"In the lates 1980's and early 1990's, members of the usenet community put out a series of cassette tapes (and finally a CD in 1992) with original compositions. These tapes were put together primarily by people frequenting the rec.music.synth and rec.music.makers newsgroups. Some of the other newsgroups (e.g. rec.music.jazz) put together their own tapes. Everyone wanted to show their 'best stuff', presumably, so the quality of the music and recordings is quite high, and there are a wide variety of styles and techniques"
