The Mouse Outfit in York

The Mouse Outfit are a British hip-hop collective and live band formed in Manchester. Their music draws on jazz, funk, soul and reggae, while albums including Escape Music, Step Steadier and Jagged Tooth Crook feature rappers and singers such as Dr Syntax, Sparkz, Black Josh and Fox. The Mouse Outfit have performed at Glastonbury Festival, Boomtown Fair and Outlook Festival, alongside tours through clubs and theatres in the UK and Europe. Their concerts use a full band and a changing cast of MCs and vocalists; Dr Syntax and Sparkz have served as recurring frontmen for material from Escape Music and Step Steadier.