He gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single "Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent release, the Wayfaring Stranger EP.

[1] The son of a Malaysian Chinese father, and Scottish mother, Celtic singer Mae McKenna, who also has Irish ancestry.

He was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, before his parents divorced.

[3][4] Woon's sound and style is described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track.

[6] Since then, there had been a lull in his activities but in March 2015, he did a collaboration with Portico for their new album Living Fields to be released in April the same year.