 Produced as one seamless piece of music before subsequently being broken into individual tracks, "Night Ripper" was composed by Gillis in a period of around eight months, during which he divided time between production of the album and his work as a biomedical engineer.Illegal Art initially released "Night Ripper" as a digital download on their website, later making the album available on other sites and shipping the album to select record stores due to strong demand.None of the samples used on the album were cleared prior to release, causing several online retailers to pull the album from their listings.