Mike Kiraly

Like most other electronic dance music producers, Mike Kiraly’s exposure to early forms of house and techno fostered a strong desire to participate in the culture as a purveyor of forward thinking music through the art of DJing. And again, not unlike many of his peers, a fascination with DJing soon turned into an obsession with learning how to create the music he was playing. "More than anything, I wanted to absorb my influences and distill them into an amalgamation of the genres I was attracted to," he says reflectively. So he bought his first sampler, pored through its manual and devoured every piece of information he could find about the processes and techniques behind music production. Fast forward to 2005, when a chance reunion with a friend from years past