Spring Heel Jack is an English electronic music duo consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales, perhaps best known for releasing a trio of drum and bass albums during the 1990s. Wales was formerly a composer of "serious" music, an influence that carried over to much of the duo's work. The duo also dabbled in mainstream music as producers for Betty Boo and collaborated with Everything But The Girl.

More recently they have moved away from drum and bass to collaborate with free improvisors from the United States and Europe for the Thirsty Ear label. Collaborators have included saxophonists Evan Parker and Tim Berne, bassist William Parker, trombonist Paul Rutherford, drummer Han Bennink, pianist Matthew Shipp and guitarist Jason Pierce.

In 2006 Coxon and Wales began to operate a record label, Treader, releasing CDs by themselves and other associated artists, including some of those named above.

Selected discography

Drum and bass

• There Are Strings
• 64 Million Shades
• Busy, Curious, Thirsty

Improv

• Masses (2001)
• Amassed (2002)
• Live
• The Sweetness of the Water (2004)

External links

• Treader (Coxon and Wales's label)

See also

Electronic music groups