When Christopher Horst was 11, he got his first two cassette tapes. They were Genesis' self titled from '83 and Metallica's ...And Justice for All. He steadily became a metal-head, but was a very picky fan; only the most innovative & melodic bands would keep his interest. He didn't just discover heavy metal, he discovered passion for invention. Then at age 16, having listened to metal for 5 years, he met Evan, who radically changed his life exposing him to a broader spectrum including artists such as Herbie Hancock and Emerson Lake & Palmer all the way to Depeche Mode and Aphex Twin. Horst absorbed almost everything he had, and it opened his eyes in ways he couldnft have imagined.

At age 18, Horst found the means to create electronic music as a solo project with AudioMulch and was immediately addicted. Since then, Christopher's hunger for musical

inspiration has become great while exploring Coil, Stars of the Lid, Tim Hecker, Indian Raga, IDM, and everything Hip Hop from Three 6 Mafia to Quasimoto.

As the instrumentation changed and the software evolved, Horst has pushed music to the brim, instituting a wide range of influences and a rebel spirit that makes him unique and unwilling to conform. As his Beta Project moniker, he has journeyed through Industrial, Breakbeat, IDM, Ambient, and Hip Hop. With this comes a culmination of his influences, entitled Black Psi Op however, he is not done, in the future we will all view his range through a million different eyes as new monikers are born and new sounds are discovered through Chris Horst, Beta Project. In reality, aren't we all just beta testing?