I studied Ethnomusicology at UCLA and started my music business career in Los Angeles in 1993, after founding the record label, Quango Music Group. Through Quango, I quickly made my name as DJ, producer and tastemaker releasing the mixtapes that were the output of my DJing on LA’s seminal radio station KCRW and a slew of underground clubs such as BossaNova and Ponana Souk. My mixes caught the ear of legendary industry executive and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, and soon after Quango became a subsidiary of Blackwell’s Island Records, later moving to Blackwell’s venture Palm Pictures.