The sampling project [a=Adventures in Stereo] formed from the ashes of the short-lived 4AD label band Spirea X, which included vocalist Judith Boyle and former Primal Scream member Jim Beattie. The duo formed Adventures in Stereo in the mid-'90s with Simon Dine, who created the group's music. After Adventures in Stereo issued two acclaimed EPs, the band's history became convoluted: Dine split from the group, but both parties kept working under the Adventures in Stereo name. In 1997, early recordings and unreleased material were released on a self-titled LP on Scotland's [l=Creeping Bent] label, while a similarly packaged collection of Dine's subsequent work was issued a short time later, also under the title Adventures In Stereo and on the [l=Underground Sounds] imprint.