Pfunkt, the one-man show from Pittsburgh, is worth waiting for.

Originally scheduled to play two weeks ago, he had to cancel his show. Instead of simply moving on, though, campus music booking group Asylum just put him on the top of its show tomorrow night at SoZo, 256 E. Beaver Ave.

Asylum members saw Pfunkt for the first time last year, when he filled a slot at the last minute for one of their shows, opening for Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer.

"No one really knew what to expect, but it went over well," Asylum Vice President Dom Frunzi (junior-art education) said. "We all had been waiting for him to come back."

Pfunkt, known as Alex Burkat offstage, got his start in high school, when his friends were all in bands. Seeing them play, he became attracted to the interactive live performances they put on.

But after seeing Pittsburgh-based performers like Girl Talk and Grand Buffet, decided to start an electronic project of his own.

Burkat then bought himself a drum machine and messed around until he found what he wanted.

"I have no formal background

[in music]," Burkat said. "I tried trumpet in fifth grade because I wanted

to be in a ska band, but that's it."

But the lack of training doesn't faze him.

"I just go with what sounds right," Burkat said. "Hopefully, it doesn't show."

While Burkat might not be the most polished musician, it's his live performance that makes him stand out.

"You see so many DJs just stand there and say 'Look how cool we are,' " Burkat said.

In this way, Burkat takes more from the live band world than he does from typical electronic musicians.

"The show gets pretty sweaty," he said. "Bring a poncho. If I didn't dance on you at the show, I didn't do my job."

Burkat, who will be graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in a few weeks with a film studies degree, makes his own music videos and would like to become an international DJ at some point.

But before that, he plans to tour for a bit.

The diversity and versatility of his music -- he lists Kraftwerk, Danzig and Iggy Pop as his primary influences -- makes him able to share the stage with a variety of different musicians, he said.

"I can play with a metal band, a pop band, a rap act," Burkat said.

For Friday's show, Burkat will be sharing the stage with Manhattan at Dawn, Mourning District and Safari So Good, three indie rock bands of varying styles.

Tony Bavaria, guitarist for Safari So Good, said his band's sound is most reminiscent to bands like now-defunct emo-rockers Hey Mercedes and Texas is the Reason.

"Not a lot of bands really sound like that anymore," he said.

And though his band leans more toward rock music than the show's electro-inclined headliner, Bavaria said Safari So Good shares something with Pfunkt.

"We really try to interact with the crowd, too," he said.