Deep Blue is the

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and drum and bass

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Sean O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe started producing music in 1991 with the

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group 2 Bad Mice, co-writing their

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". In 1993, he began to write and release under the alias Deep Blue, producing "Helicopter Tune" (also heard in the PSP and

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'' Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' (2005) and in the game '' Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition'' (2005) for the

Moving Shadow Moving Shadow is an English breakbeat hardcore, jungle and drum and bass record label which was founded in 1990 by Rob Playford. History The label began in 1990, operating from Playford's Stevenage home. Playford had become a focal point for ...

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. The track reached number 68 on the

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in April 1994. In 1997, Deep Blue was one of several Moving Shadow artists which left the label to form their own imprint, Partisan Recordings. O'Keeffe collaborated with

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, who recorded for Moving Shadow as

Omni Trio Robert "Rob" Haigh, also known as Omni Trio, is a British electronic, ambient and experimental musician. Career Early work (1979–1991) At school, Haigh was in a band called Labyrinth playing original material that was influenced by David B ...

, to record a joint album under the pseudonym Black Rain in 2003, on a new label they created called Scale. In 2005, he released his first solo album for the label under the Deep Blue guise, entitled ''Metropolitan Chic''.

References

External links

Deep Blue discography @ discogs.com
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Breakbeat hardcore musicians English drum and bass musicians English electronic musicians English record producers {{Electronic-musician-stub