Pogo (electronic musician)
Pogo | |
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Birth name | Christopher Nicholas Bertke[1] |
Born |
[2] Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa[3] | 26 July 1988
Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Years active | 2007–present |
Website |
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Christopher Nicholas "Nick" Bertke (born 26 July 1988), better known by his stage name Pogo, is an Australian electronic music artist. His work consists of recording small sounds, quotes, and melodies from a film or TV programme, and sequencing the sounds together to form a new piece of music. In most of his works, the newly created piece of music consists solely of the sounds he samples from those films or scenes, without additional, 'external' music or sound effects.
Music
Bertke's track "Alice" is a composition of sounds from the Disney film Alice in Wonderland.[4] He took part in a project hosted by Disney/Pixar to produce a track based on their film, Up, titled "UPular".[5] Bertke has since produced many more mixes, including "Toyz Noize" and "Buzzwing" based on the film Toy Story.[6]
Bertke has produced tracks using samples from films and TV shows such as Mary Poppins, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Sword in the Stone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, H.R. Pufnstuf, The Secret Garden, The King and I,[7] Hook, Toy Story, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, Terminator 2: Judgment Day,[8] The Lord of the Rings, and Pulp Fiction.[9] A number of tracks featured during live shows, but commissioned and owned by Disney remain unreleased.
On 29 September 2016, Pogo had released a song called "Trumpular" on SoundCloud which consisted of quotes from republican nominee Donald Trump. An unusual release, Pogo's said that “Trump is such a crazy fucker that I couldn’t resist mixing him up,”.[10] Pogo later released the music video for the song on 2 October 2016.
Personal life
Bertke is from Perth, Western Australia.
On his September 2011 US tour, Bertke was arrested and taken into custody for three weeks due to the lack of a proper work visa.[11] He is now prohibited from re-entering the United States until 2021.[1][12]
In March 2014, Bertke abruptly deactivated most of his social media presence. In a blog post, he stated that social media has "become an unhealthy part of my life and a danger to the personal relationship I have with my work." Bertke explained that he was withdrawing from the public eye and would be selling his work "through digital stores."[13]
Discography
Albums
Texturebox (30 December 2010) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Standing Before the Earth" | 1:19 |
2. | "Beautiful Moments with Ms. Imaginary" | 3:20 |
3. | "Moon in Her Eyes" | 1:53 |
4. | "Interlude of Wanting" | 1:22 |
5. | "U Me & Summer" | 4:01 |
6. | "A.D.D. is Only the Beginning" | 1:34 |
7. | "Excerpts of Whatever the Hell" | 1:53 |
8. | "Interlude of the Disfigured Robot Children" | 1:01 |
9. | "Back to My Shack in the Rain Clouds" | 2:42 |
10. | "Pay with Blood" | 4:39 |
11. | "I Hate You, Dear" | 1:17 |
12. | "Joanna Helps Me Through" | 3:44 |
13. | "Drunken Moonlight Chase" | 2:09 |
Total length: |
30:59 |
Wonderpuff (27 June 2011) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Cryface" | 2:23 |
2. | "Go Out and Love Someone" | 3:49 |
3. | "Crumbling Around Me and Myself" | 2:39 |
4. | "Finding Her Not" | 3:14 |
5. | "My Letters Ignored" | 2:06 |
6. | "Precious Things" | 1:52 |
7. | "Sex in Wonderland" | 4:12 |
8. | "Fairytales" | 1:52 |
9. | "Spiritus" | 3:26 |
10. | "Emotion Dump" | 2:11 |
11. | "Lightspeeder" | 2:48 |
12. | "Soulmate Stuff" | 3:32 |
Total length: |
34:08 |
Forgotten Fudge (22 November 2013) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Stuff 58" | 2:03 |
2. | "Ghost Stories" | 2:44 |
3. | "God Is Tipsy" | 3:07 |
4. | "Hero" | 2:42 |
5. | "His Life Fulfilled" | 3:41 |
6. | "Insert Life Here" | 2:48 |
7. | "mY 1st Set" | 8:27 |
8. | "I Hopoe" | 3:50 |
9. | "Losing Her" | 6:35 |
Total length: |
35:53 |
Star Charts (22 December 2014) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "One Day With You" | 2:57 |
2. | "Simagism" | 3:06 |
