two Story ft. Seth on Gray on ''Overly Optimistic'' (2016) * "Buy Weapons" by Juan Cosby on ''Inhospitable Planet'' (2017) * "Say It Again " by Ben Shorr feat. Jarv on ''Pyrokinesis'' (2017) * "Say Nothing" by Shane Reis feat. God.Damn.Chan & Kenya Hall on ''VEIB'' (2018) * "Made to End" by Happy Tooth feat. Bum Theory on ''I've Been Meaning to Write the Meaning of Life'' (2018)

References

External links

Official website

Real Hood Music LLC website
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