{{Short description|1995–2001 UK garage duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Double 99 | image = | caption = | alias = {{hlist|10° Below|R.I.P. Productions}} | origin = [[London]], England | genre = {{hlist|[[UK garage]]|[[speed garage]]}} | years_active = 1995–2001 | label = {{hlist|Ice Cream Records|Satellite Recordings}} | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = * [[Tim Deluxe|Timothy Liken]] * Omar Adimora }}
'''Double 99''', also known as '''R.I.P. Productions''' and '''10° Below''', were a [[UK garage]] [[Electronic music duo|duo]] which consisted of members [[Tim Deluxe|Timothy Andrew Liken]] (Tim Deluxe) and Omar Adimora. They are best known for their sole UK chart [[hit single]] "[[RipGroove]]", which reached No. 14 in its second release on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3055/double-99/|title=DOUBLE 99 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>
==Career== Active since 1995, the duo recorded as R.I.P. Productions and 10° Below, releasing tracks and [[Extended play|EPs]] on the Ice Cream [[Record label|label]] which they founded alongside Boogie Beat co-owner Andy Lysandrou (later of [[True Steppers]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukgarage.org/3028/interview-dj-omar|title=Interview: DJ Omar (10 Below, Double 99 & R.I.P)|date=6 April 2012|work=Ukgarage.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/interview/tim-deluxe/|title=Tim Deluxe - Attack Magazine|work=Attack Magazine|date=7 October 2015}}</ref> Under the name R.I.P., their 1997 EP ''Double 99'' first featured the track "[[RipGroove]]" with Double 99 later adopted as their alias for the [[Single (music)|single]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/features/how-double-99s-ripgroove-lit-fuse-speed-garage-uk|title=How Double 99's 'Ripgroove' lit the fuse for speed garage in the UK|work=[[DJ Mag]]|date=24 January 2023|author=Rob McCallum}}</ref>
Both Liken and Adimora later continued to release solo material and remained active as DJs, remixers and producers under the names [[Tim Deluxe]] and DJ Omar / Omar Chandla, respectively. Deluxe had a [[Hit song|hit]] in 2002 with his second solo single, "[[It Just Won't Do]]", which reached the top 20 charts in five countries including the UK where it peaked at No. 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/768/tim-deluxe-ft-sam-obernik/|title=TIM DELUXE FEAT. SAM OBERNIK - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== *2001: ''7th High'' (BMG/[[Arista Records|Arista]])
===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album |-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">UK chart positions: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3055/double-99/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=9 October 2020}} * <nowiki>*Chart Log UK </nowiki>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_D.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010: D> Double 99|publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br /><small>Dance</small>]]<br /><ref>UK dance singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19970525/104/ |title=RipGroove (re-issue) |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=9 October 2020}} </ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[European Hot 100 Singles|EUR]]<br /><ref>European singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-06-07-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |title=RipGroove |publisher=[[Music & Media]] |accessdate=9 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-11-08-OCR-Page-0024.pdf |title=RipGroove (re-issue) |publisher=Music & Media |accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>Scottish singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19970525/41/ |title=RipGroove |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=9 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19971026/41/ |title=RipGroove (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref>
|- | rowspan="2"| 1997 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[RipGroove]]" | 31 || — || 94 || 66 | rowspan="6"| ''7th High'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "RipGroove" <small>(featuring [[Top Cat (musician)|Top Cat]])<br>(re-issue)</small> | 14 || 1 || 29 || 50 |- | rowspan="3"| 2000 | style="text-align:left;"| "Freakazoid" | — || — || — || — |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Satisfied" | — || — || — || — |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Scream" | — || — || — || — |- | 2001 | style="text-align:left;"| "7th High" <small>(featuring [[Sneaker Pimps]])</small> | 114 || — || — || — |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Discogs artist|Double+99}} *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/44691-RIP-Productions R.I.P. Productions] discography at [[Discogs]]
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