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Zbigniew Karkowski (born 14 March 1958 in Kraków, Poland) was a composer and experimental musician known for his focus on the sensory immediacy of sound. His first significant public work appeared in 1984 with the electronic piece Theta on the compilation Gothenburg 84, followed by the 1988 album Bad Bye Engine. In the 1990s he expanded into noise and experimental music, collaborating with groups such as The Hafler Trio and artists like Merzbow and Kasper T. Toeplitz. He moved to Tokyo in 1997, where he performed with the Sensisurround Orchestra and released the World As Will series, including World As Will III in 2008. In 2005 he issued the single "One And Many", and in 2007 the album Continuity compiled works from the previous fifteen years. A 2013 collaboration with Peter Rehberg produced Processor. He delivered his final public performance on 31 October 2013 in London, after which he died of pancreatic cancer in Peru on 12 December 2013.
