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PBK, an acronym for Phillip B. Klingler, was born in 1960 in Flint, Michigan. He has been active in noise, ambient, and electroacoustic music since 1986. Klingler studied art at Northern Michigan University and CSU San Bernardino in the early '80s, where he exhibited his expressionistic paintings in the Los Angeles area and participated in the international mail-art scene. His visual art was featured in the blog Colors Of The Dark in August 2009. In the mid-80s, Klingler began experimenting with sound, creating abstract music influenced by his visual art background. His interest in concepts like "gesture" and "subconscious" led him to explore sound expression, which he felt could bypass traditional associations. In 1987, he started collaborating with tape underground legend Minoy, leading to several releases and culminating in his first official solo album, which featured contributions from Minoy and analog synthesist. Between 1988 and 1990, PBK released numerous albums, appeared on various compilations, and received extensive positive reviews in the international underground press, collaborating with notable artists in the U.S. noise underground. In 1992, PBK's first solo CD was released on a label, followed by another release two years later. His four-year stay in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 1996 resulted in deeper isolationist experiments, utilizing turntable manipulation and MIDI sequencer programming, leading to an early form of glitch

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