I was born in the small Pittsburgh suburb of Baden, PA on February 11, 1976.  I spent most of my time as a child playing in the woods, building castles with my legos, and fighting ninjas.  I first got into electronic music from the various sound-test screens of the Sega Master System.  The game music that inspired me the most was that of Space Harrier.
 
As i grew a bit older i got into normal music.  The first record i owned was Falco's "Rock me Amadeaus".  This song introduced me to synthesizers and samplers.  I became a big fan of wacko 80's pop stars like Prince, Michael Jackson, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, etc...  As the 80's came to a close, i got into some of the more positive hip hop groups as well.
 
As i became a teen, i discovered techno and the rave scene by picking up fringe radio signals from Carnegie Mellon University.  Although i didn't begin going to raves until the mid 90's when i was in college, i had adored that music for 4 or 5 years prior.  It was right around the brink of the rave era that i began making my own electronic music.  I had no friends or guidance on this venture...i just bought some used gear and fiddled around with it.  Having no musical background whatsoever, most of my early material was just a collage of samples and breakbeats.  My first album was "Crap with Potential" in 1996.
 
Eventually i got a computer sporting Windows 95 and the old old old version of Cakewalk and started sequencing.  I self-released 3 or 4 albums over the next few years on my own label Shoryuken! Records.  All of which i gave away to ungrateful folks at local clubs and record stores.  I started a band named Soulpsychadelicide which sported several imaginary members, each representing an aspect of my personality.  These personalities also released several solo albums throughout the 90's.  I was wildly unsuccessful with every attempt to gain even underground interest in my work.  

Around the turn of the century, i decided to begin releasing music under my own name instead.  My music has always been very personal, but now i was putting all my energies into making music that was even more specific in its meaning.  I knew i'd probably never get a record deal so why not just make the music that i wanted to hear?  I began dealing with philosophical subject matter in such a way as to alienate me from the rest of the electronic music crowd.  I stopped using breakbeats and musical samples and began composing more melodic tunes instead.  My music began to sound more like heavy metal than the disco that most people expect from electronic musicians.
 
I had some small successes on a few indie labels in Germany, South America, and Australia.  Most of these releases were home-pressed onto CDR and only distributed by hand at local shows in their countries.  And most of these releases were centered around my least favorite album.  The experience left me unsatisfied to say the least.
 
I decided to release more stuff under my own name.  Most of this was only heard by a few friends of mine.  In 2006 i decided to start a new label called Exceliza Records.  I made another heartfelt attempt to gain interest by other labels with the second Exceliza release "Vigilante Romance" in 2007.  I spent around $1,000 on demos with few responses.  So i decided to try and promote/sell on my own, spending another $1,000 to have copies pressed.  Since then, i've sold less than 10 copies of "Vigilante Romance".
 
In 2008 and i released the follow-up "Mayberry Romance".  Those that heard it had mostly positive things to say.  I tried to get it distributed through several TAGS-related shops, but did not have much success.  Once i finished, i immediately began working on something darker and more distorted: "Solifugae".  From time to time, i must revisit this part of my imagination.  "Solifugae" features some soundtrack work i did for my friend Zane Hershenberger as well as other horror-related songs. 

In 2009 i started work on my finest album "Prohairesis".  Over the course of several years, i reworked the album several times.  Finally in March of 2013, it was ready for the world (or just my dog) to hear!  "Prohairesis" is my proudest release, capturing my idea of 'electronic heavy metal' just as i would prefer.  Early 90's drum machines, odd vocal synths, and electric guitars used to play up beat melodies at fast tempos...all set to a philosophical concept that is dear to my heart.  Prohairesis represents the faculty..the bolts, springs, and gears...of my volitional soul.

As my life now turns another page, i contemplate what my next musical project will entail.  I have only one idea left that i would like to bring to fruition.  It is a challenging concept.  If it is realized, it will be my final project.  More details will follow...I don't want to speak of it yet!