“Whenever assembling a new release… “The approach is always the same,” explains Savage. “It begins with an idea, then the next stage is that we send each other CDs and start breaking it down into four segments of about 20 minutes each to fit [on to] a double LP. John then handles the licensing and the cover, which is usually designed by Matt Sewell. I do the sleeve notes.”

One such series traces an “alternate history” of electronica that spotlights early electro, synth-punk, cosmic disco, and futuristic funk, all of which paved the way for techno. “This is the kind of music I used to listen to a lot in 1979–1981. I loved the warm yet alienated sound of pre-digital electronica, post-Kraftwerk, Eno, Bowie, and Giorgio Moroder. It bleeds into Eurodisco—which I’ve grown to love—and very early techno [like] Sharevari and Cybotron.

—Erick Bradshaw, “Caroline True Obsesses Over Compilations So You Don’t Have To.” bandcamp.com. November 20, 2025