Chiba's "Suffocating Sally" was released in 1996 and was the first album written and produced by Craig Simmons (ElectroSquad, Space March). In some ways, a product of the mid-90s house music sound, although "Suffocating Sally" differs from the other dance music of that time with hints of melody seeping through in the electro and ambient sounds overlaying the 909 beats. Today "Suffocating Sally" still stands as unusual but intriguing dance music designed for big sound systems or headphone listening with its intricate use of panning and filter effects. The album also features quite distinctive basslines which have overtones of Murk (Ralph Falcon/Oscar G) house productions. Again, the album was ahead of its time, and in way pre-empted dance music over the following years. Chiba was, alas, a one album project as Craig gave up the sophisticated electronica for something simpler and much more melodic. And so ElectroSquad began...