Artist description Often considered a "Post-Industrial" musician, PBK's music correlates to late 20th century Electro-Acoustic as much as it does to the abstract expressionism of Free Jazz. His theories on composing through the use of automatist methods are well documented and to that end he has utilized extreme turntable manipulation and other "chance" elements in his work.

Music Style Abstract, Post-Industrial, Ambient

Musical Influences John Cage, AMK, Sun Ra, David Tudor, Graham Revelle, Bill Dixon, Iannis Xenakis

Artist History Musical activities began in 1986 casette underground, 1st LP release 1991, CD "Macrophage" released in 1992. PBK's soundwork has been released on numerous international record labels and he has performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe, establishing a reputation as a restless collaborator, working with some of the most respected names in electronic music: Vidna Obmana, Asmus Tietchens, Artemiy Artemiev, Brume, AMK, Jeph Jerman, & Artificial Memory Trace, to name a few.

Group Members Phillip B. Klingler(aka PBK)

Instruments Samplers, analog & digital synthesizers, turntables, environmental & improvised sources

Albums (solo) Macrophage/Toil & The Reap, Shadows of Prophecy/In His Throes, Life-Sense Revoked, Domineer/Asesino/Retro. (collab) Five Manifestoes(w/ Asmus Tietchens); Monument of Empty Colours(w/Vidna Obmana); Transphere 1997-99(w/ Artificial Memory Trace); Dreams in Moving Space, A Moment of Infinity(w/ Artemiy Artemiev), System-Music-End(w/ AMK & Jeph Jerman)

Press Reviews "His highly advanced sound environments bring to conscious light a jittering, primordial dream world, crackling with electric ooze, a spectrum of subconscious sounds of another reality in which we rejuvenate ourselves while dreaming, but that we've forgotten by morning." (AUTOreverse Magazine, 2001)

Additional Info New PBK solo album due out in 2003 on the dstinguished Electroshock label! Special guests include Aube, C. Reider, Big City Orchestra, Origami Replika, Geary Roe, Dale Lloyd, etc.

Location Flint, MI - USA

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