Christian Valle 

THE ARTIST:

Born November 30th, 1973 in Puerto Rico.  Since the age of 4, I have lived in New York City.  Arriving in the summer of 1977 on the steps of the Bronx.  After 2 years we moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn where I was raised.

 

One day when I was 9 years old I challenged my older brother to a contest to see who could draw better.  I won the contest, this made me want to draw more.  Throughout JR. High School I was interested in all that had to do with art.  I had classes in Mechanical Drafting, Architecture and Fine Art for the 2 years of JR. High School.  I wanted to continue studying art so I applied to the High School of Art and Design.  I was accepted and started classes on September 1988, I was just 14 years old. 

 

On July 4th 1990 I was dealt a shitty hand.  A new chapter in my life began one that changed everything.  I broke my neck.  My childhood was over.  I was discharged in the summer of 1991 my family had moved from Brooklyn to Queens and I immediately returned to school.  I was not able to return to the High School of Art and Design because the school was not accessible.  So was transferred to Hill Crest High School in Jamaica Queens.  I just had to complete senior year and so I did, graduating in 1992.  I began College soon after, Majoring in Fine Arts.  I graduated and began working as an Assistant Art Coordinator.  I was promoted to Art Coordinator in 1999 and in 2000 I also became the Information and Technology Manager. 

 

THE PRODUCER:

​I began to get interested in music production in the late 90's.  My first try was with a software called eJay.  EJay was great software for its time.  In early 2000, I started to use Fruity Loops, but found it difficult to use.  It was easy to create a beat but that was all I could do.  So I stopped trying to produce music.  At about 2011, I heard "Too Close" by Alex Clare and then a track on TV by Skrillex.  Downloaded a remix from Skrillex called Feed Me vs. Knife Party vs. Skrillex - My Pink Reptile Party.  I looked up the track and found out that the original track was by Feed Me.  Got a bunch of tracks from Feed Me and I was hooked.   I started to learn Apple's Logic Pro and the rest is history.