From performing with orchestras at age 11 to pioneering live electronic improvisation today, his
music tells a story of constant evolution.
A journey through classical training, jazz improvisation,
and decades of sonic experimentation has shaped this unique artistic voice.
"I started making electronic music during that primitive era when computers
were barely more advanced than calculators.
My PC would wheeze and groan under the strain of playing
more than three tracks at once—a time when "render" meant praying your computer wouldn't crash before
finishing a four-minute song."
Phil Klab
A multi-instrumentalist with deep roots in music theory, Phil Klab (a.k.a. Philippe Labonté) journey began with
classical training at age 9. His early talent led him to perform as a soloist with the Metropolitan
Orchestra of Montreal at the prestigious Orford Festival at just 11 years old.
At 15, he won both the
jury and audience prizes at Quebec's orchestral composition competition with his work "The Fantastic Odyssey."
During his teenage years, he expanded into jazz, developing sophisticated improvisation skills that would
become central to his artistic identity.
As a versatile keyboardist, he performed regularly with various
rock, pop, and jazz ensembles, while experimenting with electronic music compositions.
It was during this formative period that he cultivated his ability to seamlessly blend genres.
After composing advertising jingles for national television Radio-Canada and participating for nearly
two decades in the Birthjam collective—a jazz-funk experimentation laboratory that constantly pushed
sound boundaries—Phil Klab emerges in 2025 as a singular project that defies categorization.
Both with
his electro improvisation performances and his hardware-based productions using sequencers, synths, and drum
machines, he sculpts live compositions where complex and transcendent melodies dance over tribal and funk
rhythms. His dissonant filters envelop rich harmonics to create an immediately recognizable sound signature
that fuses melodic and hard trance, funk house, electro-blues, and experimental pop.
Whether I'm sweet-talking my loopstation in improv performances or having deep philosophical debates with sequencers, synths, and drum
machines in the studio, it's where precision engineering gets tipsy and flirts with wild spontaneity.
A sonic misadventure awaits - surprising, vibrant, and shamelessly addictive. Ready to hear what happens
when audio gear misbehaves? Hit those demos and witness the madness firsthand!
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