One day on the London Tube he runs into a former art-school classmate with whom he has lost touch. When this classmate is recruited into a nascent rock band, he invites his art-school friend, who happens to own a large German reel-to-reel tape machine, to record their rehearsals. Soon after graduating from art school, a 21-year-old separates from his wife and moves from the city of Winchester near England's south coast to London where he becomes involved with the avant-garde music scene.