Red Museum started out over drinks. Ilia Yordanov and Jay Beaman were among the guests at a small party one Saturday night in September 2006 at Thomas Erak’s place when it was suggested that they, Ilia and Jay, play together. For the better part of a year Ilia had been writing material and looking for musicians--a drummer, above all--with which to start a project. Jay, in addition to playing with Reidar, had been interested in pursuing a new, different direction musically.