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Benny Staples and <a href="spotify:artist:0dcqVVVnGZIn4tpufFY3cH">Mike Nielsen</a> were born and raised in New Zealand, but they moved to England in 1984. Staples joined <a href="spotify:artist:6An62UauVVUH7OCxt5bnZu">the Woodentops</a> as a drummer, while Nielsen mixed and engineered for <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA">Bjork</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1fa0cOhromAZdq2xRA4vv8">Simply Red</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Otx4bRLSfpah5kX8hdgDC">Naughty by Nature</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1PXHzxRDiLnjqNrRn2Xbsa">Underworld</a>. The two teamed up in the mid-'90s to record minimalist techno with club-shaking house beats. Debut EP Mudpool appeared in 1995. ~ John Bush, Rovi