Izzy -- From a young age, Izzy (born Zach Wilson) has had a fascination with music of all kinds. At the age of ten, after listening to Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory", it dawned on him that the only career that would ever satisfy was one in music.
Starting as an untrained acoustic guitarist, Izzy found his first taste of live performance as a member of his middle school orchestra (playing 1st and 2nd violin positions). Not only playing in-house shows but going on to compete in district and state competitions.

Always having been fascinated with the philharmonic, being a part of one gave Izzy a profound appreciation for musical diversity and structuring (and also added to his uncanny habit of piling diverse sounds in his later work). Despite this love for structured music, when high school rolled around, Izzy abandoned the school orchestra and became obsessed with all forms of alternative and metal. His new integrated desire, to form a Melodic Death/Metalcore band that implemented orchestral arrangements, without sacrificing sheer brutality. Becoming more influenced by visuals, Izzy dreamt of live shows that showered audiences in blood and sweat while onstage gore acted out the very music pulsing through the crowd. The desire to create an audio-visual experience for the listener propelled Izzy into expanding the very definition of art and performance itself.
Izzy put down the violin and took up the electric guitar.

Then he met Industrial. Though a listener of bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and even Ministry; Izzy's true introduction into Industrial music came through (of course) Skinny Puppy and Throbbing Gristle, who presented something that Izzy had yet heard...synthesizers and "found sounds" making distorted guitars sound whimpy. Trading instruments again, guitar for synth, Izzy looked inside and outside of the "Industrial" scene for a means to combine electronics and metal into something fierce and unforgiving--while still holding true to his desire for big sound and big arrangement.

Then there was the DAW. Suddenly, Izzy had means to create and produce music on his own. Though not overwhelmed by the technology, Izzy did tread lightly with the DAW...learning little by little. In time he began to grasp not only the use of a home-studio but the responsibility of being a home-producer. Starting off with filthy, lo-fidelity Electro-Industrial, Izzy began to climb through genres. Learning more, and grasping new music every day. With his growing tastes and abilities, a new conundrum hit Izzy square...to produce hard-hitting tracks or to allow for a more ethereal-pop attitude.
This problem was quickly rectified through the accidental discovery of Celldweller and the FiXT music industry. Izzy knew now that the solution was not to choose one over the other, but to fuse them.
Taking Klayton of Celldweller as a sort of mentor. Izzy listened and watched Klayton and many electronic producers create and discuss their creations in inspiring depth. It was time for Izzy to move ahead of musical conventia.

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