PBK - "Asesino" Cassette 1988 (PBK Recordings/RRRecords)

 

ASESINO | PBK (bandcamp.com)

"This was, and still is, a brilliant release. I wish 10% of contemporary noise releases sounded this good." (Heathen Harvest)

"Pure sonic art terrorism. Beyond harsh. Beyond abrasive. Beyond 'industrial madness' or 'power electronics' or 'difficult listening' or any of the usual labels that are thrown around like brand names. You'll find here no didactic, dogmatic drivel; no tapes of Manson or references to Aleister Crowley or magick or mass murder or rape or any of that pretend stuff. This is no-excuses, abstract, monolithic power. Raw and unbridled, yet with a keen compositional sense rivaled by few. This cassette possesses a sound so potent and disruptive that it is nearly tangible - very real, very threatening. An electronic incendiary device. I really can't say much more about Asesino. You'll just have to hear it. No cliches. Just guts and intelligence. A mature, complex work that must be reckoned with." (Electronic Cottage)

"It's not difficult to guess what this is like after hearing a few other PBK cassettes: more whirl and blur. The man will not let up, not until the listener gives in or shuts up. At points the rhythm takes a fevered pitch, though funk this is not. Even when the music shifts into a lull, and never for long, the listener is not lulled (fooled). So, make no mistake, this is aggressive electronic music which is good brain food for a certain state of mind. It will probably send the rest of the world running in fits of panic to escape from the noise, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. This is the sound of stress. This is the state of unrest. This is the sound that comes long after the silence. I like it." (Lowlife)

PBK - "Die Brücke" Cassette 1988 (PBK Recordings)

 

DIE BRÜCKE | PBK (bandcamp.com)

"Richly layered, thick textures. Hissing, thumping loops of purely abstract noise and an almost musical, distorted phrase. Every sound working independently of the other, and yet meshing together into one... this is seemingly the one unchanging theme of PBK's work. Swooping distortion, gritty and alarming, yet somehow calming as well. An after the storm calm settles in for the last track on side one, with a modal four-note phrase, backed by a drone. Smeared hints of angry and scared voices screeching and multiplied with delays. More obscured voices burbling with what sounds like a violin playing lightly intimates a nightmare party, ghostly debutantes and gentlemen and ladies echoing from a distant past. Walking through a hall nearby an aviary with a public address system speaking in tongues in the far distance. Resolute bong of an ancient alien bell, and clockwork. This 1988 (release) from PBK is important in understanding his early work..." (AUTOreverse)

"A friend of Vidna Obmana produced one of the best 'industrial' releases I heard in times. It is not really harsh music, spacey seems an appropriate term for describing it, as PBK uses lots of echo or delay (analogue or digital), plus lots of sampling. The first track on side A is very energetic, great rhythm with an even greater (broken) saxophone loop. Another good track can be found on side B, softly processed feedback, tons of echo, another successor to Werkbund (Asmus Tietchens). So, all in all, a good tape." (Vital)

"Slow-moving, rich synthesizer music that's nearly overwhelming through headphones. The interplay of sounds drags the listener along to dark and deep realms of thought, in a way that reminded me of Lovecraft's description of the descent to dreamland. Eerie and exciting." (Factsheet Five)

"Steady-state, noise-as-wallpaper; Imagine early Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze through a distortion box. Recommended walkman/blaster material for late-night subways & deserted cityscapes." (Ear Magazine)

"Die Brucke rides the pulse with Martin Rev. The music finds its way to places most people would not ask to go. Louder playback makes for more cheerless fun. Everything but the sound sits still, and the sound moves closer and closer. PBK is one of the most talented members of the current American tape underground. Don't miss this noise." (Lowlife)

PBK - "Vivisection" Cassette 1988 (PBK Recordings)

 

VIVISECTION | PBK (bandcamp.com)

"Monotonous droning, scraping and feedback do not lull the listener but build toward a subtle, violent effect. Nothing quite like this has happened my way since the early work of Graham Lewis and B.C. Gilbert. In case anyone takes that to mean fans of contemporary Wire will like this tape, think again; this is very unfriendly, completely unpleasant noise. This is also an excellent tape, but most of you will probably hate it." (Lowlife)