Squarepusher
Jenkinson was offered a five album record contract with Warp Records in December 1995, which was duly signed, and this led him to defer his studies at Chelsea Art College.
Early in 1996 Richard D. James completed the compilation process for "Feed Me Weird Things" which was made from over 50 tracks that Tom had given him on DAT, which were recorded from late 1994 to 1995. Around the same time Richard and Tom recorded two tracks together, one of which was subsequently edited by Tom and released as "Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid" on the "We Are Reasonable People" compilation album in 1998. Tom's contribution to the other track was reinterpreted and released as "Happy Little Wilberforce" on the "Alt. Frequencies" compilation released on Worm Interface in 1996. 1996 saw Jenkinson starting to be offered gigs both in the UK and in continental Europe.
James Asher
Asher had written and had published library music albums, including "Gyroscope", "Generation Gap", "Electro FX", "Flash Music", and "Working It Out" for Bruton Music (now owned by Universal). Also albums for Studio G library – "Action Disco", "Flying Colours", "Powerhouse", "Powergame", "Science and Space", "Corporate Collection" (now owned by Downtown Music) and "Intervision" and "Time Cycle" for the Southern library. "The Great Wheel", Asher's first commercial album, originally on his own Lumina label with publisher John Gale, was released by Music West, topping the UK New Age music chart for two years. He followed this with his first world music-flavoured release "Globalarium", released by Silverwave. But it was his album "Feet in the Soil" that really built his profile, with sales of over 250,000 units, released by New Earth Records.