River Petein is a conservatorium graduate who majored in jazz saxophone. He has always been heavily involved in the Australian music scene, performing, recording and touring with some of the country's best jazz, funk, electro, hip hop and world acts including: Resin Dogs, Soma Rasa, Stringmansassy, Taxi, Elixir, Neighbourhood Groove Collective, Rivernova, Terika, Pty Ltd, Afro Dizzy Act and many others. His vocation has allowed him to travel across Australia performing at festivals and events such as Big Day Out, Livid and the Woodford Folk Festival.

While traveling abroad to perform at World Expo 2000 in Germany with Australian jazz duo Stringmansassy, he was exposed to (and heavily influenced by) the electronic music scene in western Europe and Britain. He was fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from such fine European electronic acts including : Mystery School Ensemble and Brown, Smith and Grey.

Since returning to Australia, River has fully immersed himself in music production, focusing on the electronic aspects of new music and technology. His goal is to produce electronic music heavily laden with acoustic instruments and the human spirit, something he believes can be easily lost in modern western music. Terika is his latest project incorporating Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal and Australian cellist Katherine Philp.