My entry into the electronic music world started with an Atari 1040st which was bought for £25 from an add in a local paper. I managed to get a copy of Cubase from a friend of a friend which at the time was just 16 tracks of midi and connected a Kawai K4r which my mum sourced me from a car boot sale. I had no idea what I was doing and the learning curb was steep, but I managed to get them to work with a midi controller keyboard and a Yamaha RY8 drum machine that I bought from my local music shop.

Over the next few years I expanded my collection of studio equipment to include a Novation super nova, Korg Prophecy, Roland Juno 6 (bought for under £200 in a second hand shop) and an Emu e6400 sampler, along with a few other bits and pieces. I learnt how to use the equipment, connect it together and write and arrange tracks.

As time went on I became frustrated with the limitations of my studio (or possibly myself), and at the time not being able to engineer to a professional standard I was limited to only ever having my friends as an audience. As a result I became more interested in the architecture of synthesis and began to focus on sound design rather than writing. This continued until my girlfriend of the time left me and I decided to sell everything to raise some funds to move to Spain.

Several years on, and back in England I came across a programme, it was called Ableton Live 7. So I downloaded a cracked copy, put it on my laptop and was instantly inspired, I now had a new studio in my hands and was feeling the urge to start creating again. Today with a fully licensed version of Live 9 suite, Ableton continues to be the motor that drives my creative universe.

As an artist I have always felt the need to have freedom of creativity and as a result in 2013 Balearic Records was founded as an avenue to release my own work. Since then I have gone on to have releases on a number of labels as well as starting a career in live performance and Djing. As 2013 rolls on and the releases and gigs continue to increase it seems that a major break through could be on the horizon for 2014.