1968 – born in johannesburg, south africa 1978 – piano lessons once a week 1980 – quit piano begin trumpet lessons 1980 – quit trumpet in favor of tennis 1986 – graduate highschool 1987 – attend johannesburg college, major in english, history and art 1988 – form band with friends, play drums 1989 – band breaks up 1990 – graduate college as school teacher 1991 – teaching 1992 – join another band 1992 – band breaks up 1993 – decide to quit teaching career and move to NY to pursue music production 1993 – leave south africa, arrive in NY 1993 - work as a waiter 1994 – buy first drum machine 1997 - get job at CD store in east village 1999 - first track released on smile 2000 - name "beat pharmacy" comes to me while taking a shower 2001 - tracks released on astralwerks and six degrees records 2002 - meet FK 2002 - get married 2005 – debut album released on deep space media 2006 - echologist album released on mule musiq 2006 - daughter born 2006 - 2nd beat pharmacy album released 2007 - 3rd beat pharmacy album released