2 Bad Mice

1991 - Hold It Down

1991 - 1 Bad CD (no cover available)


1993 - 4 Bad Remixes



1993 - Underworld


1994, 1996 - Bombscare

Formed in 1991, 2 Bad Mice (the name originating from The Tale of 2 Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter) are widely credited as among the first U.K. hardcore acts to begin heavily incorporating breakbeats into the style. Consisting of members Sean O'Keeffe, Simon Colebrooke and producer Rob Playford (who also owns Moving Shadow records), 2 Bad Mice 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 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 (Playford focusing his energy on Moving Shadow, now one of the largest and most influential jungle labels), a best-of compilation of the group's work appeared on the American Sm:)e Communications label in 1995.

XL Recordings: The First Chapter - Fifth Chapter

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Various - XL Recordings: The First Chapter (1990)
Tracklisting:1 Flowmasters Let It Take Control (Pumped Piano Mix) (7:13) 2 2 In Rhythm We Want Funk (Re-Hyped Mix) (5:47) 3 Brooklyn Funk Essentials (2) We Got To Come Together (Track Attack Rough Mix) (4:42) 4 Looney Tunes Just As Long As I Got You (Original Mix) (4:42) 5 Centerfield Assignment Mi-Casa (Mi-Condo Mix) (6:42) 6 Ellis-D I Will Survive (Nothing Like The Track Mix) (5:11) 7 Subliminal Aurra Ease The Pressure (Mental Mix) (5:06) 8 Moody Boys, The Jammin (Ital Mix) (5:20) 9 Hardcore I Like John (Punky Mix) (8:24) 10 Space Opera Space 3001 (Part One) (5:28) 11 Fantasy UFO Fantasy (Club Cut Mix) (5:14) 12 Liaisons D He Chilled Out (Remix) (5:26) 13 Looney Tunes Inject The Beat (Original Mix) (4:35) 14 Freedom Authority Expressions (Rub-A-Version Mix) (5:05)

Various - XL Recordings: The Second Chapter - Hardcore European Dance Music (1991)
Tracklisting:A1 T99 Anasthasia (The Scientist Remix) (5:22) A2 Channel X Rave The Rhythm (4:35) A3 Holy Noise The Noise (X-Treme Sounds) (5:33) A4 John & Julie Circles (Round And Round) (G.T.O.'s Europa Remix) (5:30) A5 Set Up System Fairy Dust (Centripetal Mix) (4:40) A6 External Group Gravity (Eternal Mix) (5:14) B1 Cubic 22 Night In Motion (Original Mix) (5:14) B2 Digital Boy Gimme A Fat Beat (Frank De Wulf Remix Part One) (4:43) B3 Frequency (3) Where Is Your Evidence ? (Hard! Harder!!) (5:19) B4 Prodigy, The Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (5:27) B5 Incubus The Spirit (5:00) B6 Praga Khan Rave Alarm (Underground Mix) (5:10)

Various - XL-Recordings: The Third Chapter - Breakbeat House (1992)
Tracklisting:A1 Liquid Sweet Harmony (4:21) A2 Shut Up & Dance Green Man (Rum & Black Mix) (6:12) A3 Tronikhouse Uptempo (Reese Mix) (5:01) B1 SL2 On A Ragga Tip (5:06) B2 Project One Smokin’ (5:11) B3 House Crew, The Keep The Fire Burning (6:33) C1 Prodigy, The Everybody In The Place (Fairground Mix) (5:06) C2 Nu-Matic Hard Times (4:10) C3 First Project* Right Before (5:17) D1 Kicks Like A Mule The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) (6:01) D2 SL2 DJs Take Control (DJ Seduction Mix) (5:27) D3 Mark One (2) Hoovers And Spraycans (6:36)

Various - XL Recordings: The Fourth Chapter (1993)
Tracklisting:1 Underworld Rez (6:55) 2 Illuminatae Tremora Del Terra (7:40) 3 Jonny L Ooh I Like It (Original Sin Edit) (4:02) 4 Liquid Free (5:50) 5 Me And Jack Viva House (6:58) 6 Delta Lady Anything You Want (6:03) 7 Prodigy, The One Love (Original Mix) (5:50) 8 Sourmash Pilgrimage To Paradise (8:20) 9 Jonny L Transonic (4:02) 10 Prodigy, The Weather Experience (Top Buzz Remix) (6:52) 11 Wiggle Africa (4:19) 12 Dome Patrol The Cutting Edge (Original Mix) (6:58)

