PHWG
Jersey City, NJ United States
Genres:Electronic - Experimental, Electronic - Ambient, Specialty - Soundtrack Alternatives, Rock - Experimental/Post-Rock, Rock - Alternative Rock
Bio:
Pontus’ compositions are purely instrumental and mesmerizing like Jean Michel Jarre, with the electric guitar playing a critical role - creating layers, within dense layers of music and sounds (kind of like Pink Floyd) with the idea of creating a “wall of sound” to envelope the listener. Pontus’ own taste in music is wide ranging – heavy metal, instrumental, raw rock and roll, classical…and it’s clear in his style that he often borrows from each or all of these – making his music almost impossible to categorize. And, he doesn’t mind that.
The music has a mesmerizing quality – and to fully experience the intricacies of the layers and textures of his music, composer Pontus suggests headphones or an intimate setting where it’s just you and the music. He hopes that the music would carry you on a journey and would instigate a specific feeling – a feeling that words can’t describe. The “journey” to that point, is left to the imagination of the listener, Pontus doesn’t believe in holding your hand or twisting your arm, he just provides the music.
Pontus was born and raised in Sweden where he attended a rock school; he has a Masters degree in Music Technology from NYU. He has performed several live shows of his first CD “Great Wall of Music” in New York and Sweden. His shows involve a complete multimedia experience with visuals ranging from digital abstract designs to realistic images that are synched to his music, while he performs on the ever faithful guitar. Aside from making his own compositions, he’s also actively producing musicians in the area. His resume of sound design and music composition in the New York City independent film and documentary scene is ever growing (Wake, Behind Forgotten Eyes, Sonnets in the City, Racewalker to name a recent few). He is collaborating with his brother, artist Fredric Gunve in Sweden on the “Future of Art Project” http://framtidskonsten.se/. And, he also teaches at a ‘rock school’ for teenagers in New Jersey. He currently live and works out of his studio in Jersey City.
