Following several years engineering and mixing for
Nine Inch Nails, Sean Beavan formed trip-hop act
8mm along with wife Juliette. He had spent time in the studio in New Orleans with
NIN's
Trent Reznor, working on such
NIN recordings as
The Downward Spiral. Through
Reznor, Sean had also worked on
Marilyn Manson's
Antichrist Superstar and
Mechanical Animals. While in New Orleans, he met his future wife and the two relocated to Los Angeles. While producing a record for
Kill Hannah, Sean brought in Juliette to add some vocals and liked her voice enough to form
8mm along with drummer
Jon Nicholson. An EP in 2004 was followed by the debut LP Songs to Love and Die by..., released on Curb Appeal Records in September 2006. ~ Kenyon Hopkin