Various - XL Recordings: The Fifth Chapter - The Heavyweight Selection (1995)
Tracklisting:1 Liquid Niagara (6:46) 2 Winx* Don't Laugh (Josh Wink Raw Mix) (5:21) 3 Tall Paul Rok Da House (6:11) 4 Subliminal Cuts Le Voie Le Soleil (Way Out West Summer Of Love Remix) (6:53) 5 Head-On I Want Your Love (JX Mix) (6:39) 6 Yum Yum 3 Minute Warning (Scope Mix) (6:42) 7 Movin' Melodies La Luna (To The Beat Of The Drum) (4:52) 8 Pleasant Chemistry (Let's Have Some) Sax (Sax Or Snares Mix) (4:05) 9 Prodigy, The Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) (Secret Knowledge Trouser Rouser) (9:00) 10 Empirion Narcotic Influence (4:09)

Va - The Dance Sampler - First to Sixth Chapter

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Various - The Dance Sampler - First Chapter (1991)
Tracklisting:1 Human Resource Dominator 2 Homer Projekt, The Fear 3 Point, The (2) Come On 4 X, The (2) Secret Wish 5 Terrace In-Motion 6 Intellect Music Is Hypnotising 7 R.J.'s Rule Rave This Nation 8 Boom Generation Sometimes

Various - The Dance Sampler - Second Chapter (1991)
Tracklisting:1 Curse, The All Systems (Are Go) (6:47) 2 Incubus The Spirit (Remix) (5:18) 3 R.A.F. We Gonna Get (5:37) 4 Deadkirks, The Mr. Kirk Your Son Is Dead (5:15) 5 Qube 45 The Sequal (4:24) 6 Bam Bam* Get Wild (4:39) 7 Cappella Everybody (Techno Version Remix) (5:43) 8 Turntable Terror Break! (4:36)

Various - The Dance Sampler - Third Chapter (1991)
Tracklisting:1 Egma Let The Bass Kick (Extended Mix) (6:13) 2 Chimo Bayo A Si Me Gusta A Mi (Xta-si Xta-no) (Hyperdancer) (6:20) 3 Holy Noise Get Down Everybody (The Parkzicht Mix) (8:34) 4 Boom Generation T.V. Death (6:17) 5 Bit By Bit Hardcore Is The Future (5:23) 6 Secret Mission We're Going Down (5:39) 7 Body Bass Echoes Of Johnny (6:04) 8 Moby Go (Woodtick Mix) (6:31) 9 80 Aum Mindcontroller (No Sense Version One) (4:28)

Various - The Dance Sampler - Fourth Chapter (1991)
Tracklisting:1 Ottrongo* Five O'Clock My Ass 2 Raveagrahixx* Rave The City (Extravaganza Mix) 3 Total Eclipse (3) (Construction Of My) E.G.O.! (Egotrip 2 Mix) 4 Highstreet Brainstorm 5 Speedy J Pull Over (From Our Minds To Yours Intro) 6 Signal To Noise Ratio Collision 7 Phantasm Subsonik 8 X, The (2) In Trance 9 Circle Of Souls Future Dreams

Various - The Dance Sampler - Fifth Chapter (1992)
Tracklisting:1 Booming Support De Rode Schoentjes 2 Cappella Take Me Away 3 Ave Maria No Sex Until Marriage 4 SunGods A Vision 5 Motion 1 Explosion Of A Dancemode 6 Interactive Who's Elvis 7 Total Eclipse (3) Let's Get It On (Factory Mix) 8 Obscure FM Michael Jackson Is In Heaven Now
Various - The Dance Sampler - Sixth Chapter (1992)
Tracklisting:1 Chimo Bayo Quimica (Laboratorio Mix) 2 Incubus Release The Tension 3 Private Productions Looped 4 Gladiators & Slaves Speed City 5 Laurent Garnier Feel The Power 6 Sykedelic Big Dick (Underground Version) 7 Flyer (2) Close Encounter 8 Insider Destiny (Behind The Beat Mix)

Various - The Dance Sampler - Seventh Chapter (1992)
Tracklisting:1 Bass Inc. Cut It Off 2 Zenithal Lift Up 3 Human Resource Sick 4 Cappella U Got To Know 5 Nicole Pump It Up 6 Primrose Path, The Breathe The Melody 7 Private Productions Sex Drive 8 DJ Damager Noise Maker (Wednesday At The Limelight Mix)

Va - Reactivate #1-up

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Various - Reactivate 1 - The Belgian Techno Anthems (1991)

Tracklisting:1 T99 Anasthasia (4:37) 2 Destroyer Senses (4:36) 3 B-Sides (2) Magic Orchestra (4:15) 4 Space Trax Atomic Playboy (6:44) 5 Techno Grooves Christ!!! (5:04) 6 Joey Beltram Energy Flash (5:51) 7 Modular Expansion Cubes (4:11) 8 Spectrum Brazil (5:35) 9 Exposure To Little Electronic Noises Precaution (5:26) 10 Problem House The Party Zone (4:15)

