PHORK (a.k.a. P.H.O.R.K.) is the Los Angeles-based producer of
mutant techno Neal Reinalda. PHORK stands for the "People’s Higher Order of Royal Kinship". Since 2012 Reinalda has dropped several album-length cassette releases, showcasing a funky, glossy experimental sound heavy on vocal samples and bass. PHORK succeeds in injecting a warmth and humanity into a dance music framework that is wholly original, keeping a global influence in its sampling studies, while receiving guidance from the worlds of noise, hip-hop, ambient, and sound art. Reinalda’s Baltimore roots shine …
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