In the 1980s, Brian Asha was part of the alternative music scene centered around Queen Street West in Toronto that produced Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies and more recently Broken Social Scene and Metric.

At 18, he started playing in local bands, working as a promoter and DJ for nightclubs and on local radio. Pretty soon he turned his talent to producing indie music videos for Canada's new video music station MuchMusic. 

One day, he saw a Teac 4-Track and an 808 drum machine in a music store window. He took them home and started experimenting. Two weeks later he released his first cassette single "MX Missiles Under Attack". It went top ten on local college radio.

Brian spent his childhood in Africa and the UK, so it was only natural that his sound fused rock, reggae, and dance music. Check out his 1986 single, "Liquid Soul Explosion," on YouTube. Turns out, being ahead of the curve was his thing.

In the 90's, Brian Asha helped pioneer Canada's underground rave scene in Toronto and Montreal, one of the biggest in North America. His DJ cooperative, House of Euphoria was profiled in Canadian media and on CNN as part of the emerging cyberpunk movement.