In 1988, Tim Simenon was a teenage DJ making cut-and-paste hip-hop singles in the style of fellow English mix masters Coldcut, S'Express and M/A/R/R/S. His first single, "Beat Dis," was intended to be a simple, faceless dance record, but it wound up catapulting Simenon into Britain's suffocating pop spotlight. By 1993, the DJ and producer had released two albums in Britain, Into the Dragon and...