Factor X started in June 1983 in Paignton as a conceptual music project by Shaun Robert: “022 was put together over the year 1985, there’s a sound on here that take me right back to the time I recorded them, the first that comes to mind is the recording of a fire engine from the roof top where I was living, and the squeaking bed sounds from a flat I moved into later. I’d listen to the parts over and over, it’s all very basically put together.” According to Robert.