- 2 Bad Mice
Infobox musical artist
Name = 2 Bad Mice
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =UK
Genre =Hardcore techno
Years_active = 1991 - 1995
Label =Moving Shadow
Associated_acts = Timecode
Deep Blue
Black Rain
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Current_members = Sean O'Keeffe
Simon ColebrookeRob Playford
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Notable_instruments =2 Bad Mice formed in
England in1991 , and was comprised of Sean O'Keeffe, Simon Colebrooke, &Rob Playford , also owner ofMoving Shadow records.2 Bad Mice were 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.History
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 .Bombscare 1994
In 1994 DJ and producer Paul Rhodes alongside Rob Haigh (
Omni Trio ) remixed Bombscare under the nom de plume of The Parliament Squares. This record was sold to record shops as a (fake) US import and sold 3,000 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 , 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.
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