Nicole Elmer began her artistic career in NYC where she discovered bands like Emergency Broadcast Network and Thrill Kill Kult. Influenced by the industrial scene, she ditched college studies at NYU in pursuit of building her own music studio. She went on to work in different recording studios for free, while amassing keyboards and digital recording equipment. She moved to New Orleans around the time Nine Inch Nails began recording for the album, "The Fragile.