Phil Kline
Phil Kline | |
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 Kline after a performance of his Unsilent Night in New York City, December 2018. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Akron, Ohio |
| Genres | contemporary classical, performance art, experimental, art punk, |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound artist, performer |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Labels | Cantaloupe Music |
| Website | philkline |
Phil Kline (born 1953) is an American composer, sound artist, and performer most recognized for his Unsilent Night (1992) and Zippo Songs (2004). Beginning as a guitarist and singer in the New York City art punk scene, Kline has since gained notability through his song cycles and theatrical works, musical performance art pieces, work with Bang on a Can, and WQXR new-music radio show New Sounds.[1][2][3] With five studio albums to date, a majority of his compositional work can be found on Cantaloupe Music.[4]
Education and Early Works
Kline was born in Akron, Ohio in 1953. After moving to New York City to pursue a degree in English literature from Columbia University, he enrolled in Mannes College of Music for a master’s program in composition. In the late 1970s, Kline began his career as a full-time musician, touring internationally with the Glenn Branca Ensemble and later co-founding the no-wave, art-punk band The_Del-Byzanteens alongside filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, author Luc Sante, and painter James Nares. Around this same time, he began scoring video projects by Nan Goldin and Wim Wenders.[5]
Discography
| Title | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|
| John the Revelator | Cantaloupe Music | 2009 |
| Around the World in a Daze | Starkland | 2009 |
| Zippo Songs | Cantaloupe Music | 2004 |
| Unsilent Night | Cantaloupe Music | 2001 |
| Glow in the Dark | Composers Recordings, Inc. | 1998[6] |
| Emergency Music | Composers Recordings, Inc. | 1997[7] |
| Title | Track | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah Remix | “Hallelujah!” | Cantaloupe Music | 2004[8] |
| Ethel | "Blue Room and Other Stories" | Cantaloupe Music | 2003 |
| Renegade Heaven | "Exquisite Corpses" | Cantaloupe Music | 2001[9] |
| Immersion | "The Housatonic at Henry Street" | Starkland | 2000[10] |
| The Alternative Schubertiade | “Franz in the Underworld” | Composers Recordings, Inc. | 1999[11] |
| New York Guitars | “Fantasy on One Note” | Composers Recordings, Inc. | 1996[12] |
| Bang on a Can Vol. 2 | “Bachman’s Warbler” | Composers Recordings, Inc. | 1993[13] |
Sources
- ^ Sisario, Ben (2000-12-03). "MUSIC; A Provocateur Takes On a New Challenge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ William., Duckworth, (2013). Virtual Music : How the Web Got Wired for Sound. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781136087301. OCLC 826856037.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Phil Kline: Cascades of Vigorous, Multi-Dimensional Sound | New Sounds | Hand-picked music, genre free". newsounds. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "Phil Kline". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ William., Duckworth, (2013). Virtual Music : How the Web Got Wired for Sound. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781136087301. OCLC 826856037.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Smith, Steve (2009-12-20). "Kindred Spirits in John Cage and Phil Kline, at Tank". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Emergency Music - Kline: Glow In The Dark - Composers Recordings, Inc. (Cri): NWCR801". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Various - Messiah Remix". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Bang On A Can - Renegade Heaven". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Various - Immersion". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Various - The Alternative Schubertiade". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/Various-New-York-Guitars/release/6633617
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/Bang-On-A-Can-Live-Vol-2/release/7877220
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| Artists | |
- 20th-century classical composers
- American male classical composers
- American classical composers
- 21st-century classical composers
- Living people
- Musicians from Akron, Ohio
- Columbia University alumni
- 21st-century American composers
- 20th-century American composers
- 1953 births
- Classical musicians from Ohio
- 20th-century male musicians
- 21st-century male musicians