NOCTIC BORN IN THE SUMMER OF 1977 IN THE BRONX OF NEW YORK CITY. MICHAEL GARCIA, INDUSTRY NAME NOCTIC, STARTED BEING FASCINATED WITH HIP-HOP AT THE MISCHIEVOUS AGE OF 8. LOCAL ARTIST SUCH AS SHOWBIZ AND AG, KRS-ONE AND THE FAMOUS COLD CRUSH BROTHERS HAD INFLUENCED NOCTIC. NOCTIC MOVED TO THE SUNSHINE STATE OF FLORIDA AT 14 YEARS OF AGE TO AVOID THE CONSTANT PRESSURES OF THE BIG CITY AND TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION. NOCTIC ALONG WITH ANWAR JOEMMAKHAN, FOUNDER OF DIMENSIONAL SOUNDS RECORDING STUDIO, FORMED DEMENSIONAL SNIPAZ IN 1993;SURVIVAL RECORDS IN 1999. NOCTIC CONTRIBUTED HIS LONGEVITY AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP CREATE PERFECT POSITION, THE COMPILATION ALBUM AND FIRST PROJECT OF SURVIVAL RECORDS. IN 2002, NOCTIC SINGLE HANDILY ESTABLISHED VAST GRAPHICS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL GRAPHIC WORK FOR ALBUM COVERS AND PROMOTIONAL FLYER, T-SHIRTS AND MARKETING TOOLS FOR SURIVAL RECORDS. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE RAP INDUSTRY AND DEVELOPING A STYLE LIKE NO OTHER, NOCTIC AND SURVIVAL RECORDS IS SET TO RELEASE HIS FIRST SOLO OFFERING SHALLOW OCEANS, DEEP LAKES LATER THIS YEAR. HIS ALBUM WILL SURELY RAISE THE BAR OF VERSILTILY IN THE MODERN RAP WORLD.