snd are mark fell and mat steel. like no other project before scape they stand for the propagandised clicks and cut sound. however as label mate terre theamlitz points out, these "unwilling godmothers of clicks and cuts" are keen to distance themselves from the genre they are often thought to have spawned.

mat and mark met at sheffield city polytechnic where they studied 3d design and video art respectively. together with jeremy potter (shirt trax) and robert baker (clock dva/anti group) they formed an artists collective called non-axiomatic living room (aka premium leisure), the label on which the blir recordings were released. this group staged a series of installations, radio broadcasts and performances.

mat and mark release on raster-noton under their moniker blir and snd.