Founder of Finnish label Lumi Records, along with Jori Hulkkonen, and Jukka Hautamäki.

Ari is a computer science professional who started making music in the late 1980's.

Although his main work is in garage and deep house, he also released a series of raw and uncompromising Chicago Trax Records influenced releases under the name Ari Jukka on Swedish labels Trainspotter's Nightmare and Svek in 1996-1997.