Blumler and Smith, both from Leeds, became friends as children. Blumler experimented with heavy dubstep sounds, while Smith stated that he used to not like dance music. Instead, he listened to metal guitar, jazz, and later, jazz hip hop. When Smith began producing music, jazz-inspired hip hop was the first genre he experimented with.The pair eventually found a mutual interest in dance music, and started producing together in 2013.They spent two years producing deep house, but stopped after they "fell out of love with the sound".
