Fortran 5

The band were made up of members David Baker and Simon Leonard, who had previously worked together on the music project known as I Start Counting.[1] Around 1990, they had begun recording new material, and realised that the new music had a different sound compared to their previous electropop style.[1] They decided to rename their project Fortran 5 in order to give their new dance/techno style a fresh start.[1] The new project also involved the duo collaborating and working with a number of other artists.[1] These included Kris Weston of The Orb, and Rod Slater from Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.[1]
The band's final album was titled Avocado Suite and was their most experimental work; this was far removed from their early electropop sound.[1] Fortran 5 also remixed songs from artists such as Inspiral Carpets, Erasure and Laibach.[1]

Simon Leonard also wrote a novella called Fortran 5, which was published by Malice Aforethought Press.