Wednesday, December 8, 2010  2 Bad Mice are one of the absolute
foundations of hardcore and jungle, an outfit as innovative and
as important as 4 Hero. The house band of the Moving Shadow
label, they were actually 3 not 2 of them: Sean O'Keeffe, Simon
Colebrooke, and Shadow label boss Rob Playford, And they had an
alter-ego identity as Kaotic Chemistry whose output was just as
creative and influential as the 2 Bad Mice material. 2 Bad
Mice's most famous tunes are "Bombscare", "Waremouse", and their
remix of Moving Shadow act Blame's "Music Takes You". All three
tracks were crucial for bringing a boombastic hip hop vibe into
UK rave, starting the process that would lead to jungle. "Music
Takes You" features a squelchy scratch-riff that slots right
next to the Morse Code keyboard stab and piano vamps, while
staccato blasts of sped-up diva samples sound like Minnie Mouse
having an orgasm. "Waremouse" is radically minimal, just seismic
bass and machine-gun snares, while the equally stripped down
"Bombscare" used