hailing from orange county, chicano musician emu has pushed the boundaries of what can be synthesizer music. influenced by progressive rock, video game soundtracks, jazz fusion, and electronic music, he mixes all these influences to make a style of electronic music that is not easy to categorize. major influences include the mahavishnu orchestra, nobuo uematsu, Genesis, ryuichi sakamoto, rush, yasunori mitsuda, incubus, system of a down, frank zappa, among others.