IDM producer/DJ/visual artist Otto Von Schirach was raised in Miami, FL, which as a child exposed him to a wild hybrid of music that continues to influence his sound today including Miami bass, gangsta rap, death metal/grindcore, and Afro-Cuban music. He purchased his first digital equipment at the tender age of 17 and immediately began to develop his own unique distorted wall of electronic sound. A demo found its way into the hands of electro-IDM label Schematic (also based in Miami), which promptly offered him a multi-record deal. His debut, 8000 B.C., was released in 2001 w...