Raised in Perth, Western Australia, Cristian's early years were spent honing his craft by listening to classic R&B from the likes of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye who first provided him with the inspiration to create his own music.
"I tried to write a lot when I was younger but I wasn't really that good", he says with a laugh. "I hadn't really been through anything you know so as I got older I had more stuff to write about. The more I got screwed over the more I found I had something to say. I've been hurt before; I've been down so just having something like that to write about makes you feel something. Like anything it comes from experience". A less than satisfying 3-year tenure with ...