In 1987, he started a DJ equipment business with a couple of friends in Reseda, California.
[citation needed] In 1991, Leviste met John Tejada at a mutual friend's house to collaborate on music.
In 1992 Arian borrowed the basked ball of a fellow friend down the block and has still yet to return it.
The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California, US).
In September 2008 Tejada and Leviste performed at the Nextech Festival in Florence, Italy.