 Friends who heard his material told him it was 'Detroit techno'.Brikha had no idea what that was - and so they played him records by Robert Hood and Berlin's Basic Channel.Brikha disseminated his earliest material on Swedish imprints - Dunkla, Plump, and Placktown - but realizing that his music was not what the local labels were seeking, he looked for fresh outlets – among them Derrick May's Transmat Records.