Global Goon's Jonathan Hawk is a former programmer from Lydiate who earned a recording contract with Rephlex Records He also released one album on Audio Dregs, and two albums and one EP on WéMè.
Global Goon has also been rumored to have released 5 acid records under the alias
Syntheme on both Planet Mu and WéMè between 2007 & 2009, but this remains unconfirmed and Syntheme is also known as Louise Helena Wood, from Brighton, UK.
Music critics have characterized Global Goon's style as ambient music and "easy listening fusion". From Bessemer Cocktail and after, his music took a turn towards acid house rather than the easy listening downtempo.