 1" was one of two albums attributed purely to a style called "moon musick", informed by ambient, glitch, minimalism and Kosmische Musik, which signified their change from a "solar" to a "moon" group; the next album to be released in the series would be "Musick to Play in the Dark Vol.2".Jhonn Balance originally wished to create a cohesive set of liner notes for "Musick to Play in the Dark", which ended up only being published on Coil's website at the time.