DJing began in 1989 under the handle DJ Twist, for Metamorphosis Radio on WPSA-FM, Paul Smiths New York. In 1990, after a stint in public radio (KACU-FM, Abilene Texas) and work at a Top 40 commercial station playing "deep cuts" as Brian Ford on the Friday night mix show (KORQ-FM), the transition into nightclub DJing began as Ice-Nine at Abilene's Sound Factory. In 1993, during a residency at Ground Zero (Boulder Colorado), the name again changed to a more permanent handle that continues up through the present: E23. More contemporary mixes by E23 can be heard on RadioValve, or Electronic Air, but collected here are earlier experiments in Breakbeat, Ambient, Trance, Downtempo and other illclectic sounds.