Nick Brackney and Steve Baker started playing together as Tomorrowland after the demise of Brackney's previous group Children's Ice Cream. At that point in time, around 1996, the Detroit metropolitan area was fertile ground for bands playing with the spatial and electronic aspects of music. Labels like Burnt Hair and Mind Expansion were documenting the scene and releases by Windy & Carl and Fuxa drew the attention of the outside world. After releasing the 'Futurist' single on the Burnt Hair label and a single on the Japanese Motorway label