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==History==

Originally the act consisted of two childhood friends, James Baker<ref>{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|first2=Lauren|last2=Martin|first3=Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John|last3=Thorp|accessdate=2019-03-28|title=Clubs picks of the week|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/22/clubs-picks-of-the-week|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 March 2014|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Phil Aslett.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|first2=Sammy|last2=Maine|first3=Lauren Martin & John|last3=Thorp|accessdate=2019-03-28|title=Clubs picks of the week|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/12/clubs-picks-of-the-week|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 October 2013|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gothamcityblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/artist-interview-source-direct/|title=Artist Interview – Source Direct|date=20 July 2014|website=Gothamcityblog.wordpress.com|accessdate=28 March 2019}}</ref> Due to differences between the pair, however, it became entirely a solo project of Baker's in 1999, after the release of ''Exorcise the Demons.''<ref name="fact-2012"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aboveboarddist.co.uk/source-direct-approach-and-identify-nonplus/|title=Source Direct – Approach And Identify (incl. Demdike Stare Remix) – Nonplus|website=Aboveboarddist.co.uk|accessdate=28 March 2019}}</ref>

Source Direct's music uses complex and irregular breakbeats, snappy and precise [[hi-hats]], dark atmospheric sampling and abstract song structures.<ref name="fact-2012"/><ref name="thequietus">{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/15894-source-direct-interview-jim-baker|title=The Quietus – Features – A Quietus Interview – Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct|website=Thequietus.com|date=31 July 2014 |accessdate=28 March 2019}}</ref>