Transeau mostrò fin da bambino interesse per la musica, specialmente la classica, cominciando a studiare il pianoforte all'età di due anni.
Da ragazzino si avvicinò alla musica elettronica, appassiandosi al suono di gruppi come Depeche Mode e New Order.
Frequentò la Berklee College of Music da dove poi uscì dopo poco tempo per trasferisi a Los Angeles.
Colonne sonore
Film
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - "The Revolution"
Fast and Furious (2001) - "Nocturnal Transmission"
Blade 2 (2002) - "Tao Of The Machine" (feat The Roots)
Videogame
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas (1999)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001) - "Madskillz-Mic Chekka"
FIFA Football 2002 (2001) - "Never Gonna Come Back Down (Hybrids Echoplex Dub Mix)"
Need for Speed: Underground (2003) - "Kimosabe" (feat. Wildchild)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) - "Tao of the Machine (Scott Humprhey's Remix)" (feat. The Roots)
Discografia
Album
Ima (1995)
ESCM (1997)
Movement in Still Life (1999)
Movement in Still Life - US release with alternate tracks (2000)
Emotional Technology (2003)
This Binary Universe (2006)
Emotional Technology (2007)
These Hopeful Machines (2010)
Singoli e EPs
"Never Gonna Come Back Down" (2000) (vocals Mike Doughty)
"Mercury and Solace" (1999) (vocals by Jan Johnston)
"Dreaming" (2000) (vocals Kirsty Hawkshaw)
"Love, Peace and Grease" (1997)
"Flaming June" (1997)
"Force of Gravity" (2005) (vocals BT and JC Chasez)