Various - Reactivate 2 - Phasers On Full (1991)

Tracklisting:A1 GTO The Bullfrog (Data Flow Mix) A2 6 Bells All Me The Mailman A3 Outlander Vamp A4 Fierce Ruling Diva Rubb It In A5 Space Trax Deduction (1e Version) B1 B-Sides (2) The Tape (Remix) B2 Code Red Dreams Forever B3 Sub System Subhouse B4 Hyp-no-tyz Torsion B5 Techno Grooves Techno Slam

Various - Reactivate 3 - Tranceteria (1991)

Tracklisting:1 L.A. Style James Brown Is Dead (5:44) 2 Sil Solid Circle (5:31) 3 Digital Excitation Dream Party (4:39) 4 Problem House Party People (4:25) 5 Ambassador, The Mass Hysteria (4:44) 6 Tech Noise I Luv U (4:30) 7 Set Up System Music And Noise (5:21) 8 All In One Mama's Kick (3:58) 9 Meng Syndicate Sonar System (7:15) 10 Turntable Terror Scream (4:28) 11 GTO Listen To The Rhythm Flow (6:47) 12 Linea Alba Space Travel (7:23)

Various - Reactivate Vol #4 - Technovation (1992)

Tracklisting:1 G.T.O.* Elevation (Troll Mix) (6:32) 2 Interactive Who Is Elvis? (5:33) 3 Tech Noise Do You Want Me (4:44) 4 Code Red Dreamer Dream (5:03) 5 Praga Khan Feat Jade 4U* Injected With A Poison (Rehab Mix) (5:35) 6 Toxic 2* Rave Generator (Brooklyn Mix) (6:27) 7 CLS Can You Feel It (Todd Terry's 1991 Inhouse Dub) (4:45) 8 E-Trax Let's Rock (5:33) 9 EQ-Lazer Beat Of Feet (5:14) 10 Psychic Flush Body Tranze (3:35) 11 Fierce Ruling Diva Dubb It In (4:00) 12 EQ-Lazer The Heart Break (5:20)

Various - Reactivate 5 - Pure Trance And Techno (1992)

Tracklisting:1 Age Of Love, The* The Age Of Love (Watch Out For Stella Club Mix) (6:47) Remix - Jam & Spoon 2 Fierce Ruling Diva You Gotta Believe (Fingers In The Dyke Mix) (3:00) 3 DJ Edge Compnded (5:02) 4 NRG* He Never Lost His Hardcore (5:00) 5 Mainx 88 To Piano (Terrif X Mix) (6:00) 6 Ramirez & Pizarro ¡Hablando! (Accordeon Mix) (6:35) 7 Trashman Cosmotrash (Part One) (4:44) 8 Sil Blue Oyster (6:00) 9 Passion Flower Urban Bells (7:07) 10 Dyewitness Observing The Earth (4:19) 11 WestBam Mr Peanut (5:41) 12 Edge Of Motion Set Up 707 (5:44) 13 Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes* Time To E.Press (Fierce Ruling Diva Remix) (5:07) 14 Alex Lee Take It! (Mr. Oz Vs Klepto-Maniacs Remix) (6:13)

Various - Reactivate 6 - Trance Europa (1992)

Tracklisting:1 Rotterdam Termination Source Poing (Easy Synth) (5:54) 2 Dance 2 Trance Hello San Fransisco (7:18) 3 Nu-Tro-Gen Rollin' Reptiles (5:11) 4 Immaginazione 2* La Musica Del Futuro (5:00) 5 TFX Deep Inside Of Me (4:51) 6 Ramirez El Ritmo Barbaro (5:51) 7 Frequency (3) Systematic Input (4:51) 8 Glam My Mother Said (Wild Techno Remix) (4:28) 9 DHS House Of God (X-Energy Remix) (6:27) 10 Out Of The Ordinary Der Weisse Hai (6:50) 11 E-Trax Yo Te Quiero (4:53) 12 Ghetto Brothers Pumpin' Bass Manoeuvres (6:34) 13 Joe Inferno Tribal Church (3:54) 14 B-Sides (2) Magic Orchestra (C.J. Bolland Remix) (4:58)

Various - Reactivate 7 - Aquasonic Trance (1993)

Tracklisting:A1 Jaydee Plastic Dreams A2 Illuminatae Tremorra Del Terra A3 Polygon Window Quoth B4 D-Code Odyssey (Lion Rock Club) B5 Fierce Ruling Diva You Better Take This B6 Atahualpa Anathema C7 Interactive Koma C8 Nico Darkstar C9 Cyberia Mr Chill's Back D10 Humate Love Stimulation D11 Strategy High Energy D12 With It Guys Let The Music Take Control

