 "Hempton Manor" hybridizes tripped out techno, spacey dub and frenetic drum and bass styles.The decision to make it an entirely instrumental album was a deliberate ploy to break from their record label, One Little Indian.It is alleged to have been recorded in seven days to conclude the recording contract with One Little Indian, and the first letters of each track form an acrostic spelling out "Fuck Birket", referring to label founder Derek Birkett, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory.