In the beginning of 2016, Yusef Quotah (Guitarist in Halvsies and synths in You, You're Awesome) met with Brian Olive to talk about producing music inspired by the Dust Brothers, Stereolab, Devo and synth art pop. They disappeared into Brian's Diamonds studio, surrounded by analog synths, guitars, and reel-to-real tape machines, and a few months later, Transient Generator was complete.