So having been dealt such a cruddy hand by the creator in the sexy body department, TheBigYin throws himself mercilessly into intellectual and aesthetic pursuits, determined to make his mind beautiful at the very least. Unfortunately, anyone who even superficially looks at the areas of Philosophy, Art, Spirituality and Science is immediately struck by the immovable fact that people, in general, are a bunch of real wankers.

Still undeterred, TheBigYin is an active reader, pretend Zen Buddhist, one-time Druid student, bona-fide scientist, abysmal poet, rather untalented painter, pretty unsyncopated writer of sequencer and tracker music, out-of-tune guitar and trumpet player, erstwhile computer programmer, and many many other equally boring things. The Buddha resides in all things, even in the badly timed cruddy sampled instrument of TheBigYin's latest Octamed score. Strange guy, that Buddha fella. Another fat bloke, figures.

Who loves ya baby? Well, people rarely like geniuses. However, one charming and lovely lady manages to put up with his petulant childishness disguised as artistic temperament. James and Karen were married in October 1991 in Glasgow. Due to the natutre of his (un)employment over the past few years, they have not had any kids, so far, but who knows what the future will bring. To make the house seem a bit more busy and comforting, they have gathered up a motely crew of mutts and other animals over the years, 3 dogs, a cat and two rats.