 Most of Ryukyu Underground's albums and singles are released by the label Respect Records (Japan).Gordon grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, in England, and was a fan of David Bowie and early punk music.He first started playing music in the early 1980s, primarily on synthesizer but is said to have been "out of sync with the mods and metalheads around him", before shifting to DJing and organizing events in Manchester.