On 7 November 2018, S A D was a guest on ГОСТ ЗВУК (GOST ZVUK). S A D has been played on NTS shows including Fergus Clark, with Goodie Goodie first played on 29 May 2017.

S A D is composed of Vasiliy Stepanov and Vlad Dobrovolski. The Moscow native found a passion for magnetically manipulating cassettes to generate soundscapes. They released on Tastes Differ, Udacha and Muscut.