Counterstrike is the duo of Animal Chin and 500 Mills. Collectively producing since 1998, they've had over 50 releases on various high profile D'n'B, Hardcore and Dubstep labels such as Rob Playford's Moving Shadow, Dieselboy's Human, The Outside Agency's Genosha 175 and Excision's Rottun. Apart from their busy production schedule, they're playing out constantly and host Cape Town's longest running D 'n' B event series, Homegrown. 2010 saw them DJ in 18 countries.

Algorythm Recordings, their own label, was launched in 2005 and include releases from artists such as Current Value, Limewax, SPL, T.Z.A, The Panacea and Donny. The beginning of 2009 saw the launch of their second label, Counterstrike Recordings.