Koudlam was born in 1979 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. As a kid, he loved to walk in the bush imagining he was doing such courageous acts as saving young girls. He read a great deal. His heroes were a diverse group, including the great mountain climber Reinhold Messner, the poet Charles Baudelaire and Jim Morrison. In middle school, he showed his talent as a singer/guitar-player in rock groups that changed every week, but very soon, at just 17, he was introduced to electronic music by pioneers of the rave scene and was soon playing weekend gigs in front of “chemically enhanced” crowds. He surrounded himself with samplers and rhythm boxes and composed dozens of pieces on 4 tracks. All of which are lost today.