Brian Castillo
| Brian Castillo | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | pFrenz-C |
| Born |
November 22, 1968 Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Psychedelic folk, experimental, film score |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Tragick, Bluesanct |
Brian Castillo (born November 22, 1968) is an American musician/producer, and photographer born in Tacoma, Washington. Best known for his work with The Living Jarboe and In Gowan Ring, sometimes in a musician role and sometimes as a producer/engineer. In the 1990s he sometimes recorded under the name pFrenz-C, but he no longer uses the pseudonym.
After moving to Seattle in the early 1990s he was involved in a variety of different groups with no particular style in common: Prayers for the Raven (Seattle’s seminal goth band), Hooo (texture noise), Rosa Luna (i.e. Mazzy Star, Low), Salon Betty (punk-polka-death lounge spearheaded by Betty X), Absinthee (with Gordon Raphael of The Strokes fame & Sky Cries Mary), Faith and Disease (ethereal pop), Euclid (Americana), Purr Bats (disco fluff), Shadow Light (synthy-goth) and several psychedelic performance art groups.
The risqué performances of Salon Betty were often referred to as “The Big Hair Sex Circus” and offered a sharp contrast to Seattle’s “grunge” scene at the time. While working with iMusic they created the internet’s first “interactive paper-doll” and started an early internet reality show in 1996 called “The Surreal World” winning awards for their work.
In the late 1990s Brian began recording and co-producing with Jarboe. Their first collaborative project together was for the compilation on Vhuz music called “Vomit Veritas” and later on Jarboe’s first post-SWANS recording “Anhedoniac”. He has also recorded and appeared on many of Jarboe's compilation contributions and a few of her other albums.
As of 2009, Brian started producing video motion graphics, animation and stop motion work.
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