Various - Reactivate 8 - Hi-Octane Dance Musik (1993)

Tracklisting:1 Country & Western Reincarnation (6:44) 2 Robert Armani Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix) (8:09) 3 Ilsa Gold Up (5:49) 4 Sourmash Pilgrimage To Paradise (Barrel Beat Mix) (7:26) 5 Sonic Solution Bagdad (5:27) 6 Deep Piece Panoramic Shuffle (Squelchalogue Mix) (5:03) 7 Illuminatae Tempestada (6:41) 8 Golden Girls, The* Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix) (6:04) 9 Jagga Finito (5:35) 10 Lift & Oblivion Hallways (7:40) 11 CJ Bolland Camargue (6:23) 12 Sapiano Sputnik Sunday (7:42)

Va - Kickin' Mental Detergent Vol. 1+2

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Various - Kickin Mental Detergent (1992)

Tracklisting:1 Messiah Temple Of Dreams (5:15) 2 Wishdokta Evil Surrounds Us (4:42) 3 Zero Zero World Famous (4:18) 4 Third Mind Beans And Barley (4:11) 5 Messiah There Is No Law (4:03) 6 Zero Zero Zeroxed (3:53) 7 Third Mind Just Makes Me (3:29) 8 Scientist, The Exorcist (4:52) 9 Wishdokta Sunrise (4:54) 10 D.E.A. You Think It's Over Now? (4:33) 11 Scientist, The The Bee (5:41)

Various - Kickin' Mental Detergent Vol. 2(1993)

Tracklisting:Tracklisting:1 X-Statik Rapture (6:01) 2 K90 Wanna Be (4:32) 3 Wishdokta Teknoschizo (4:56) 4 Ruff Rider You And Me (4:44) 5 Tarsk Get On Up (5:38) 6 Twin Bass Atmosfear (4:28) 7 Kemical Kids Oh No (6:00) 8 Ruff Rider Dance Mutha (5:18) 9 K90 Bass 1999 (4:06) 10 Wishdokta Whine You Bottom (4:17) 11 Kicksquad Champion Sound (6:01) 12 Zero Zero Sanity Clause (4:24)

Va - Best of Techno Vol.1-6

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Various - Best Of Techno - Volume One (1991)
Tracklisting:1-01 Zone Eternal #2 1-02 Program 2 More Energy 1-03 GTO The Bullfrog 1-04 Voodoo Child Voodoo Child 1-05 GTO Listen To The Rhythm Flow 1-06 Speedy J Evolution 1-07 Andromeda Gazza 1-08 Rhythmatic Take Me Back 1-09 Trance Media Disco Therapy 1-10 Nexus 21 Self Hypnosis 1-11 9-10-Boy Robocop 1-12 F.U.S.E. F.U.

Various - Best Of Techno - Volume Two (1992)
Tracklisting: 2-01 Circle Of Souls Future Dreams 2-02 2 Bad Mice Bomb Scare 2-03 Psychic Media Bio Feedback 2-04 B.T.B. Bad Base 2-05 Zero Zero Zeroxed 2-06 LFO Syndrome 2-07 Tronikhouse Up Tempo 2-08 Automation Wild E 2-09 Tecno Flight 1 Fuck You 2-10 Return Of The Living Acid Get Funky! 2-11 Pius Bring Jesus Back 2-12 Altern 8 Give It To Baby

Various - Best Of Techno - Volume Three (1993)
Tracklisting: 3-01 N.R.G. I Need Your Love 3-02 Joey Beltram Get Into Life 3-03 Acen Trip II The Moon (Parts One And Two) 3-04 Psychotropic Hypnosis (SL2 Remix) Remix - SL2 3-05 Eden Transmission I'm So High 3-06 Smart E's Sesame's Treet 3-07 Nighttripper, The Tone Exploitation 3-08 First Project* Right Before (Remix) 3-09 FX Creators And You Will Enjoy 3-10 Project One Roughneck 3-11 Acen Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion) 3-12 Digital Bass Bass Explosion

Various - Best Of Techno - Volume Four (1993)
Tracklisting: 4-01 Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy 4-02 Illuminatae Tempestada XVX II 4-03 Golden Girls Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix) 4-04 Phuture Assassins Roots 'N Future 4-05 Vinyl Countdown Paroles 4-06 Nookie Devotion 4-07 CJ Bolland Mantra (Live At Universe) 4-08 Prodigy, The Weather Experience (Top Buzz Remix) 4-09 Illuminatae Tremora Del Terra XVX 4-10 EQ Total Ecstacy (Remix) 4-11 Mind Abuse The Piano (Live At The Love Parade) 4-12 Transform Transformation (Feel Love Remix)