Saskrotch, birthname Nigel Shields, was born in San Mateo, California and shortly moved to Oak Park, IL where he spent his formative years. As a youth he helped an old gypsy woman free her shoe from a muddy bank and for his kindness was granted a silver key (luggage-sized). This allowed him age into the copperstone tea tunnels beneath Kaybridge station where he found his first 8-Bitule 12mb "Memory Pipe." The rest is history. Sometimes known as "The King of Fake-Bit," he is not one to worship shadows.