Scientific Support Dept. is an electronic dub collective led by Docherty.

Though .Cabbageneck. is their debut album, their music has been slipping into the Scottish sub-conscience over the last few years, with a series of compilation appearances, gigs, theatre and film scores and remixes.

SSD have appeared on Creeping Bent compilation albums .Bentism,. .Electronic Lullabies. and .Bent Boutique. and on instalments 6 and 12 of the Creeping Bent singles club.

Though primarily a studio project, their live shows are selective and expansive, featuring various collaborators on violin, moog, trumpet and decks. Appearances have included a sold out show at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, slots at the Trip-tych and Burnt-Out festivals (supporting To Rococo Rot at the latter) and recently with The Nectarine No.9 as part of the Creeping Bent .Easter Uprising. package in Edinburgh.

In between times, Docherty has also written the music for two TAG Productions .Othello. (1998), .Stroma. (2000) and more recently for .Among Broken Hearts. (Traverse Theatre Company, 2000), MacBeth (Awarehaus Theatre Company, 2001) and .Helmet. (Paines Plough Theatre, 2002). He has also completed work on music for short films, .Clingfilm. (1999) and .Jura Dub. (2000).

SSD have remixed artists as diverse as Alan Vega, DJ Harri, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Adventures in Stereo and Daddy.s Favourite . but .Cabbageneck. marks the beginning of a period of focus on their own music.