Who or what, you ask, is PFILBRYTE?
You'll get different answers depending on with whom you speak.
some will tell you he's an artist and producer, others an animator and some even refer to him a s a tech-head wonderchild of „Generation Next". „I'm not a band or a DJ," says the San Francisco based renaissance man. „I play my instruments, the studio, the video screen and any other elements that can be manipulated to my advantage."

After years of honing his studio chops, PFILBRYTE made his mark with the infamous Dr. Octagon posse contributing live instrumentation and sounds to the now classic Octagynecologyst LP. Octagon beatmaster and producer The Automator later returned the favor lending a hand on PFILBRYTE's debut LP IMPERFECTION. PFILBRYTE's first 12" of „Merry Go Round" (featuring remixes by The Automator, superstar DJ Scotty Hardkiss of the Hardkiss Brothers, Cirrus and NYC mixmaster C. Flam a.k.a Mindswerve) earned him a radically diverse following among electronic music and alternative rock fans alike, each drawn by PFILBRYTE's marriage of melody and microchip. His unique style is the result of ingenious tinkerings, blending electronic back-beat and hip-hop flavoring with psychedelic rock and pop savvy - the entire sound bathed in a multitude of layers and textures.

„I don't really listen to much current music," he says. „ I do like things that some electronic artists and producers like The Automator and C. Flam are doing, but my real influences are more song oriented artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen and Prince." „That's one of the reasons why I view my music as something a little different than most electronic music." „I work within the confines of the electronic/studio world, but I use the studio as more of a scratch pad and a writing partner." Naturally, the picture would never be complete without a spectacle synced up to the sound. PFILBRYTE (the grandson of Walter Lantz, the creator of Woody Woodpecker) enhances his music with vibrant computer animated images. When combined, the two media make for a total assault on the senses. „My music may be built in a computer, but it's reflective of me, my playing and my heart." „I really believe that a failure to get my ideas and feelings out through my art would be very unhealthy for me."

As for the mystique that surrounds him, PFILBRYTE says, „Who I am is far less important than the art I create." „My goal is to take the focus off me as a producer/writer/animator or whatever I may be viewed as and shift that interest to the music." „I'm hoping that anyone that plugs into my music will freely interpret whatever they hear in their own personal, private way." „I'm creating music that is multi-layered both musically and lyrically; listeners can read into it as deeply as they feel necessary or take it at face value."