The drums found me at six. My dad, a history teacher, bought a used set for fifty dollars from one of his students wanting gas money. Thirty years later I’m still using it, adding and subtracting from this same palette continually on a path.

Then to now I have related to many sounds/kinds of music and fortunate to learn from great people. This includes studying sabar with multiple teachers. I have also been a serious Tabla disciple of Anindo Chatterjee for over a decade.

Akrtureye is my electronic artist name. It’s based around sounds, niches and structures of my interests. Since I first turned on and off a light switch really really fast, I was destined for great things.

Compiling turntable based/analog electronic instruments as well as many collected percussion is ever interchanging… be it bells from India, handmade metallic percussion, sabar, effects pedals, an eclectic mix is a part of sound and this varied journey.

2021 Community Scratch Games experimental battle winner by combining drum set, language based percussion and turntable.

2019 Swifstyle’s Keep Skratching battle winner - Featured in own Scratch break episode (other scratch break artists include turntable luminaries Qbert, Craze, D-Styles, Mix Master Mike…). A portion of that corresponding feature won the Brooklyn Nets shoot your shot contest.