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He has been a music consultant to PRI's This American Life and, as a music licensor, has generated scores of key song placements in high profile film and TV projects.
[Current list of credits.]
Alongside the legendary Prince Paul (De La Soul), Starchild Excalibur and MF Doom,
Phofo was responsible for co-producing legendary rapper MC Paul Barman's critically acclaimed debut
LP "Paullelujah", which was given 4 stars by Rolling Stone. Phofo has enjoyed the pleasure
of producing, remixing and collaborating with ubiquitous indie pop and underground
hip-hop stars like MF Doom (Gorillaz, Dangerdoom), Mr. Dead (Handsome Boy Modeling
School), Jean Grae (Herbaliser), I am the World Trade Center and on Barman's recent endeavor, "Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud", Phofo appears on a song with Michel Gondry.
Phofo is also a trial lawyer and self-proclaimed copyright scholar, currently researching and writing a book about the cultural
and legal history of derivative culture. He was a contributing writer to Dave
Eggars' "Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans - The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category" (Knopf/Random
House).
In addition to the above, he
enjoys Bengal Spice tea, the bossa nova, Swedish massages, world travel, holography, The Knickerbockers and collects
8mm movie cameras, the art of Tim Biskup, tiki mugs, vinyl records and mad props. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, daughter and a ridiculously funloving bichon frise.
Phofo is a native Brooklynite, now living in Los Angeles. He is the composer for Shep and Tiffany Watch TV (Bravo), composed 52 episodes of Sushi Pack (CBS), the feature film Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre (FWAK/Porchlight), and advertising projects for clients including Scion, And1, Kyocera, Red Bull, Marc Ecko, WESC, Budweiser, Keds and many more.
[Phofo water color painting is by Kim Borsuk.]