It began with a spontaneous exchange on SoundCloud Messages. We'd both been posting the occasional track to our own personal streams, joining and posting to similar groups and commenting on the same tracks by other similar artists, so we were kind of aware of each other’s anonymous selves. Neither one of us were looking to work with somebody else, quite happy just trying out stuff on our own and sharing it with anyone that might be interested, but when I received a message asking if I wanted to collaborate, I was intrigued. Why not? Worst case scenario was that it would turn out to be shit and we'd stop.

The first steps were taken gingerly, neither one of us sure of the others expectations, but we soon got into a groove. And then the ideas started pouring out, and we realised we had something that was worthwhile pursuing. Online music collaboration was in it’s infancy, so rather than work to a set pattern we decided to work via a shared Dropbox folder and upload files when we were ready to share things.

After completing several tracks we decided on a name, and a simple, consistently applied identity to use on SoundCloud, so we could share the results and generate feedback. It came from an early discussion that talked about us having an image of being isolated, each of us in our own room of wires. The phrase kind of spoke out to us. It seemed to represent exactly what we were about, whether it was physical wires or digital connections.

The first breakthrough came when we were featured on one of the early editions of The Black Dog's Radio Dogma show. Given how many tracks typically get submitted, we weren't expecting much, but there it was. Dogma #04. I awoke to a tweet from the Sheffield pioneers, announcing the latest show and listing our name. It gave us a massive boost in confidence and a real sense of purpose.