hailing from the depressed, post industrial mining region of pennsylvania usa, rudiman found early he loved synthetic, danceable rhythms and sounds that werent quite normal. growing up on synthpop and 80's hits, he later found punk rock then industrial in the mid 1980's. this consumed him. forming THD Total Harmonic Distortion in 1990 with Ed Vargo, they embarked on a 8 year journey into Industrial/electronic/IDM/EBM/experimental rhythm and soundscapes. with this they released 4 fulllengths and several ep's and piles or remixes. in 1997 rudiman fell head over heels for the sound of detroit techno. he knew he had found where he wanted to be. this led to moving to pittsburgh and founding the Hypervinyl Records label with Trevor Combee. soon after the 3rd release, this fell apart. rudiman had also been introduced to Anthony Shakir, and through this friendship, to 7th City Records and Daniel Bell. this led to releasing 2 records for Mr. Bell. since that time rudiman has founded a new label Technoir Audio with partners Jwan Allen and Adam Ratana. they have releeased quality records now for 8 years since their inception. rudiman has also released on other labels such as Finest Blend of rinkeby, sweden,- Dust Science of sheffield, england- Integrated of delaware, USA - Matrix Records of detroit, USA - Sound Architecture of rotterdam, holland and many more... Rudiman is also as much know for his live performances. Truely a consumate artist, he prefers to play without the use of computers or software. Rudiman's style of live performace is done by very few others. its almost completely impromtu and "off the cuff". he chooses to conduct his sets like a jazz band would: letting every machine flow like performers and have their particular freedoms and moment to shine. there is no preset structure or even style. it is all particular to that given day. over 90% of all composition of the music and rhythms are composed there on the spot, for him and the audience to experience together for the first time. its a way to perform that is attempted by very very few. rudiman's studio interests also are notable. constantly making new material and sound design is what drives him. analog and digital synthesis, older digital samplers and archaic music machines are the tool choices for this sound mechanic. Rudiman's sound can be described as: detroit techno, techno soul, techn-funk, funky techno, jackin techno, techn house, electro soul, electro funk and ambient soundscapes.