▁Ste ele ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁creating ▁" tri pped ▁out ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll " ▁with ▁both ▁Ste ele ▁and ▁Di ▁Bl asi ▁singing . ▁Rem n ants ▁of ▁this ▁project ▁are ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁track ▁" Col ours " ▁( 2 0 1 6 ). ▁Until ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 0 0 s , ▁the ▁group ▁continued ▁producing ▁new ▁music , ▁although ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁coh er ent ▁theme ▁between ▁the ▁tracks ▁nor ▁any ▁plans ▁for ▁a ▁studio ▁record . ▁Rob bie ▁Ch ater ▁was ▁ill ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁with ▁two ▁auto - imm une ▁dise ases ▁which ▁left ▁him ▁unable ▁to ▁produce ▁music . ▁He ▁under w ent ▁a ▁treatment ▁using ▁i b og aine , ▁a ▁pot ent ▁hall uc in ogen ic ▁drug . ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Dar ren ▁S elt mann ▁said ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁a ▁work - in - progress ▁and ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" amb ient ▁world ▁music ". ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁the ▁album ▁would ▁include ▁both ▁sampling ▁and ▁live ▁music . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Mod ular ▁Record ings ▁issued ▁a ▁press ▁release ▁stating ▁" it ' s ▁sound ing ▁like ▁everything ▁we ▁d ared ▁not ▁hope ▁for , ▁and ▁so ▁much ▁more . ▁They ' ve ▁made ▁the ▁record ▁of ▁their ▁lives ▁basically ". ▁This ▁was ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁a ▁jo ke ▁email ▁which ▁had ▁reached ▁the ▁music ▁press , ▁in ▁which ▁Mod ular ▁claimed ▁it