Growing up in Los Angeles, Bickley started as a competitive classical pianist. After graduating from SMU in Texas with a double degree in existential philosophy and eastern mysticism, he moved back to California; this time Venice. Along with poet Cystreet, Bickley helmed the avant-garde juke band Big Thaw. It was through this experimental window, alongside a horn section, that Bickley amped-up his journey into machines: sampling, looping, digitally twisting, and endlessly layering sound li...