"E For Experimental is a compilation of singles, EPs, live recordings, demos, and unreleased material from between 1996 and 1999. The material is culled from releases on illustrious labels such as Enraptured, Vesuvius, Trunk, Via Satellite, Earworm, and After Hours (Japan). The first 3 albums from the Mount Vernon Arts Lab were Nova (released in 1996 as a limited 10" bound with string), Gummy Twinkle (released in 1998 and featuring collaborations with Norman Blake and Sonic Boom), and Warminster (collaboration with Adrian Utley of Portishead released in 1999).'The first documented recording was of a train journey between Shettleston and Glasgow Queen Street sometime in 1973. Soon after they were creating primitive loops, making field recordings and recording bizarre sound effects. E For Experimental documents phase one -- phase two has already begun...'"