Theo Keating, also known as Fake Blood and Touché, is an English DJ, musician and music producer who made his name as one half of the Wiseguys, a British

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big beat Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno. The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as the ...

group, together with Paul Eve. Some of their best-known songs are " Start the Commotion" and " Ooh La La" (not to be confused with the

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song of the same name), which were used in commercials for

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and

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, respectively. Keating's current project is a duo called

the Black Ghosts The Black Ghosts are an English electronic music duo composed of Theo Keating and Simon William Lord, formed in 2006. They are currently signed to Southern Fried Records in the UK and IAMSOUND Records in North America. Keating and Lord had p ...

where he performs with

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, formerly a founding member of rock band

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. Keating is also a popular house and electro DJ and producer, under the name Fake Blood. He has released several successful productions and remixes as Fake Blood, including his 2009 release " I Think I Like It". In 2009, Fake Blood featured on an episode of BBC Radio 1's ''

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''. In May 2012, Fake Blood announced plans on his Facebook page about a new 3-track EP. Later, in July 2012, he stated that the album ''Cells'' would be released in the autumn. It featured brand new tracks and its first single, "Yes/No" was released in August as an EP, followed up by the second single "All in the Blink" later in the year. The full-length album ''Cells'' was officially released in September 2012.

Discography

Albums

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Extended plays

Singles

Remixes

References

External links

Fake Blood's March 2009 Essential Mix
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