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Phofo (a.k.a. Adam Weitz) is a music producer, from New York (now living in Los Angeles), credited with originating a style of music known as "Lap Pop". His music has also been classified into the following genres: Shibuya-kei, Big Beat, Lounge music, and Alternative Hip Hop. Alongside the legendary Prince Paul (De La Soul, Gravediggaz), Phofo was responsible for producing MC Paul Barman's critically acclaimed "Paullelujah" LP (Coup d'Etat). Phofo has produced, collaborated with, and remixed ubiquitous indie pop and underground hip-hop artists like MF Doom (Gorillaz, Madvillain), Mr. Dead (Handsome Boy Modeling School), I Am the World Trade Center, Mr. Len (Company Flow), Starchild Excalibur (Handsome Boy Modeling School), My Favorite, Mr. Dead, The Brittle Stars and many others. In addition to music production, Phofo is a practicing trial lawyer and copyright scholar specializing in derivative use issues like sampling. He was a contributing writer to McSweeney's "Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans" (Knopf/Random House), a music consultant to PRI's This American Life, and is the editor of http://samplinglaw.com. He is currently composing the musical score to the animated feature film, Los Campeones de La Lucha Libre for Fwak! Animation.[1]
[edit] Compilations
| Year |
Single |
Label |
Album |
| 2006 |
"Adeos Polder (Apogee)" |
Discograph (France) |
Intérieurs: Musique Electronique |
| 2005 |
"Homeless Club Kids (Phofo Remix)" |
IPX |
International Pop Exchange |
| 2005 |
"I Love Meatballs" |
City of New York |
New York Noise: New City Sounds from the Underground |
| 2004 |
"Adeos Polder (Apogee)" |
Music-Related |
Sonido Uzumaki |
| 2004 |
"Le Monster (Phofo Remix)" |
Double Agent |
My Favorite: The Happiest Days of Our Lives |
| 2003 |
"You Went in Phases" |
Shelflife |
You’re Still Young at Heart |
| 2002 |
"Ancient Chinese Secret" |
Little Shirley Beans |
Split 7" w/ I am The World Trade Center |
| 2002 |
"Occasional Appearance (Phofo Remix)" |
Shelflife |
Brittle Stars "EP & Remixes" |
[edit] Other Media
| Year |
Project Title |
Contribution |
Production Info |
| 2007 |
Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre (animated feature film) |
Composer & Music Supervisor |
Fwak! Animation |
| 2006 |
Ginchy Mimobot Series (collectible USB drives) |
Score composer |
Mimoco |
| 2006 |
Another Gay Movie (feature film) |
Soundtrack Contributor |
TLA Releasing |
| 2006 |
Red Bull's Seek & Destroy III |
Score composer |
Red Bull/Skateboarding Magazine |
| 2006 |
Red Bull's Mean Streets II |
Score composer |
Red Bull/Ride BMX Magazine |
| 2005 |
Red Bull's Seek & Destroy II |
Score composer |
Red Bull/Skateboarding Magazine |
| 2005 |
Red Bull's Mean Streets |
Score composer |
Red Bull/Ride BMX Magazine |
| 2005 |
Jean Grae's "The Jam" (music video) |
Score composer |
Directed by Monihan Monihan |
| 2002 |
MC Paul Barman's "Paullelujah" |
Producer |
Coup d'etat Records |
| 2002 |
MC Paul Barman "Cock Mobster" EP |
Producer |
Coup d'etat Records |
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