They attracted interest after Jean-Louis Loday noticed that the classical Chevalley–Eilenberg boundary map in the exterior module of a Lie algebra can be lifted to the tensor module which yields a new chain complex.
ðeɪ ɐtɹˈæktᵻd ˈɪntɹɛst ˈæftɚ dʒˈiːnlˈuːi lˈɑːdeɪ nˈoʊɾɪst ðætðə klˈæsɪkəl ʃˈɛvɐli ˈaɪlənbˌɜːɡ bˈaʊndɚɹi mˈæp ɪnðɪ ɛkstˈɪɹiɚ mˈɑːdʒuːl əvə lˈaɪ ˈældʒᵻbɹə kæn biː lˈɪftᵻd tə ðə tˈɛnsɚ mˈɑːdʒuːl wˌɪtʃ jˈiːldz ɐ nˈuː tʃˈeɪn kˈɑːmplɛks.