Momus writes: 'I discovered Adam Bruneau (alias Oliver Cobol) when the young Georgian sent me an intriguing record called '8 Bit Christmas' towards the end of 2001. I was with my friend Toog in New York when we heard it & it became our favourite record: melodic cute full of nostalgia for the artificial landscapes of 1980s computer games. At about the same time on tour in Detroit I met John Talaga (alias Sir John Fashion Flesh) & heard the amazing radical deconstructions of his group Fa.