Mile 97 was birthed in 1987 by
Xopher.tm (AKA Christopher tm), a member of Orange County, CA experimental noise bands
Here Comes Everybody and
Ethnic Bee Cultures, as an outlet for exercising his own ideas in tape manipulation and audio dada. He soon moved on to experiment in the areas of musique concrète, electroacoustic sculpture, and power electronics among others. Encouraged by the other members of his existing groups, as well as those he met through the mail-art/tape-trading movement, tm recorded the base tracks for Mile 97's first release,
Crucifixture, which he sent to
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