After he moved back to Brooklyn, Dougherty was introduced to London-based label Anjunadeep where he later got signed. He joined the label and made his first release, "Off My Mind / Gopherit" for French Express later that year. In 2011, Dougherty met Perseus (Leon Oziel), the founder of the record label / DJ collective French Express. Later, Dougherty left the band and returned to DJing again. The band got noticed by American rapper and producer Lupe Fiasco, who signed the band to his 1st & 15th record label in 2008. During his time in Chicago, Dougherty would join fellow musicians Saam Hagshenas and Jonathan Marks and become the keyboardist of the indie band Hey Champ. To get his music heard, Dougherty would distribute demos to local DJs and would also spread his music online to share and evolve his sound. Career Īfter finishing his education, he moved to Chicago to pursue a music career. At Princeton, much of the music program was academic it focused on classical composition, musicology, and music history although it also included jazz and world music. He investigated several majors, including art history, economics and religion, before he decided to major in music.
He changed his major after he realized that his interest in engineering was limited. He attended Princeton University where he planned to study electrical engineering. A jazz piano teacher lent him a Yamaha DXZ when he was a freshman he said it "blew his mind." In high school he experimented with keyboards and synthesizers. Dougherty was born in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and grew up in the suburbs of Connecticut.
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