In 1987 Mark Abramson started experimenting with samplers and other cutting edge music technology of the time. He developed new ideas with drummer Drew Vogelman, incorporating this new tech into live performance. The result was Cosmic Oven. Mark played guitar, and Drew’s drums were wired to trigger sounds from samplers and synths. They later added singer Keiko Bonk, guitarist Jim McCarthy, multi-instrumentalist Mike Burns, and technologist Scott Harding. Drew left the project after about a year, and a series of drummers helped with the recordings, including James Lo from Live Skull and Lenny Ferrari who worked with James White and the Blacks and Lou Reed. Cosmic Oven wrote and recorded extensively, and even played a few gigs in New York City clubs, but ultimately disbanded in 1991.