Having met in ’space rock outfit’ Ozric Tentacles both Merv and Joie were drawn to the electronic sounds of the then early days of the ‘rave’ scene. Legitimately claiming to be one of the UK’s first live techno outfits they always intended on being just that – a live act!
Musical progression followed with experiments in deconstructing sound and toying with ‘Musique concrète’; electroacoustic music that utilises as a compositional resource ‘acousmatic sound’.