Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Shamus Coghlan has been on a musical journey for most of his life. Starting his formal training in early grade school with percussion and guitar this would set the foundation of his later years in musical production. Combining this with his quest to play with anything electronic and take stuff apart to understand how it works (often never working again) this would be a crucial element in his sound design, with elements being heard in his music today.

Being from an Irish and Ukrainian heritage in Thunder Bay he was introduced into Ukrainian dancing from his parents. Many of the dance moves and training could, and where, easily transferred into the new form of Hip Hop culture, and Break Dancing. The introduction to hip hop culture was where Shamus bought his first pair of Technics 1200's and further developed the competitive styles that come from break dancing battles, to dj battles, using cutting, scratching, and beat juggling. These techniques allowed for performances at high school dances and various teen dances. At the same time the introduction to electro sounds from Kraftwerk, Afrikabumbata, and others brought him into the dance techno sounds.

During the late 80's and early 90's while attending Lakehead University for Classical Performance in Percussion, Shamus was making frequent trips to Minneapolis, and Toronto to play the new emerging underground scene in illegal parties aka Raves. With his unique style of playing by the fusion of hip hop styles and dance mixing techniques he became in frequent demand.

In 1993 Shamus decided to make the decision to leave his studies at University and move to Toronto to pursue his love for DJing and musical production. Starting with purchasing various pieces of gear from multi track recorders to various analog synths he was looking, and learning, how to create various unique sounds and create remixes of other artists. To this day he has pushed forward with a well engineered and technically accurate sound that encompasses his belief that music should push all boundaries of dynamics, frequencies, and personal expression, without compromises of popular opinion.