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Refimprove|date=February 2009Infobox musical artist|name = 2 Bad Mice|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = group_or_band|origin = United Kingdom|UK |genre = Breakbeat hardcore |years_active = 1991–1995|label = Moving Shadow |associated_acts = Timecode (DJ)|Timecode Deep Blue (musician)|Deep Blue Black Rain|Also Known As =|website =|current_members = Sean O'Keeffe Simon Colebrooke Rob Playford |past_members =|notable_instruments = 2 Bad Mice formed in England in 1991, and was composed of Sean O'Keeffe, Simon Colebrooke, and Rob Playford , the latter the owner of the Moving Shadow record label . 2 Bad Mice were credited as among the first Hardcore techno|UK hardcore acts to begin incorporating Break (music)|breakbeats into their style.citation needed|date=February 2009 They were a staple on the early to mid 1990s hardcore scene, and were instrumental in the music's steady mutation into oldschool jungle|jungle / drum and bass .citation needed|date=February 2009
History
The group's influential approach to Sampling (music)|sampled beats, cutting them up into shards of rhythm and rearranging them in novel combinations (first appearing in mature form on the 1992 hit record|hit " Bombscare "), is generally considered the blueprint from which jungle's characteristic manipulation of breaks was assembled.citation needed|date=February 2009 Their two UK Singles Chart successes were "Hold It Down" which reached number 48 in February 1992, and "Bombscare" which reached number 46 in September 1996.Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 569 ISBN 0-85112-199-3
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 (DJ)|Timecode , while O'Keeffe records under the name Deep Blue (musician)|Deep Blue and as a member of Black Rain.
Bombscare 1994
In 1994 Disc jockey|DJ and record producer|producer Paul Rhodes alongside Rob Haigh ( Omni Trio ) remix ed "Bombscare" under the nom de plume of The Parliament Squares. This gramophone record|record was sold to record shop s as a (fake) United States|U.S. import and sold 3,000 copies in one week alone.citation needed|date=February 2009 A new label was created in 1996 with the help of Terry Donavan ( A& R at Arista Records , now CEO at Rockstar Games ). This label, Moshed ( MO ving S hadow H ous E D ept), carried the new mixes from Tall Paul , DJ Sneak , and Graham Gold along with the original and Parliament Squares versions. Rhodes went on to front the press and promo campaign, touring with the other new member Brucella.
O'Keeffe, Colebrooke and Rhodes currently DJ worldwide as 2 Bad Mice, whilst also promoting their own old-school events with many of the original innovators of the scene.citation needed|date=February 2009
References
External links
http://www.2badmice.co.uk/ Official 2 Bad Mice Website
Discogs artist
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http://cydonian.com/sigmaforum/index.php? showtopic=1333& mode=threaded Interview with Sean O'Keeffe
http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/index.php/scene/interviews/20-simon-colebrooke-interview Interview with Simon Colebrook
http://www.maudio.co.uk/artists/en_gb/DeepBlue.html History of Sean O’Keeffe
http://www.thewhitenoiserevisited.co.uk/2009/02/drums-drums-drums.html The White Noise Revisited
http://www.mediafire.com/? 9ug1nmedngq 2 Bad Mice Live Set
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