| PBK | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Phillip B. Klingler |
| Born | 1960 |
| Origin | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Noise, |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Years active | 1986 – present |
| Website | PBK Sound |
PBK (real name:Phillip B. Klingler) is a composer that works in the genres of Noise and/or Ambient music.
American composer, Phillip B. Klingler, better known as PBK, has been active in the experimental music underground since 1986.[1] His soundwork correlates to electroacoustic, classic industrial and free jazz genres. PBK has fashioned a noise-based music that doesn't rely on power electronics process, but rather, by placing noises themselves into ambient/atmospheric sound environments. His soundworks are composed from turntable manipulation, sampling and analog/digital synthesis. Improvising spontaneously and with little preconception, PBK creates pulsing, echoing, organic soundscapes of unknown sonic origin.
Between 1992 and 1996, PBK lived in Puerto Rico.[1] He began experimenting with sound using record turntables and an extreme use of MIDI sequencer programming. Two projects were completed including a three LP boxset titled Domineer/Asesino/Retro and a CD release titled Life-Sense Revoked, a collaboration with other artists.[1]
PBK has performed live throughout the U.S. and in Europe. A restless collaborator, he has worked with some of the most respected names in experimental music. A partial list would include such musicians as Wolf Eyes, Asmus Tietchens, Vidna Obmana, Jarboe (Swans), Artemiy Artemiev, Adam Mokan (8-Bit Porno), Athan Maroulis (Spahn Ranch), Aube, Guillermo Gregorio. Over the course of nearly twenty years PBK has had over 35 full-length albums released internationally establishing a complex body of work that reveals a unique approach to the "noise" aesthetic.