He moved to several towns in the United Kingdom, settling in Nottingham, England for a number of years before emigrating to Los Angeles, California.

He has also commissioned a wide range of mixes from the likes of Rob Swift, Luke Vibert, DJ Punc Roc and Therapy?.

He has also appeared on the This Is Menace album The Scene Is Dead, in the track "Cut Us (And We Bleed)".

JS was also, along with Billy Morrison, a founding member of Doheny, a short-lived indie rock band, based in California.

The music was inspired by Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots and Incubus.