Eric Peterson began creating music in his college dorm room using a his roommate's keyboard and drum machine and two cassette decks. He played guitar in a few hapless garage bands and participated in several arguments against the use of keyboards and drum machines. Following college, in his effort to continue creating music in the absence of a band, he purchased a drum machine and a cheap four track recorder. He then added a midi workstation and began his journey into the world of midi and electronic music.

Eric moved to Minneapolis, and purchased additional gear such as samplers and sound modules. Many of his friends told him there would never be an interest in "instrumental" electronic music. Eventually several big-name artists put electronica on the map and Eric was faced with the dilemma of balancing his career and passion for music. He purchased a PC to control his then unruly assortment of gear, and had to take baby-steps once again to figure out how to operate everything. As time passed he replaced much of his old gear with new equipment and deeply focused on understanding digital audio. He also settled into the styles of break-beat oriented material with elements of funk and began posting material at mp3.com. 

mp3.com featured Simulacra on three free promotional CDs which led to a licensing agreement with Disney Network's Z-Games. An A&R rep from Resonant Media also spotted Simulacra on mp3.com, resulting in a licensing agreement for a compilation CD, Mindspace 101.  Then, Esoterica from the UK picked up two tracks for a funky breaks compilation CD.  Three more tracks made it onto the soundtrack to The Matrix Revisited on Warner DVD and most recently, the Spiderman DVD (disc 2).

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