September 2009
New ad work for Scion and Keds coming soon. Music placements in CSI:NY, The Bridge, TO Show, Damages and many more.

February 2009
Sorry for the lack of updates. Very busy the last few months.

Los Campeones had its premiere in Mexico City a few months ago (I was busy getting married) and we were thrilled to see FWAK's amazing images. For those out west, there will be a special showing of the film in L.A. on February 5th. More info here.

My dear friend and frequent collaborator, the unparalleled MC Paul Barman has released the Buck Moon Mix Tape, featuring 79 minutes of live, new and archival cuts. Among them are the never before available Phofo-produced "Sampling Law" and "Don't Micromanage My Psychodamage". If you want to hear the most talented wordsmith alive today, check it the hell out.

Luckily, we're not getting bumped for College Basketball this winter, so Sushi Pack is still rocking Saturday mornings on CBS. The Sushi Pack movie should be playing in a theater near you so check local listings. There's some Sushi merch out there but there seems to be much more coming in Fall 2009.

Phofo did a groovy ye-ye remix of Bell Hollow's "Getting on in Years". You can download it here.

Several other remixes in the works and lots of fun film, TV and commercial projects slinking into the ether. Stay tuned.

May 2008
FWAK Animation has created a brilliiant and extremely unique film called, "Los Campeones de La Lucha Libre". The premiere is set for July 12th in LA. Phofo is the composer and music supervisor for the film. The soundtrack features great tracks by the likes of Neil Hefti, Dan the Automator, Senor Coconut, Los Straitjackets, The Ghastly Ones, Ollin, Chow Nasty, Mezklah, Mariachi Los Toros and many more! Check out the trailer.

Also, the Sushi Pack movie is slated for a summer release so stay tuned.

October 2007
Phofo is the composer for the new Saturday morning cartoon series, "Sushi Pack". The show will premiere on CBS in November. Sushi Pack follows five crime-fighting pieces of sushi that protect Wharf City from over-the-top diabolical villains. The humor-filled, action-packed television treatment for Sushi Pack was written by animation legends Tom Ruegger and Nicholas Hollander, the Emmy®-winning writers/producers behind such animated hits as “Animaniacs,” “Tiny Toon Adventures,” and “Pinky and the Brain.” The series, of 52, 11-minute episodes, is being co-produced by American Greetings Properties and DIC Entertainment.

July 2007
The teaser for "Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre" is online! You can find more fun stufff and info about the film at FWAK's blog.

February 2007
Here's some exciting news. Phofo has been named the music supervisor and composer for the animated full-length feature film entitled, "Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre." The film is directed by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin of Fwak! Animaton, the duo behind the hit Warner Brothers cartoon series, "¡Mucha Lucha!". Release date is Fall, 2007. Check out the Fwak Blog for updates, storyboards, awesome images and other fun links.

January 2007
Phofo's "Adeos Polder" is included on "Intérieurs: Musique Electronique", a compilation produced by French TV's "Intérieurs" program released in January 2007. Phofo joins The Avalanches, Free Design, The Polyphonic Spree, Messer Chups, Her Space Holiday, Takako Minekawa and many more on the CD. Find out more here.

October 2006
Adopt a Mimobot! The Mimoco company makes really cool collectible USB drives. Phofo has contributed 4 songs to the ultra-fab Ginchy line of Mimobot drives. Phofo recorded a theme song for each character, Ramona, Link, and Betty-Lou. Each character has a limited edition of 500, so grab yours now! These superswell guys are designed by Lili Chin and Brian McCarty.

Join Phofo on October 26th, as he spins loungecore and go-go gems, celebrating the release of Mimobot's Ginchy series at Munky King, MK Melrose, 7308 Melrose Ave (x Poinsettia), LA 90046 (323.938.0091), 7 to 11PM... and pick up a Micky Mouse Mao bust while you're there.

Also, Phofo has contributed 2 new songs to Red Bull's "Seek & Destroy 3" DVD, available with the November issue of Skateboarder magazine, pictured on the main page. Check out a clip here.

September 2006
Phofo has contributed a whopping 10 new songs to Red Bull's "Mean Streets 2" DVD, available with the October issue of Ride BMX magazine.

August 2006
Phofo's straight... but also very proud to have a song in possibly the gayest movie ever made. Moreover, the song underscores the pivotal and ever-coveted "morning after" montage. Check out Phofo's remix of My Favorite's "Homeless Club Kids" appearing in the newly released Another Gay Movie, starring Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson and Graham Norton, directed by Todd Phillips (Gypsy 83, Edge of Seventeen).

Also... congratulations to Eli Ganias, whose BBQ mixtape (con un poco del Phofo) earned him top honors in Salon.com's summer playlist contest.
Eli's awesome playlist is:
1. "All Green," Clem Snide
2. "I Love Happy Fun Ball," Phofo
3. "Summerlong," Kathleen Edwards
4. "Ashes to Ashes," Steve Earle
5. Throw It Into the Fire," the Mendoza Line
6. "When the Sun Comes Out (Live)," John Wesley Harding
7. "Indoor Fireworks," Laura Cantrell
8. "Freedom Park," Marah
9. "All the Young Dudes (Live)," Billy Bragg & Jill Sobule

April 2006
Animation genius Mumbleboy's awesome new video for Phofo's song "I Love Meatballs" will premiere on New York Noise this Tuesday night (4/11) at approximately 10:45PM on channel 25 in New York City... Mr. Dead will be debuting some Phofo/Dead joints at Club Exit in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on (4/7). The awesome bill includes the legendary Blowfly, the unrivaled Prince Paul, Despot (Def Jux), and Grand Buffet.

