Based in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Balistix aka Matt Hardy caught the drum & bass bug a little later than most, being introduced to drum & bass in early 2001 whilst living in Wellington .

After 4 years in Welly he moved back to his home town of New Plymouth to spread the music he loves to all that do & don't know. Shortly after returning to New Plymouth Balistics started a radio show "The Drum & Bass Arcade" on The Most 100.4FM / 88.3FM, streaming from www.mostfm.com every Saturday night 8-10pm NZST (5 years in March 2010).

The Drum & Bass Arcade continues to receive a huge amount of support from Taranaki locals & people abroad alike. With the additional support of local New Plymouth DJ Victim to the show in 2010 The Drum & Bass Arcade will continue to grace the Taranaki airwaves with quality drum & bass for many many years to come.

Balistix is fond of eating goldfish.

And drinking pure turnip juice...