My journey into production didn't start in a high-end studio; it started at nine years old with a half-broken iPad and GarageBand (what an opener lol). Of course back then it was just about the pure, blissful joy of making beats and feeling like a superstar. By the mid-end of 2018 (as far as my mind can recollect) I compiled all of those songs into groups and began releasing them as beat collections on SoundCloud under the name Mark is Out the House. Just as I was gaining momentum, I lost everything—my music, my branding, and my account—to a hacker. I was gutted to the point where I didn't touch GarageBand for like.. a really, really long time.

I was sidelined for a while, but truly, the drive to create never left. When I finally returned with a laptop but no professional software, I turned to alternative solutions to piece together "Electronic Rock" albums like Boxcrawler and The Nest under the alias Vex Unleashed (which are no longer available to the public, and you will see why as you read further on this text). I had searched the internet for ways to make music and found this online sequencer/beatmaker website which loaded pre-made songs for you, but had an editor. Of course, I hated the idea that it made the songs for you, so I would hop on the editor and craft my music there. This wasn't an AI generator of any kind (as it didnt exist back then), it was more like a guided thing where it would give you templates to start, but I always started from scratch. Looking back on what I made on there, the production was raw and unpolished as I generally no idea about mixing/mastering (or that it even existed) as well as the fact that it had no mixing/master capabilities, leading me to eventually pull them down. But, those projects were essentially the foundation of my self-taught education on making music.

After a brief chapter of making hard rock music under the alias Fallaxnostro, the pieces finally began to fit together in early 2019. I rebranded as Aserzia and released my debut "dark lo-fi" EP, Sinister Remains in 2020. For years, I hoarded EPs and beats, afraid they weren't "good enough," until 2021 when I revisited and refined some of those ideas for the release of Passing By. The beats I hoarded were collections of songs I made during the Sinister Remains era of my music-making. Aside from those that were released with the Passing By EP, a lot of them were scrapped and permanently deleted (womp womp).

Between 2021 and 2024, I pulled up my tighty-whities and ran into the laboratory — and by that, I mean FL Studio. I began experimenting with Techno, Electropop, and Darkwave. I had made a good set  of beats and EPs, which from a musical aspect sounded pretty good, but were horribly produced. I made "the hard choice" to delete many of those early experiments, as my standards grew. I spent the last two years busting my head wide open over the craft of mixing and mastering, teaching myself the technical side of the industry that I couldn't afford to learn (and still can't!). It wasn’t until the end of 2025 that I finally felt ready to release music that truly met my vision. What you have to take note is that it's not gonna sound like the product of a very big music studio or band/artist. I'm literally just one guy with a hope and dream and gaming headphones EQ'd for music production lol. But yes, every setback, every deleted track, and every alias change has led me to the sound I have today, and honestly I'm grateful for it. It was very much a process of trial and error, but it's gotten me further than I thought I would've ever gotten, and my journey is FAR from over.

Okaaaaaayyyy.. maybe all I listen to IS metal music.. BUT, you haven't seen ALL MY 100 FAVOURITES (that's for another time, though). These albums have greatly influenced the music I listen to, the way I write/compose, and have made an impact on my life. I plan to make music more akin to my taste rather than my lofi roots. Now, the question you might be asking is: "If I listen to all this metal and rock, why do I make electronic, pop, and lofi?"

And the answer to that is that I like those genres of music too! Most people assume it's because I don't have instruments and I would find it "easier" to make, but that's simply not true. I admit, it was "easier" for me to make those kinds of music because it didnt involve much of actual instrumentation, and when I felt I needed such, I just used samples, but it wasn't the reason why. I find electronic, pop, and lofi incredibly interesting, and I love listening to those genres too alongside my usual cup of rock and metal. I love how jazzy lofi beats can be (especially the hip-hop oriented ones). The genre that truly stands out for me amongst those 3, however, is electronic. Electronic has to be one of the most insanely diverse genres I've ever seen/heard. While your grandparents might yell at you saying that it's just "computer nonsense", it's not. The genre can be incorporated into almost anything, or even make new genres out of itself.. which I think is PRETTY INSANE. I most especially like downtempo/trip hop and ambient, as it tends to have a lot of profound musical showcase. 

Here are some of my standout electronic albums. The albums you see below are those which have influenced me in making electronic music.