January 2006
Phofo's remix of My Favorite's "Homeless Club Kids" will be featured in a film by Todd Stephens, the director of the critically acclaimed film, "Gypsy 83". Apparently it is the gay version of American Pie and it features performances by the the legendary Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall), Graham Norton, and Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray). Excelsior! More info here. Also, Phofo has compiled a bevy of fantastic loungecore bumpers called "Le Monde Est a Nous". If you would like a free copy, email your name and address.

December 2005
Phofo has compiled a superswell mix of arcane Christmas tunes for your enjoyment. Download the Superswell Christmas Mix. Also, check out six new Phofo tunes on BMX Magazine/Red Bull's "Mean Streets" DVD.

November 2005
Welcome to the new web design... Lots to report. There are 11 new Phofo songs featured exclusively on Skateboarder Magazine/Red Bull's "Seek & Destroy 2" DVD, available this month with Skateboarder Mag. The DVD also features new tracks from Prince Paul, The Dix, & Mr. Dead. Get the DVD in this issue of Skateboarder.... I have also had the dubious pleasure of a recent collab with the extraordinarily talented, Mr. Dead. I will keep you posted about when the tracks will be available.

September 2005
I finally joined Myspace and posted "I Love Meatballs" for your downloading pleasure however, due to my own unease, the track has been renamed to "I Love Happy Fun Ball"... (phew)

Also, in the meantime, I launched "samplinglaw.com", which should hopefully answer many of your questions about sampling and the law and what-not...

August 2005
Random House/Knopf/McSweeney's have recently published the paperback version of Created in Darkness By Troubled Americans, a book to which I have contributed. Check it before you wreck it.

June 2005
Congrats to Mumbleboy for his work directing the video for Beck's single, "Hell Yes". I love it!!! You can check out the video here... And congrats to Marxy (formerly Young Alive in Love) on the release of his amazing debut LP, "Kyoshu Nostalgia". It's quite won-won-wonderful...

March 2006
I am pleased to report that "I Love Happy Fun Ball" a.k.a. "I Love Meatballs" was featured on the famed MP3 blog, Music For Robots, writing: "This Phofo track is also all awesomeness - it reminds me a bit of the Avalanches (my favorite dirty Australians), with its bounce and cute/unrecognizable samples."

February 2005
The wonderful City of New York has released a CD compilation promoting NYC music entitled, "New York Noise: New City Sounds from the Underground" and Phofo happens to be on it... what a waste of your taxes... the song is "I Love Happy Fun Ball" a.k.a. "I Love Meatballs"; the title is truly a desparate plea for better song titles...

August 2004
Check out Phofo's humble contribution to McSweeney's humor anthology, "Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans", released August 10, 2004 from Knopf (ISBN: 1400042240) at all fine booksellers near you... Can you use "released" for books? I think "dropped" is somehow more universal. The book dropped last summer and can be found in plenty of pedestrian places like Hudson candy shops in the airport... Next time you're in an airport, why don't you treat yourself to new shoe laces, a Mounds, and this book...

July 2004
Sonido Uzumaki was released in the summer on Music-Related Records as a soundtrack to a Japanese art show featuring the brilliant Mumbleboy, Friends With You, and Julian Gatto. The track is called "Adeos Polder (Apogee)". For more info on the actual Adeos Polder, lookie here...

June 2004
Congrats to My Favorite, who recently headlined with Belle & Sebastian at NYC's Town Hall, and whose latest LP, "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" has been lauded with great critical praise. Check out the videos for "The Happiest Day of My Life" and "Burning Hearts". Phofo's remix for "Le Monster" is featured as part of the release. And Phofo's other remix for "Homeless Club Kids" is featured on the International Pop Exchange release.

March 2003
Check out Shelflife's "Your Still Young at Heart", marking their 50th release. Phofo makes his first appearance as his alter-ego, The Sweetling with a cover of the Brittle Stars' "You Went in Phases". Phofo loves KMD. The Sweetling loves the Railway Children, 'nuff said.

November 2002
"Paullelujah" was featured on NPR's Fresh Air program. Listen to Ken Tucker's review (as well my blabbering at the beginning of "Excuse You."... Also, "Paullelujah" was featured in the 11/11/02 issue of TIME Magazine. Read the TIME Magazine article. There's one track on that 12" that's not on the LP and that would be the Phofo-produced tune, "Make No Mistake" (featuring scratching by Company Flow's/Matador Records' Mr. Len). Seems there was some technical mishap in post-production and the song sounds strange on the record, so MCPB has kindly made it available his website for all to enjoy.

September 2002
Little Shirley Beans has released a split 7" with a song by I am The World Trade Center ("Loveless Sunday") and one by Phofo ("Ancient Chinese Secret"). Get this fab vinyl from Insound.

July 2002
I am excited about the release of the Brittle Stars' "Garage Sale" EP. There are a bunch of awesome remixes, including Phofo's rendition of "Occassional Appearance", as well as reworks by I am the World Trade Center, Majestic, and Steward, to name a few.