Joel is an Australian Hip-hop Artist known as PTSV.

He was born and raised in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. 

From seven years old, he showed great musical promise from the humble beginnings of the recorder in primary school, to Bass Saxophone in High School to now a Disc Jockey / EDM music producer and Hip-Hop Artist in his adulthood.

From past to present, he has always been motivated and passionate about music.

His words and music help him to process the trauma in his past.

His main goal is to use his art (music and drawing) to drive his story into a revolutionary path, to find healing from his trauma and PTSD.

To achieve this result, he will need to go to battle against the darkness within, in order to forgive himself; to evolve and to heal.

TRAPD, the first of many albums, and is the beginning chapter of this brilliant yet massive world that he has built.

It is a story of survival, struggle, and search.