The man named after the land with 10,000 lakes hasbeen a force on the bass scene for nearlya decade. Although he’s made a name for himself in the electronic music space,Minnesota’s(aka Christian Bauhofer) musical journey started with heavy doses of classic rock, emo andscreamo. He was heavily influenced by the psychedelic style of rock legends including PinkFloyd and Led Zeppelin and cites them as inspiration for what would become his own sound.“The songs were journeys and I really like the epicness and the trip the song took you on,”hesays.Spending most of his early life in Minnesota, It was not until Christian relocated to Santa Cruz,California in 2007 where he first discovered the underground electronic music scene viarenegade parties that would be thrown in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains.“Thatcommunity / subculture was really my main influence into the music. A lot of other artists wereimmersed in the Santa Cruz community likeG Jones, The Glitch Mob and Eprom. Crewswouldbring out a generator, Dj equipment and a fewlights and play music until 10AM. We were reallyblown away.”Christian would soon throw his own renegade parties in Santa Cruz to providehimself with a forum to DJ.“I wanted to play music, but could never get booked, so I teamed upwith some friends and we started to throw are own parties. I feel very lucky to have experiencedthis underground scene before electronic music and hit the mainstream.”