[7] The album was intended as an appreciation of "post-minimalist modern classical" music,[8] with Sasha citing Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Brian Eno, and Steve Reich as influences for the composition of the album.

[5] In a press release with Billboard on the topic of the album's composition prior to its release, Sasha stated: Whenever I'm in the studio and I've been working on techno or club music, I immediately want to work on something more textural and ambient.

I was thinking about releasing an album that had all my club records and my ambient stuff on it, but it didn't seem like it would fit together.

[4]Scene Delete was originally intended to be a compilation album, like the majority of Late Night Tales releases.

[10] The album was officially announced on 2 February 2016, and the second track, "View2", was shared to Late Night Tales' SoundCloud account.