Slipmatt & Lime were school friends together in Loughton, Essex where they shared a mutual love of Hip-Hop and Reggae.
In 1985 Slipmatt & Lime began recordeding Hip-Hop demo's with north London Rap duo, Gino & Mikey. In 1988, along with many others, they began going to Raves and switched allegiances from Hip-Hop to House. At one of the raves they met a crew from Ilford that included future DJ Devious D, and a 16 year old MC called Jay J. Soo after they formed SL2 with Jay J on the mic.
In 1989 they recieved a big break as Slipmatt's older brother Paul Nelson was one of the founders/promoters of the Raindance rave organisation. SL2 became residents and started DJing all around the UK for Raindance.
SL2 signed to B-Ware Records for their first release, an acid house record called "Do That Dance". Although the record sold well they were ripped off by the label which meant they saw no money from the release. The next 2 years saw them DJing and setting up the pirate radio station Raw FM with 3 other DJ's. In 1991 they set up their own label "Awesome". One of their 2 releases was "DJ's Take Control" that sold 3500 copies and attracted the attention of XL recordings. Signing to XL, SL2 had three top 30 hits and performed all over the UK, both as DJ sets and live PA's featuring their dancers Jo Millet (Lime's partner at the time, and future Jungle producer, Jo) and Kelly Overett (future Cappella vocalist).
SL2 disbanded in 1993, before returning in 1998 with a re-release of their biggest track "On A Ragga Tip". Since then they have been PAing and have started to produce again, mainly in the Ravebreakz style.