2 Bad Mice
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| 2 Bad Mice | |
|---|---|
| Origin | UK |
| Genre(s) | Hardcore techno |
| Years active | 1991 - 1995 |
| Label(s) | Moving Shadow |
| Associated acts | Timecode Deep Blue Black Rain |
| Members | |
| Sean O'Keeffe Simon Colebrooke Rob Playford |
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2 Bad Mice formed in England in 1991, and was comprised of Sean O'Keeffe, Simon Colebrooke, & Rob Playford, also owner of Moving Shadow records. 2 Bad Mice was widely credited as among the first UK hardcore acts to begin heavily incorporating breakbeats into their style. They were a staple on the early to mid-90s hardcore scene, and were instrumental in the music's steady mutation into jungle/drum'n'bass.
The group's very influential approach to sampled beats, cutting them up into shards of rhythm and rearranging them in novel combinations (first appearing in mature form on the 1992 hit Bombscare), is generally considered the blueprint from which jungle's characteristic manipulation of breaks was assembled. Although 2 Bad Mice for the most part stopped producing as the hardcore scene began to wane, a best-of compilation of the group's work appeared on the American Sm:)e Communications label in 1995. Playford continues to record as under the alias Timecode, while O'Keeffe records under the name Deep Blue and as a member of Black Rain.
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In 1994 DJ and producer Paul Rhodes remixed Bombscare alongside Rob Haigh (Omni Trio) as The Parliament Squares. This record was sold in to the record shops as a fake US import and sold 3000 copies in one week alone. A new label was created in 1996 with the help of Terry Donavan (A & R at Arista, now CEO at Rockstar Games). Moshed, (MOving SHadow HousE Dept) carried the new mixes from Tall Paul, DJ Sneak, Graham Gold along with the original and the Parliament Squares version.Rhodesy went on to front the press and promo campaign, touring with the other new mouse Brucella.
Today, Sean, Simon and Rhodesy still DJ worldwide as 2 Bad Mice, whilst also promoting their own old skool events with many of the original innovators of the scene.
