# Paul Robb > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Robb > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Robb.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robb > Source revision: 1308537041 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Paul Jason Robb** is an American synthesizer player, producer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the band [Information Society](/source/Information_Society_(band)).[1] ## Biography Robb was a member of Information Society from its inception in the early 1980s until 1992 (after its third release *[Peace and Love, Inc.](/source/Peace_and_Love,_Inc.)*). When Information Society's contract with [Tommy Boy](/source/Tommy_Boy_Records)/[Reprise](/source/Reprise_Records)/[Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records) ended, Paul (who at the time had a new infant) chose to work in films and commercials, winning two [Clio Awards](/source/Clio_Awards) for [BMW](/source/BMW) ads in the process. In 1996, he started a record company called [Hakatak International](/source/Hakatak). Hakatak featured his one-man industrial-tinged band Think Tank, as well as a [trip hop](/source/Trip_hop)- and [world music](/source/World_music)-flavored collaboration with Minneapolis folk singer Barbara Cohen named Brother Sun Sister Moon. When trip hop briefly gained mainstream popularity following the release of [Portishead](/source/Portishead_(band))'s *[Dummy](/source/Dummy_(album))*, Brother Sun Sister Moon recorded for [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records), causing the temporary dissolution of Hakatak in June 1997. No album ever resulted from that deal, however, and to this day neither Robb nor Virgin will say what happened. Robb continued to do TV, film, and commercial work but had no further commercially recorded output until January 2002, when he reappeared with a new record company named Bleep! Records and an album under the name of Luminous, which turned out to be a renamed Brother Sun Sister Moon. The Bleep! Web site promised a new Robb solo album under the name Bitcrusher, but that album was not released before Robb's investors pulled the plug and killed Bleep! in late 2002. Robb owns a recording studio in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) called Digitalis (a pun on the [heart drug](/source/Digoxin)) and continues to produce music for advertisements and television shows. His credits include [MTV](/source/MTV)'s *[The Real World](/source/The_Real_World_(TV_series))* and *[Road Rules](/source/Road_Rules)* and the score for [Trey Parker](/source/Trey_Parker) and [Matt Stone](/source/Matt_Stone)'s first movie *[Orgazmo](/source/Orgazmo)*.[2] He later remixed the theme for Parker and Stone's long-running *[South Park](/source/South_Park)* series and was involved in the *[Chef Aid](/source/Chef_Aid:_The_South_Park_Album)* album as well. It was announced in 2006 that Robb and [James Cassidy](/source/James_Cassidy_(musician)) would reform Information Society with a new vocalist, Chris Anton. Original vocalist [Kurt Harland](/source/Kurt_Harland) opted out, citing work and family obligations for a time, but resumed his role as lead singer in 2008. In 2007, the band released an [EP](/source/Extended_play), *[Oscillator](/source/Oscillator_(EP))*, and a new album, *[Synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer_(album))*, under the resurrected Hakatak label. In 2014 Kurt rejoined the band full time and the album *[Hello World](/source/Hello_World_(Information_Society_album))* was released being the first studio album featuring the lineup of Harland, Robb and Cassidy since 1992. ## Hakatak **Hakatak International** is an American [independent record label](/source/Independent_record_label) founded by Robb. It specializes in [electronic music](/source/Electronic_music) acts. ### Roster - Brother Sun Sister Moon - Dissonance - [Information Society](/source/Information_Society_(band)) - Metrognome:Falcotronik - [Think Tank](/source/Think_Tank_(band)) ## References 1. ["Multiple Personalty"](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/paulrob.htm). Sound on Sound. March 1999. Retrieved 31 July 2010. 1. Farinella, David John (March 1, 1999). ["Composer Profile: Paul Robb"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141719/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_composer_profile_paul/). Mix Magazine. Archived from [the original](http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_composer_profile_paul/) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2010. ## External links - [PaulRobb.com](http://www.paulrobb.com/), with examples of his TV commercial work - [Hakatak International](http://www.hakatak.com/) - 2009: [Soundtracks by Information Society](http://www.velle.us/features/couture-soundtracks/) - interview with Paul Robb, plus 2-tracks for listening to. - 2008: [March 2008 interview](https://archive.today/20120916043750/http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7480) in *[Santa Monica Mirror](/source/Santa_Monica_Mirror)* - 2007: [November 2007 interview](http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/InfoSocietyInt.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071116095658/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/InfoSocietyInt.htm) 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine on *[About.com](/source/About.com)* - 2007: [March 2007 Plaza of the Mind](https://plazaofthemind.blogspot.com/2007/03/plaza-of-mind-interview-with-paul-robb.html), an interview with Paul Robb by Kurt Weller - 2006 [2006 podcast interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20110523162421/http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=7&id=6996) on [morons.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20060511172534/http://web.morons.org/) about the resurrection of Information Society and Paul's affinity for [Nilla Wafers](/source/Nilla_Wafers) - 1999: [March 1999 interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20060830042149/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_composer_profile_paul/index.html) in *[Mix Magazine](/source/Mix_Magazine)* - 1999: [March 1999 interview](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/paulrob.htm) in *[Sound On Sound](/source/Sound_on_Sound)* magazine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Robb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robb) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robb?action=history)). 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