I have been a musician almost all of my life. When I was in elementary school, I started taking percussion lessons. I kept learning throughout my school years both privately and directly from the school. This was in rural Massachusetts just 30 miles southwest of Boston. When I was 18 years old, I was introduced to the underground rave scene which changed my entire outlook on music and life in general.



I first picked up DJ’ing in 1995 when a good friend of mine had the patience to show me the ropes. I started with vinyl and have since moved into mixing with CDJ’s that have vinyl emulation. I performed my first event in Providence, RI back in early 1996 and have had a couple hundred shows on the east and west coast since.



I moved to San Diego in 1997 to practice and check out the west coast vibe with my mentor, Jonny Quest. I have been here ever since completely engulfed in the lifestyle of the psychedelic trance community and the beaches of southern california.



Currently, I am partnered with Bodhisattva 13:20 in a production vision entitled PsyCircle. We are a small group of dj’s, producers, visual artists and general well-doers who throw an occasional event either in the city or out in the wilderness. Our 2 biggest events included live performances from Biodegradable and Benza.



I have played many festivals over the last few years that usually lasted no less than 2, sometimes 3 days. I have played for most of the families down in southern California as well as a few in the san Francisco area. In 2004 Bodhisattva and I traveled 5,000 miles around California in 2 months, playing a different city/desert almost every weekend from Humboldt county all the way down to San Diego.



I like to dj a mixture of hard, dark psy mixed in with some chuggin techy stuff. My main goal is to not have a particular order of tracks pre-determined, but instead to feed off of the crowd and adjust my performance based on the energy of the dancers. I believe in telling a story for my whole mix, not just to mix tracks one after the other.



My production persona right now is Arahat. I have been messing around with computer production since 2002 and have finally found a set-up that I am comfortable with. I am going for a unique approach to twisted, trippy psytrance that adds elements from my techno upbringing alongside some breakbeats and crafty synth design. I currently have a PC studio rig with a Mackie Onyx 1620 digital/analog front end, Mackie HR824 monitors, a TC Electronics PowerCore Firewire DSP unit, and a Virus A tabletop synth for my nasties. Check the photo album for a visual glance. A nice collection of VST plugins and instruments help A LOT.



If you would like to contact me about releasing one of my tracks, please don’t hesitate to do so. I will mail you an Audio cd for better reference if you feel that my sound would fit your record label. If you would like to hear one of my dj mixes, go to the links page.