3. | "Cosgrove" | 2:47 |
4. | "Bang Monkey" | 1:59 |
5. | "Featherfunk" | 2:19 |
6. | "Into The Ark" | 2:22 |
7. | "Hermoine Mix" | 3:13 |
8. | "Freedom Flavoured" | 2:33 |
9. | "Do Something Rhythmic" | 2:17 |
10. | "The Climb" | 2:18 |
11. | "One Mushroom Too Many (Club Mix)" | 3:44 |
Total length: |
29: |
Kindred Shadow (11 June 2015) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Sky Heart" | 2:48 |
2. | "Forget" | 2:44 |
3. | "No Worries" | 3:28 |
4. | "The Trouble" | 3:10 |
5. | "Ode For Lovers" | 3:25 |
6. | "Pinocchionic" | 2:44 |
7. | "Where Is Ethan?" | 2:38 |
8. | "Rise & Glide" | 3:34 |
9. | "Yore" | 2:34 |
10. | "Her Perfume" | 1:08 |
11. | "Here Now" | 2:49 |
12. | "Truly" | 3:14 |
13. | "What Is I?" | 2:12 |
Total length: |
36:36 |
EPs
Wonderland (28 May 2007) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Alice" | 2:44 |
2. | "Bread and Butterflies" | 3:44 |
3. | "Lost" | 3:39 |
4. | "UnBirthday" | 2:42 |
Total length: |
12:50 |
Broken Beats (2008) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Glitch" | 2:11 |
2. | "White Dresses" | 2:31 |
3. | "Symphony #69" | 4:09 |
4. | "Hate from Love" | 1:47 |
5. | "Get Out..." | 2:24 |
6. | "Come In..." | 3:36 |
7. | "SlowMo Rain" | 3:08 |
8. | "Drunk in the Mat Mobile!" | 3:10 |
Total length: |
22:59 |
Table Scraps (2008) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Sing 2 Self" | 3:03 |
2. | "Go Out and Love Someone" | 3:49 |
3. | "Tunnels" | 2:40 |
4. | "Anna" | 3:52 |
5. | "Dot's Vinyl Gone Bad" | 4:44 |
Total length: |
18:09 |
Weave and Wish (22 March 2009) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Mending" | 3:36 |
2. | "Alohamora" | 3:13 |
3. | "SplurgenShitter" | 4:23 |
4. | "Under a Spell" | 2:52 |
5. | "White Magic" | 2:49 |
Total length: |
16:55 |
Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole (30 November 2010) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Alice (Extended)" | 3:26 |
2. | "One Mushroom Too Many" | 2:43 |
3. | "Raining in Wonderland" | 2:36 |
4. | "Oyster Dreamland" | 3:23 |
Total length: |
12:09 |
Fluctuate (5 January 2014) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "All U Eva Need" | 2:07 |
2. | "Skyrim Symphony" | 5:15 |
3. | "Things Will Get Better" | 2:45 |
4. | "Oh Good, I Found Some Lint" | 2:20 |
5. | "Cigars, Curves & Pizza" | 4:31 |
Total length: |
16:58 |
Perfect Chaos (21 May 2014) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Shoot Me Shoot U" | 2:44 |
2. | "Precious Pills" | 1:52 |
3. | "Her Perfume" | 1:09 |
4. | "I C Us C Us C Us" | 2:49 |
5. | "The Climb" | 2:18 |
Total length: |
10:52 |
Younghood (8 June 2014) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Kermit Clouds" | 2:10 |
2. | "Time Machine" | 2:28 |
3. | "I Want..." | 3:01 |
4. | "Nicey Nicey" | 3:17 |
5. | "Mix-E" | 3:02 |
Total length: |
13:58 |
Select videography
Title | Release Date | Source |
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Alice | 18 July 2007 | Alice in Wonderland |
Anna | 14 November 2007 | The King and I |
SplurgenShitter | 2 May 2008 | |
Alohamora | 21 March 2009 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
White Magic | 22 March 2009 | The Sword in the Stone |
Expialidocious | 24 May 2009 | Mary Poppins |
Mary's Magic | 11 June 2009 | The Secret Garden |
Scrumdiddlyumptious | 30 June 2009 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
Bangarang | 30 August 2009 | Hook |
Upular | 25 December 2009 | Up |
Skynet Symphonic | 10 January 2010 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
Gardyn | 8 May 2010 | |
Toyz Noize | 5 June 2010 | Toy Story |
Buzzwing | 17 June 2010 | Toy Story |
Crimson | 14 October 2010 | Dexter |
Wishery | 4 November 2010 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Whisperlude | 4 December 2010 | A Little Princess |
Joburg Jam | 1 January 2011 | |
Murmurs of Middle-earth | 19 March 2011 | The Lord of the Rings |
Living Island | 21 April 2011 | H.R. Pufnstuf |
Bloom | 22 June 2011 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin |
Mellow Brick Road | 26 June 2011 | The Wizard of Oz |
Zoo Zoo | 3 October 2011 | The Mighty Boosh |
Davyd | 10 November 2011 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Kadinchey | 5 December 2011 | |
Perthection | 12 December 2011 | |
Jaaam | 13 January 2012 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
Eleven | 25 February 2012 | |
Sugarella | 3 April 2012 | Cinderella |
Boo Bass | 3 April 2012 | Monsters, Inc. |
Lead Breakfast | 20 June 2012 | Pulp Fiction |
Vasna | 11 August 2012 | |
Wizard of Meh | 11 August 2012 | The Wizard of Oz |
Scoobystep | 8 September 2012 | Big Top Scooby-Doo! |
The Ghan | 6 March 2013 | |
Indian Pacific | 6 March 2013 | |
iCarly | 10 March 2013 | iCarly |
Kenya Chords | 13 March 2013 | |
Roarcraft | 18 April 2013 | World of Warcraft |
SquareBob SpongeMix | 1 May 2013 | SpongeBob SquarePants |
What I Likes | 25 July 2013 | Mary Poppins |
Catchatronic | 16 September 2013 | Pokémon |
Aye Aye | 20 September 2013 | K-On! |
LG Home Appliances Mashup - featuring Jeesh | 23 September 2013 | |
Muppet Mash | 26 September 2013 | Sesame Street |
J'adore Juin | 5 October 2013 | The Apartment |
Just Blue Fairy | 23 October 2013 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
I Want... | 10 February 2014 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
Nicey Nicey | 17 February 2014 | The Mighty Boosh |
Perth Milks It | 18 May 2014 | |
Time Machine – featuring Skye | 18 May 2014 | Back to the Future |
Vision – featuring John Sean | 26 June 2014 | |
G'Day G'Day (Whatslively in Sydney) | 17 July 2014 | |
The Trouble – featuring Jeesh | 18 September 2014 | Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin |
Hermione Mix – featuring Jeesh | 29 September 2014 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Psycho Soup | 17 October 2014 | Borderlands |
One Day With You | 26 February 2015 | The King and I, The Party, Fiddler on the Roof, Marathon Man, Rocky, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, A Little Princess, and Billy Elliot |
Forget | 20 May 2015 | Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Casablanca, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Oliver!, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, A Little Princess, Pocahontas, James and the Giant Peach, Mulan, and Fantasia 2000 |
Hoo Ba Ba Kanda | 9 October 2015 | Success-N-Life/The Farting Preacher |
Smooth Cream | 18 October 2015 | |
Bite Size Candies | 1 May 2016 | Various Advertisements from M&M's |
Trumpular[14] | 2 October 2016 | Various speeches from Donald Trump |
Data & Picard[15] | 17 October 2016 | A remix of Star Trek: The Next Generation |
See also
- Kutiman - Another electronic artist who gained notoriety solely through video sampling on YouTube.
- Todd Edwards - House music producer from the U.S who is known for his style of cutting up samples, especially vocals to make a whole new sound in his productions. He was influential to the emerging UK garage scene in Britain during the mid-nineties.
- Deep Forest - Much like Pogo's current affairs in foreign lands, remixing sounds from various cultures.
References
- 1 2 Bertke, Nick (15 November 2011). "Banned From The USA". Pogo's blog. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.
- ↑ Pogo interview on ComfortComes.com, retrieved 11 May 2010
- ↑ Pogo Interview on BrainsQuestionmark.com, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, retrieved 11 May 2010
- ↑ "Alice", on YouTube.
- ↑ "UPular Remix, on Disney/Pixar YouTube channel". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Toyz Noize, on Disney/Pixar YouTube channel". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Anna". Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ↑ "Skynet Symphonic". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Pogo's 'Pulp Fiction' Remix". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Wilson, Zanda (29 September 2016). "Aussie Producer Pogo Drops A+ Banger Made Entirely Of Donald Trump Quotes - Music Feeds". musicfeeds.com.au. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "Back On The Horse". Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ↑ "Australian Producer Pogo Arrested". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Where'd ya go?". Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Trumpular" on YouTube
- ↑ "Data & Picard" on YouTube
External links
- Official website
- Pogo at Last.fm
- Pogo at the Internet Movie Database