Vague Terrain is a label established by Matmos in the late 90s to release their own material. Matmos first two albums, LP-version of The West and a few singles and collaborations were released by the label, and it is still used as a publishing entity. In 2002, Matmos used Vague Terrain as an alternative recording alias for contractual reasons, when they decided to release a soundtrack for fetish gay pornfilm.