PBK

PBK has been working in the areas of noise, ambient and electroacoustic music since 1986. PBK is an acronym for Phillip B. Klingler, born in 1960 in Flint, Michigan. In the early '80s Klingler studied art at Northern Michigan University and CSU San Bernardino. He exhibited his expressionistic paintings in the Los Angeles area and was active on the international mail-art scene. His visual art was profiled in Aug. 2009 in Jonathan Canady's blog, Colors Of The Dark.

In the mid-80s, Klingler began experimenting with sound, creating abstract music that related to what he had been doing with visual art: "I started to experiment with sound around 1986, but before that I was mainly preoccupied with visual arts theories. My interest in "gesture" and "subconscious" correlated to Surrealism (automatism) and Abstract Expressionism (spontaneous expression & improvisation) and I was motivated to apply these thoughts towards sound expression at least partially because of the ability of some sound-types to by association and origin. Abstraction was also possibly leading me towards this new solution, the world of noise."(IEM Interview, 2001)

In 1987, PBK began collaborating with tape underground legend, Illusion Of Safety and many others.

In 1992, PBK's first solo cd, "A Moment Of Infinity" (2002), won critical praise, receiving extensive radio airplay and landing in the Top 50 of the U.S. new age charts.

In the 2000s, PBK has continued to expand his concept while remaining uncompromising in his approach to sound. His work has been discovered by the younger generation of experimental artists and he has collaborated with such musicians as De Fenestra. Recently he has been working with independent filmmakers, contributing sound cues for the Detroit area horror series, Lee Martin's "The Midnight Hour", Hart D. Fisher's "Flowers On The Razorwire" and director Joe LiTrenta's film adaptation of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain".