Philip Blackburn was born in Cambridge, England, and studied music there and at the University of Iowa with Kenneth Gaburo. He is a public artist specializing in sound — a composer/environmental sound-artist. Blackburn’s works have been heard in ships’ harbors, state fairs, forests, and coming out of storm sewers, as well as in galleries, parking lots, and on concert stages. He has incorporated brainwave sensors and dowsing rods in performance as well as plants, balloon flutes, conch shells, car horns, and wind-powered harps. His site-specific and occasional works seek to provide listening opportunities for the public and community participation in experimental music outside the typical context. Signal to Noise magazine (reviewing his albums, Ghostly Psalms and Music of Shadows) called Blackburn “a startlingly original voice, one that encompasses all periods of music history in a uniquely engaging vision.” Other reviewers mention: … “Knocks reality sideways.” – Gramophone … “The listening experience is decidedly organic, if blissfully overwhelming … Captures what Blackburn does most compellingly—draw focus to the terrestrial music that surrounds us." – TimeOut Chicago “Experimental music with depth and dimension, it is an engaging and challenging listen.” – ChainDLK “Ambient with heft” – Icon Magazine