Chaozz is a
Czech hip hop group active from 1995 to 2002, during which time they released four studio albums. They reformed in 2017 and have since published one single.
Career
Chaozz was formed in 1995 by musicians Bass,
MC Deph, Rusty, Fugaz, and DJ Smog. Bass and Rusty had previously been members of another hip hop group, UNIT, established in 1993, and MC Deph had released a solo record before working with Fugaz on a project called Flavamatic. UNIT disbanded in 1994, with Bass and Rusty joining DJ Smog to form the group Chaozz. Shortly afterward, the two groups merged under the name Chaozz.
The group began to achieve success after meeting Ivo Pospíšil, a record store owner who had contacts at
PolyGram
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...
. In 1996, they released their first album, ''
...a nastal chaos''. Following this, they worked with Slovak group No Gravity on the track "Chaozz věci", which was used in several commercials and received airplay on
TV Nova as well as on radio.
In 2002, after four albums, the group disbanded. Deph joined former UNIT colleague DJ Skupla to form another group,
Prago Union
Prago Union is a Czech hip hop group. The current members are MC Kato (a.k.a. Deph) and DJ Maro. DJ Maro joined Prago Union in 2008, replacing DJ Skupla. Deph and Skupla were previously members of the group Chaozz.
History
The group's first rec ...
, and Bass is a DJ who performs under the name Ba2s. In 2017, Chaozz got back together. A year later, they released the single "Průvan", their first original material since reforming.
Band members
Current members
* Bass, aka Ba2s – rap
* MC Deph, aka
MC Kato
Adam Svatoš (born June 16, 1979 Prague), known by his stage names MC Kato and Deph, is a Czech rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. He gained recognition as the primary songwriting and performing member of hip-hop groups Chaozz a ...
– rap
* Rusty – rap
* Fugaz – rap
* DJ Skupla – DJ
Past members
* DJ Smog – DJ (1994–97)
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
...a nastal chaos'' (1996)
* ''
Zprdeleklika
''Zprdeleklika'' (literally meaning "Luck from the arse", in more free translation "Fucking big luck") is the second album by Czech hip hop group Chaozz. It received positive reviews, and was certified gold in both Slovakia and the Czech Republic ...
'' (1997)
* ''P.E.S.'' (1999)
* ''Sakum prdum'' (2001)
EPs
* ''Planeta Opic'' (1996)
* ''Zprdelevinyl'' (1997)
* ''Sekec Mazec'' (2001)
Compilations
* ''Inventura'' (2002)
* ''20 Let Chaozzu'' (2013)
References
External links
*
Chaozz on Discogs.comDJ Ba2s official website
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Czech hip hop groups
1995 establishments in the Czech Republic
Musical groups from Prague
Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups disestablished in 2002