An avant-lounge quartet consisting of Ross Harris, Sasha Fuentes, Grace Marks and Craig Borrell, Sukia (taking their name from a italian lesbian vampire comic) emerged from L.A.'s Silverlake scene (as did Beck, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tom Waits, just to name few) with their debut album Contacto Espacial con el Tercer Sexo (Space Contact with the Third Sex) in 1996. Produced by the Dust Brothers, it came out on their Nickel Bag label and on Mo-Wax in the UK.