Dr. Rek was born in 1980 and began his musical journey in 1994 when he formed his first band, a parody-rock group humorously named Nirvana 2: the sequel, alongside his high school friends. Around the same time, he started producing videos for public access television with some of the same peers.

In 1996, a pivotal moment in his career came when he encountered a recording and a short article by Q.R. Ghazala in an experimental instrument compilation, which introduced him to the concept of circuit bending. Dr. Rek entered the University of Southern California (USC) in 1998 and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television, with a minor in Japanese Studies, graduating in 2002. Following his graduation, he embarked on the Circuit Bending Documentary project, a significant endeavor that, while it may remain unfinished, has culminated in a wealth of valuable footage. As part of this project, Dr. Rek became the sole documentarian for the Bent Festival, with several of his documentaries available for streaming at https://benderstv.vhx.tv.

In 1996, he also began his career as a radio DJ, a role he maintained throughout his college years until 2002. Afterward, Dr. Rek shifted his focus to exploring sounds, circuits, and videos within his own electronic projects. From 2002 to 2006, he was an active participant in the experimental music and art scene in Los Angeles, frequently VJing, performing, DJing, and helping organize events with various groups, including Infinite Complexity, Hanger 1018, and the Hive. During this period, he created music videos for artists such as edIT and Daedelus.

In 2005, he co-founded the now-notorious Burning Man theme camp known as Monticello, or The Royal Society of the Powdered Wig. He served as their resident DJ as the camp evolved, performing on the Dodo Bus, which won an award at Burning Man in 2010.

In 2006, Dr. Rek relocated to Omura in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture, where he initiated two new musical projects, Poopie Kewpie and Denki Poo. By the summer of 2008, he had moved to Fukuoka prefecture, where he joined the monthly event yurUnity at Water Lounge and established the ATHED party that winter at Tsuti, engaging in VJing, DJing, and live performances. From 2009 to 2020, he was part of an acid techno group named yaOya, collaborating with hard off.

In July 2010, Dr. Rek returned to the Bay Area and launched the electronic monthly event Gourmet at the Milk Bar, located near Amoeba Records in San Francisco. He continued to host a series of events under the TechAngle brand from 2013 to 2016. In 2015, he self-released a solo EP titled Cosmosurdity and has since occasionally performed live and DJed in the Bay Area. Recently, he has refocused on visual arts, utilizing modular hardware video synthesis since 2018, including producing an official music video for Wagon Christ's "Alright" in 2020.