Textbeak grew up raised by his single mother and grandparents who helped explore his interest in sounds from classical composition to film documentaries and environmental noise. In his early teens, he was able to orchestrate these sounds through modular distortion and sampling. Forming his sound, Textbeak was musically grouped with and appealed to punk, dark electro, and techno genres. In 1991 he moved to
Columbus, Ohio to start the rave group Body Release with
Todd Sines, Titonton Duvante (Residual Records) and Charles Noel (Archetype), to tour the United States. By 1993 Textbeak was known as
The Cobbler and signed and released original material through
Jevan Records, a goth and industrial label, in what he classified as musically "alien, cerebral, and scary." The group project entitled Bath was nominated for music awards. == Career ==