Extended Organ is a part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS), the seminal West Coast experimental noise cult and visual arts collective that formed in the mid 1970s as part of the international DIY movement in which artists developed systems for self-production and distribution of works. It was during this early period when members of the LAFMS had studios in what was at that time the derelict 35 South Raymond building in Pasadena where Paul McCarthy also had his studio. This proximity planted the seed for future collaboration.
