Dark Arps is a Vancouver based Live electronic PA, the latest moniker of Jon Bierman, a Canadian-raised, British-educated electronic musician. This is where you read about the classically trained background, or how, falling in love with 80's electro-pop at the age of 3 he proceeded to buy every Bowie and Depeche Mode albums on vinyl, in duplicate, so he could beat-juggle with them just as soon as he was tall enough to reach the decks. Sorry. No. Bierman's childhood musical education was above average for a kid growing up in Toronto. Recorder (snore). Trombone for a year in band class. First albums: MJ "Bad", GNR "Appetite for Destruction", INXS "Kick." Oh, and George Michael "Faith." At age 8, he played a street urchin as part of the CCOC's chorus group in Bizet's "Carmen" ("sonnez trompetes eclatantes, ta-ra-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta!"). At 10 he got his first drum lesson, the first time that playing or making music genuinely excited him. (Mum and dad were less than enthused. Drum kit REFUSED.) Playlist and more bio info at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/aug_5_2010/