Michael Christie began his life in music by playing drums in a high school rock band, performing cover songs by the likes of Jane's Addiction, Nirvana and Jesus Jones.  But one fateful day while visiting a neighbor's house, a career-changing moment happened: "...he was playing a CD of Native American flute music by R. Carlos Nakai, and suddenly it was like a door opened for me.  A way out my small town - metaphorically, at least, because I still had to finish high school - but I saw musical possibilities far beyond what I'd previously been exposed to, and it was totally exhilarating."
Flash forward several years, and Michael has taught himself keyboards, flute, and several Middle-Eastern hand drums, as well as instruments like the Mbira (from Africa), the Syrian reed instrument Mijwiz, and the Pungi Been (more commonly known as the snake charmer).  He has also taught himself the art of modern music production. The ensuing period finds Michael exploring ways to combine Western and non-Western musics, including two years spent in a 10-piece Afrobeat ensemble, as well a 7-year tenure with fellow Pennsylvania electro-organic-reworld group Second Sky.  In 2004, he releases an album of early-1960s lounge-inspired music entitled "Three Olives" - and even this far-out style does not escape Michael's need to include sitars and various other non-Western musical expressions.
All of these experiences finally coalesce in 2005 when Michael begins recording what was to become the first Telepath release "Fire One".  The album introduces all of the elements which would refine themselves over the next few years into the Telepath sound: Indian and Arabic spices over deep beats and bass, with dub production flourishes topping it all off.  Since then Telepath has toured the U.S. extensively (performing roughly 100 shows per year), in support of Fire One, 2008's "Contact", and 2010's "The Remixes".  Michael is excited to be returning to the road in early 2011 in support of the new Telepath album "Crush".