Roach released his debut studio album Charcoal Lane in 1990, which was produced by Paul Kelly. Sensual Being sees Kelly producing again alongside Richard Pleasance from Boom Crash Opera. Roach said “Richard's was one of the names suggested to me as a producer when I was working on Jamu Dreaming and now we've finally got to work together. Paul knew Richard and gave him a pretty good rap.” Pleasance replaced Roach on most of the guitar tracks, allowing Roach to focus on vocals. Roach said “Paul and Richard created this wall of sound so I could just concentrate on the vocals. Even though Richard tried to duplicate my guitar playing, he still had a bit of a different rhythm, so it was good to sing over something different.”
