Born in St. Paul, MN, USA, 1981
First records are The Message by Grandmaster Flash and I'm In Trouble by the Replacements
Dad managed local funk musicians in Minneapolis : Alexander O'Neal, Jerome and Monte from The Time, The Family. Record store next door to recording studio was sometimes babysitter.
1983 Birthday cake in the shape of a stack of 45's
1983-1987 Led Zeppelin, The Who, Madonna, Doctor and the Medics
1988-1999 Moved to LA: underground rap, soul dusties, jazz, techno, house, rave, jungle, start of west coast sound : played percussion / drums in Hamilton High School jazz band : early beat maker : drummer in obscure projects
2000-2004 Nina Simone, Aphex Twin, Quasimoto
2004-2008 Art School in Chicago : dirty blues, regional soul, rare disco / acid / house / italo / techno/ dubstep curious : more drumming to nowhere
2008-2010 Return to LA : now Low End Theory / Brainfeeder, improvised classical music with Stream
2013-present : Berlin