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In 1994, the pair started recording together under the name Funky Technicians, with "Got to Believe" the first in a series of records which pushed the label away from the fizzling darkside movement and more towards the epic string sections and rolling beats which started to appear on labels like Basement, Lucky Spin and Good Looking.

After six years of recording singles for Legend and others, the pair established the CIA label and changed their name to the now familiar Total Science guise in the closing months of 1997, with the help of Brillo from Timeless. The release of their Silent Reign EP for Goldie's Metalheadz breathed a new lease of life into the project, and the pair achieved a further boost with a well-timed Bad Company remix of "Champion Sound" which conjured further interest in what they were doing with their own label. Their debut album Advance exposed a further field of interest, with down-tempo experiments logged as a series of "Breaks" on the majority of their early EP's extended to some superb deep house, this breadth was taken a step further with their Skin Deep imprint which has forged broken beat to considerable acclaim.

The pair’s pioneering of a revival in old-school sounds and arrangements, together with Digital and Reinforced, dominated drum & bass throughout 2001. During this period a heavy amount of remix work of old-skool tracks (i.e “Dublate”, “NHS”, “Hardcore Jungilism”, “Jazz Note”) furthered the movement that the duo championed. After this followed releases on high-profile labels such as 31 Records, True Playaz, Reinforced and Soul:r.

2000 saw the founding of CIA’s sister label Advanced, created as a means to keep up with the high level of production output from the duo and their confederates, for which one label was no longer enough. Following from this came the renowned Sektor series on Advanced. Initially created as a way of combining up-and coming artists with those more established, the series was also developed as a means to stress the importance more on the music than the artists. Featuring artists such as Baron, Digital, D.kay, Lee, Juju, Beta 2 and Klute, the Sektor series included seminal tracks such as “Squash”, and the ever popular “Champion Sound” remix. This series continues to prove it's popularity by sales and reputation, with several new volumes added each year.

During 2003 the pair spent a significant part of the year promoting their music to all parts of the world, touring the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe & Brazil. Subsequently during this year CIA and Advanced became more focused on showcasing other artists and nurturing the profile of then-up-and-coming producers such as Beta 2, Zero Tolerance, Friction, Mathematics and Baron-whose remix of Total Science's Nosher became without a doubt one of the year's biggest dancefloor stormers, pioneering the jump-up resurgence of 2003.

2004 began with a new studio set up, allowing the duo to up the ante on output and quality, with releases on CIA & Advanced, including No. 1 Sound, A.C.I & Voices and a return to Metalheadz with Defcom 69/Loose End kicking off the year, following from that was another embarkation on Trouble On Vinyl with Quicksilver/Mount Fathead. In the true Total Science fashion of never binding oneself to one particular musical form, liquid-style releases also featured on Creative Source, Soul:R and Defunked as well as solo efforts from Q Project on Bingo and Hospital Records.

Fast-forward several months (and many long studio sessions) later and Total Science’s second artist LP ‘Good Game’ on CIA has recently been completed and released. Both Greenhalgh and Smith describe this project as something they are both immensely proud of. The album perfectly showcases their own eclectic style- from the uplifting funk of ‘Kiss Chase’ to the frenetic “Back 2 The Future’. From liquid-funk Swerve anthem ‘Big Man’, to dancefloor tearout ‘The Punisher’(championed by Andy C, this track will also appeared on his second ‘Nightlife’ mix CD) . Total Science are the only artists in Drum & Bass today who manage to successfully produce many different styles and evade pigeon-holing. In true Total Science style this LP touches on all shapes and forms of Drum & Bass.

Plans for 2005 include a re-launch of the currently dormant Skin Deep imprint, a hip-hop/modern soul album (currently in production) planned for release later in the year and several other projects in the works. With such a vast array of styles and concepts originated by Total Science over the past ten years, one can only guess what the future holds for this highly talented duo, except to say that surprises will always be expected!