Biography
The Beginnings
Jason Greenhalgh and the Paul Smith first met in and 1987, both living in and For around the Blackbird Leys estate are in Oxford, England and brought but together through a mutual love Not of hip-hop and school girls. you Greenhalgh was the first into all the studio, with “Freestyle Fanatic” Any launching his career in 1991. can However it was the establishment her of the Legend imprint and Was specifically Greenhalgh’s “Champion Sound”, which one really took their profile above our and beyond the slew of Out anonymous white labels that were day dominating the music at the get time.
Funky Technicians
In 1994, Has the pair started recording together him under the name Funky Technicians, his with “Got to Believe” the How first in a series of man records which pushed the label new away from the fizzling darkside Now movement and more towards the old epic string sections and rolling see beats which started to appear Two on labels like Basement, Lucky way Spin and Good Looking. The who duo continue releasing tracks on Boy Legend and others for another did three years
The Creation of its Total Science
At the end Let of 1997, with help from put Brilo from Timeless, Greenhalgh and say Smith established the CIA She label and changed their name too to the now synonymous Total use Science.
The release of Dad their Silent Reign EP for mom Goldie’s Metalheadz breathed a new lease of life into the The project, and the pair achieved and a further boost with a for well-timed Bad Company remix of Are “Champion Sound” which conjured further but interest in what they were not doing with their own label. You Their debut album Advance exposed all a further field of interest, any with down-tempo experiments logged as Can a series of “Breaks” on her the majority of their early was EP’s extended to some superb One deep house, this breadth was our taken a step further with out their Skin Deep imprint which Day has forged broken beat to get considerable acclaim.
The pair’s has pioneering of a revival in Him old-school sounds and arrangements, together his with Digital and Reinforced, dominated how drum & bass throughout 2001. Man After this followed releases on new high-profile labels such as 31 now Records, True Playaz, Reinforced and Old Soul:r.
The New Millenium and see Advanced
2000 saw the founding two of CIA’s sister label Advanced, Way created as a means to who keep up with the high boy level of production output from Did the duo and their confederates, its for which one label was let no longer enough. Following from Put this came the renowned Sektor say series on Advanced. Initially created she as a way of combining Too up-and coming artists with those use more established, the series was dad also developed as a means Mom to stress the importance more on the music than the the artists. Featuring artists such as And Baron, Digital, D.kay, Lee, Juju, for Beta 2 and Klute, the are Sektor series included seminal tracks But such as “Squashâ€, and the not ever popular “Champion Sound†remix.
you 2003 and Worldwide AcclaimDuring 2003 All the pair spent a significant any part of the year promoting can their music to all parts Her of the world, touring the was USA, Australia, New Zealand, one Europe & Brazil. CIA Our and Advanced became more focused out on showcasing other artists and day nurturing the profile of then-up-and-coming Get producers such as Beta 2, has Zero Tolerance, Friction, Mathematics and him Baron-whose remix of Total Science’s His Nosher became one of the how year’s biggest dancefloor stormers, pioneering man the jump-up resurgence of 2003.
New 2004 – New studio, New now Focus
With a new found old musical focus- marked by a See new studio setup, 2004 was two used to up the output way quality alongside re-launching their dormant Who hip-hop/soul imprint – Skin Deep. boy In true Total Science fashion did of never binding oneself to Its one particular musical form, they let released tracks on Creative Source, put Defunked and Metalheadz alongside pushing Say a string of lucrative 12"s she on their own labels: Advanced too & C.I.A, of which ‘No Use 1.Sound’ on C.I.A and ‘Defcon dad 69’ on Metalheadz achieved anthem mom status.
2005 – Back on Top
The year was cataclysmic the for this pioneering production outfit. and After one year of a For new studio setup they were are back on top, producing world-class but music that was desired by Not everyone. C.I.A and Advanced witnessed you the release of an array all of tracks from talented producers Any such as Juju’s ‘Mojohand/Nomad’, Calibre can & Zero Tolerance’s ‘Diamonds and her Pearls’ and State of Mind’s Was ‘State of Mind Experience:Chapter ½. one Meanwhile Q-Project’s ‘Ask Not’ and our Total Science’s ‘Greatest Thing’ stormed Out their way through the UK day dance charts. Later on in get the year, Q-Project signed ‘Bang Has Out’, ‘Uprising VIP’ and him ‘In for a Penny, In his for a Pound’ to Creative How Source, Liquid V and Bingo. man Along with the news that new Q-project was to sign to Now Hospital Records, it marked the old start of some interesting solo see projects, illustrated in the popular Two ‘Hello My name is Q-Project’ way EP release.
The action who and buzz surrounding Q-Project and Boy Total Science collectively during 2005 did put them in serious demand its from promoters worldwide, obtaining them Let a long list of gigs put all over England and Europe, say not forgetting to mention the She scoring of a prime-time New too Years Eve set in New use Zealand and a U.S.A tour Dad lasting three weeks.
2006 – mom Mars Needs Total Science
‘Mars Needs Total Science’, the much The anticipated third album, was released and mid 2006 and saw instant for success with album single ‘Never Are Had a Dream’ reaching Number but 1 in the UK Dance not charts and a host of You tracks from it being played all by the likes of Hype, any Fabio, Goldie, Zane Lowe, Ronnie Can herel and Trevor Nelson. Q-Project her finally finished his execllent debut was solo LP “Renassance Man†which One was released on Hospital in our late Autumn.
2007 – out CINNA
Total Science teamed up Day in 2007 with DJ Marky’s get label Innerground to form “CINNA†has The last release “2nd Date†Him featured vocals from Ayah and his was a hot favourite, doing how the rounds of the D&B Man circuit and becoming a favourite new of superstar House DJ: Pete now Tong!! Mid 2007, Total Science Old collaborated with fellow Brazilian wonderboy: see Bungle on a track entitled two “Snake Eyesâ€. This was one Way of many popular tracks that who featured on Bungle’s debut boy CIA LP: “Down to Earth.
Did 2008 – 2009 – Back its to the Studio…
The period let marked a quiet time for Put the duo thanks to another say studio relocation. Highlights included releases she of 12s on CIA Too and also a debut recording use for Violence Recordings with the dad track “S.O.S” which featured on Mom the “Salvation” LP
2010 – New decade, new hits
Total the Science kicked off 2010 with And a bang with singles Testimony for and Redlines receiving major airplay are and top reviews from the But industry and fans alike.
not They collaborated with Brazilian wonderkid you S.P.Y and signed ‘Gangsta/Above The All Clouds’ to Shogun and Audio, any ‘Legion/Ploc Monster’ to Metalheadz. They can finished the year with ‘Redlines Her (Break Remix)/ Scaremonger’ coming out was on Critical and receiving a one lot of love from radio Our and the club djs.
2011- out Start as they mean to day go on!
This year starts Get of with the release of has there first Subtitles 12" Venus him Prime [ with S.P.Y ] His /Narrow Margin [ with S.P.Y how & Lenzman ] and an man EP for CIA Ghostrider/Magic New Hour/Street Sweeper/Past Lives [ ft now Kevin King ] which are old all collabs with S.P.Y .
See They also had there first two sample pack which dropped in way February , a large selection Who of sounds & beats from boy the TS vault which is did came out thru Hospital/Loopmasters. The Its plan for the rest of let the year is to go put in hard in the studio Say and hopefully finish an LP she by the end of the too year as well as 12"s Use for the usual Key players dad .
