P.A.L is a German musical project whose style ranges from power noise to ambient. It is a long-time act on Germany’s Hymen Records and Ant-Zen record labels.

Members / History

The name P.A.L comes from the last name of Christian Pallentin (b. May 16, 1966), the founder and only member of P.A.L. Pallentin began experimenting with music in 1986, and met Stefan Alt in 1993, at which time he contributed a song to a compilation appearing on Alt’s label, Ant-Zen. Since then, Pallentin has been releasing music under the name P.A.L. He also has contributed compilation tracks under the name Pro/Against Life, has done remixes under the name S.A.L (Stefan Alt and P.A.L), and has contributed to the projects Andxesion, and Hybryds.

P.A.L is pronounced as a single word, not three separate letters. The word may also appear as P*A*L, or PAL, but rarely Pal. P.A.L is also known for his influence on bands such as Wumpscut, who made his own version of the P.A.L track “Concrete Rage”, and has featured P.A.L as a guest vocalist. Decoded Feedback, also, has used P.A.L samples on their album Shockwave.

P.A.L performed at the 1996 Wave Gotik Treffen festival and returned to the 2001 and 2002 festivals. P.A.L has also performed at the first Maschinenfest in 1999 and returned to the annual international industrial festival in 2001.

Discography

• Concrete Rage, 1993, Tape
• Plugged/Live, 1994, Tape
• Consent, 1994, 7”
• Initiation, 1995, Tape
• Sacred Women, 1995, MCD
• Signum, 1995, CD
• Reel, 1996, MCD
• Deutsch NeP.A.L, 1996, 7” (with Deutsch Nepal)
• Remote, 1997, 7”
• M@rix, 1997, CD
• After-hour Sounds, 1997, LP
• M@rmx, 1998, LP
• 00 A.M., 1999, 12”
• Untitled (split with Ah-Cama Sotz), 1999, 7”
• Release, 2000, CD
• Special Edition, 2000, CD3
• 00 A.M., 2002, CD
• Retro, 2004, CD
• Modus, 2006, CD

See also

• List of industrial music artists
• List of noise musicians

External links

• Official site

Noise music | German musical groups | Industrial music groups