After "Budakhan Mindphone" was completed in May 1998, Tom went to South East Asia for two months, and on this trip acquired a selection of Gamelan instruments. Tom states that he was keen to carry on with the method of making music he had developed making the "abstract jazz" elements of "Music Is Rotted One Note". Given that the "abstract jazz/musique concrète" idea had in Tom's view been proven by "Music Is Rotted One Note". Tom decided to switch focus slightly and approach the following phase with a less rigorous aesthetic in mind.