Lionel Melgar and Tevo Howard first met via independent circles of friends in 1988. They began a friendship anchored by their passion for skateboarding and DJing. Recalling the first encounter at Lionel’s childhood home, the turntables and music (new wave and Chicago house) were an absolute mutual attraction. Growing up in Chicago during the 80’s helped form Ruby’s palette, rich with electronic influences of disco, italo, house, post-punk, and industrial. They made many DJ appearances in Chicago’s underground. In 1992, the two retired from the turntables turning to instrumentalism and incorporated another cohort, Gustavo Guerra, who played guitar in the Chicago alt-rock scene and finally connected with Lionel and Tevo through music projects that started and ended in the living room of Lionel’s apartment. Ruby’s debuts were limited to freshly cooked CD’s and car stereos until now. Ruby is a collaboration of friendships sharing a musical bond and electronic soundscape interfaced through Lionel Melgar’s electronic wizardry and seamless production, Tevo Howard’s House expertise and analog hardware, and Gustavo Guerra’s instrumentals. Tevo has said,’This band is also at its very beginning stages as we are just getting started.